ROBINSON, Timothy

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• Name	ROBINSON, Timothy
  Birth	15 May 1830	Clapham, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  WAC	15 Jun 1921	MANTI
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  Death	23 Jan 1923	Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States
  Burial	30 Jan 1923	Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States
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  Family	HADDEN, Julia Ann ,   b. 13 Feb 1847, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United Statesd. 16 Mar 1929, Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1864	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Timothy Robinson was born 15 May 1830 in Clapham, Yorkshire, England, the eleventh child of Richard and Ann Rowlandson Robinson. He had five brothers and five sisters, Margaret (1807-1809), Peggy (1809 - 1856), Ann (1812), William (twin) (1815-1816), John Rowlandson (twin) (1815-1891), William (1817), Ann (1819), Richard (1821-1830), Sarah (1823-1890), and Richard (1827). Several members of family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being baptized in July 1841. They were educated, Timothy could read and write. He was baptized in January 1842 just before he and his brother john and sister Sarah and their parents sailed to America on the ship "John Cummins". John married Alice Coupe while crossing the Atlantic on 5 March 1842.1 Those of the family who immigrated to Utah were Richard and Ann Robinson and their children John Rowlandson, Timothy and Sarah and her husband, James Harwood. John married Alice Coupe 5 March 1842 on board their ship while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The family arrived in Nauvoo in 1842. 1 Timothy's parents were tenants on land near Nauvoo on Warrington: Block 7 T6 R7, Sec 18, NW/4,75 acres. 2 Timothy's father sold his farm and moved into Nauvoo. He purchased a lot southeast of the Temple near Parley Street and there his wife Ann died in December 1847. Richard married Hannah Thomber on August 25, 1848. He stayed in Nauvoo after the Saints left becaue he was so sick. He worte the following letter to his sons: Dear Sons John and Thimothy, I wrtie a few lines to you hoping they will find you all well. I got your letter on the 24th March and were glad to hear from you and that you are well. This is the first letter I got from you since you left Nauvoo. The information you got concerning the selling and moving to Nauvoo is correct. I sold my farm last August and bought a lot with three dwelling houses upon it situated southeast of the Temple near Parley Street. My wife took sick the forepart this winter and died in December. I have lived alone all the winter and have enjoyed pretty good health until about 6 weeks since I was taken very bad with a severe pain in my side and followed with a very bad cough. I tried diferant medicines but nothing seemed to do me any good until I went to Doctor Weld and he gave me some medicine that eased me for about 4 hours and then was as bad as ever. My apitite is bad and wheak. Whenever I lay down to rest my cough commences so that I cannot rest. The only way I have to compose myself is to sit in my chair and dose and sleep the best way I can. My legs and feet are elevated and upon the whole I am very sick. I lived alone until I could not help myself and then considered to move to Lamberts which turns on Parley Street not far from my lot. They moved me in the first day of this month, and I am no better at all. James Harwood moved to Fair View, Fulton Count, Ill, and have lived around there ever since. I have received letters from them often, I got one the same day I got yours. It says they are well and have got a horse team and are going to rent ground this season. I have wrote a letter to James today and gave him the desired information from yours so that he can give you a more full account of there family and inclinations for the future. The country around is improving land is rising. The French in Nauvoo are continually at work and mind there own business and make a steaday progress. I must conclude. I remain your well wishing father, Richard Robinson. James Harwood moved a year ago last June. Write again as soon as possible so that I can know how you are getting along from time to time. (Copied from his own handwriting, using his spelling and grammar)3 This letter must have been written between the time his wife died in 1847 and when he married Hannah Thornber in 1848. Richard Robinson died in Nauvoo on April 15, 1850. Timothy's sister Sarah, and her husband James Harwood, who was born in Clapham England, the same town that the Robinson family had lived in, lived in Nauvoo until 1846 and moved to Illinois. Timothy's brother John, was listed as a member of the 25th Quorum of Seventies in 1845 in Nauvoo.4 Timothy's obituary stated that he "underwent the expulsion from Missouri"5 but the Missouri mobbings took place in 1838. The "expulsion must have been from Nauvoo in 1846. As a young man at the age of sixteen he did experience the mobbing of Nauvoo. The Robinson family stayed in Nauvoo until September, while most of the Saints left in February that year. They were among the very poor who stayed until after the "Battle of Nauvoo" when they were driven out. The family camped with the "poor" company in the Mississipi River bottoms until relief wagons sent by Brigham Young and the Camps of Israel returned to get them. They were a part of the "Miracle of the Quail", when the Lord sent birds to the destitute Saints, who were able to catch them for food. John R.'s wife, Alice, tended her sick husband and assisted him, her two young children and her young half sister, Jane, as they traveled along by wagon to join the Mormon Pioneers in their trek across Iowa. She became ill and asked Jane to take care of her children. She died in May 1847 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. John married Alice's sister Jane, August 24, 1847.6 Timothy lived with John and his family until he was 21 years old when he married Mary Elizabeth King on March 12, 1851 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Their baby daughter, Ruth Ann, was born two weeks later on March 31, 1851 in Council Bluffs. The two brothers and their families traveled across the plans together in the Isaac Bullock Company arriving in Salt Lake City September 18, 1852.7 They went on to Parowan in late 1852, and then were among the group that began the settlement at Red Creek, later called Paragonah in early 1853.8 An Indian war broke out. Col. George A. Smith and Lieut. W.H. Kimball with 36 men arrived in Iron County, Utah with orders for all settlers outside of forts to move into the forts for protection. Accordingly, all the settlers in Paragonah, about 25 families, moved back to Parowan.9 Sometime before 1855, Timothy and Mary were divorced. Timothy, called by Brigham Young along with his brother and several other families, returned to settle Paragonah in 1855. Mary took Ruth Ann to California where they lived for many years. Mary eventually returned to Utah and was buried in Vernal in 1903. Timothy helped build the fort in Paragonah. It was considered one of the strongest and safest in that section of the country. In about 1860, a town site was selected and measured off. After living in the fort in safety until 1862, the people left its protective walls and built homes on the town site. A Lt. Beale of the U.S. Army reported to the U.S. Government the following: "Paragonah is situated in the valley of the Little Salt Lake and lies near the foot of the mountains. It contains about 30 houses. At the rear of the houses and outside of town are beautiful vegetable gardens. The homes are ornamented in front by small flower gardens and shade trees."10 Timothy's lot was on third north adjacent to Highway 91. He once owned a major portion of Little Creek water and due to the drought, he traded his water rights for a horse. He also owned "Five Mile Spring."11 He was a farmer and livestock man. April 12, 1863, Timothy married Julia Ann Hadden, the 15 year old daughter of Alfred and Mary Caroline Hadden. Their first child, Timothy Rowland Robinson, was born March 3, 1864. Timothy was enroute to settle Panguitch when the baby was born. Julia Ann did not accompany them on the trip, but came shortly after. A company from Parowan and Beaver decided to make a settlement at Panguitch. Among them were John R. Robinson and Timothy Robinson, Alfred Hadden, Mr. Ramsy, John Black, George Hadden, Anthony Paxton and James Paxton and their families. They hacked a road through the difficult mountain terrain of Little Creek Canyon reaching the twenty-five mile long Panguitch Valley on 16 March 1864. Hastily built "brush shanties and cellars" served as shelters for the families until they could build more substantial homes, but first they erected a tithing house and a hewn-log meeting house. Fear of Indian attacks soon forced the new arrivals to turn their building efforts to the construction of a fort in the eastern section of the town.12 They named their settlement, Panguitch for "Pa-gu" or "Pang-we" "big fish" in the Indian language. They built a fort with houses on the south, east and west, facing the Public Square. The norht side of the fort was of cedar posts, set close together. Alfred Hadden surveyed the canal known as the south field ditch. The water was taken out of Panguitch Lake outlet and was the first irrigation water. The winter of 1864-65 was exceptionally cold and snowy -- and it came early. Deep drifts closed the passes before the towns people could get their meager wheat harvest to the flour mills. The people lived mainly on boiled wheat that winter. What flour they had was ground on rocks, one flat and one round and in coffee mills. They ahd some fish and some beef, but were very poor and had very few clothes.13 Mrs. Julia Robinson says, "We lived on an ounce of bread a day, with fish and beef the rest of the time. We also ate boiled wheat. It was sure an awfully hard time." Her husband, Timothy Robinson, dug 10 rods of the ditch that ran the grist mill, and every day men stood on guard at the mill. But she said, "We all enjoyed ourselves as much in those days as they do now -- if not so classy. We used the log meeting house for everything, Sunday School meeting, school, dances, etc. We had plenty of good musicians, there was three fiddlers, John Lowder, Sid Littlefield and Saul Wardle. John Hyatt and Mrs. Lowder helped. The floor in the meeting house was a puncheon floor and real good to dance on. We had pies made of bullberries and service berries and the bishop made forty gallons of homemade beer, and molasses cake. Most people had chickens. my home burned up, it was right in the old fort."14 Early in 1865 the Indians became very hostile, a heavy guard had to stay with the cattle. There were many skirmishes with the Indians and many hardships to endure in the guarding, going on express, taking care of the stock, and moving houses into the fort. These clashes came to be called the "Black Hawk Indian War." Timothy was a member of the militia.15 They had to answer to guard roll call every morning and no man was allowed to go off alone. The Black Hawk War cost a great amount of money, and about 70 settlers lost their lives before it was settled in 1868.16 In January 1865 a baby girl, Rachel Cornelia, was born to Julia and Timothy. In June 1866, Panguitch was abandoned on account of Indain troubles, the settlers going to Parowan, Beaver, Paragonah and some farther north.17 Timothy and Julia went with the group that went north to Kanosh, Millard County. Two children were born to them in Kanosh, Richard an d Alfred Sidney. Few of the original settlers would ever return to live in Garfield County with one exception, the Timothy and Julia Ann Hadden Robinson family. They went to Kanosh for several years and then to Iron County before eventually moving back to Garfield County.18 Timothy and his family were in Paragonah in 1873 when their twin girls, Eliza and Jane were born. In 1879, Timothy and his son Timothy Jr. started out from Paragonah with two herds of sheep joining the group of around 250 people who went to San Juan through Hole in the Rocks. Timothy Sr. was riding an old donkey and one night the donkey wandered off. Timothy trailed him over a mountain into a little valley that was full of cat-tails. They were all laying donw one way, having been bent with the wind. He walked a long ways down this little valley and finally found his donkey, but he had a hard time finding his way out. He thought he was doomed. Then he took a good look at the cat-tails and saw that they were facing the opposite direction than when he came in. So he right about faced, and finally made his way out and back to the sheep camp. When they got to 10 Mile Spring, they got word that Mrs. Timothy Robinson was very sick, so the Robinsons returned to Paragohah. Other family members, Henry Holyoak and his wife, Sarah Ann Robinson did go to San Juan through Hole in the Rocks. In 1880 Timothy and Julia were in Panguitch, and their oldest daughter, Rachel Cornelia, married William Dame LeFevre in March 1881. By 1900 they were living in Orton on the Sevier River just south of Panguitch.20 They lived below the Hatchtown Dam and when it broke in 1914 they lost everthing.21 The devastation caused by the water affected all of the people who lived in that beautiful area. Roads and bridges were totally wiped out. Acres of farmland were left as beds of stone. Growing crops were covered with mud and barns and sheds were completely destroyed.22 Timothy and Julia went to live in Circleville, Piute County, Utah were on January 28, 1923 Timothy died at the age of 93. Julia Ann died March 16, 1929, both are buried in the Circleville Cemetery. Timothy and Julia Robinson were faithful Pioneers who enjoyed life and experienced many adventures as well as many trials. They were the parents of twelve children and helped to settle three Southern Utah communities. Footnotes: 1. History of John Rowlandson Robinson in Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers by Florence C. Youngberg, Agreka Books, c1999. 2. Richard Robinson File #26009, Land Office in Nauvoo, Ill. 3. Letter written by Richard Robinson to his sons John and Timothy, obtained by Patricia L. Record from the Land Office in Nauvoo. 4. History of John Rowlandson Robinson in Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers by Florence C. Youngberg. Agreka Books, c1999. 5. Obituary of Timothy Robinson, Garfield County News, 02,02, 1923. 6. History of Alice Coupe Robinson in Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Vol. IV. (s.n.:Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998) 7. Deseret News Vol. 2, p. 90 Sept, 18, 1852 microfilm 0026586. 8. History of John Rowlandson Robinson in Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers by Florence C. Youngberg. Agreka Books, c1999. 9. Dalton, Luella Adams, A History of Iron County Mission and Parowan, Utah, (s.n. abt 1963) p. 171 10. A Memory Bank for Paragonah, 1851-1990, compiled by the Betsy Topham Camp Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Provo, Utah: Community Press, 1990. P.12. 11. Ibid. 12. A History of Garfield County by Linda King Newell and Vivian Linford Talbot, Garfield County Commission, 1998. 13. Ibid. 14. Chidester, Ida, Golden Nuggets of Pioneer Days: a History of Garfield County, (Panguitch, Utah: the Garfield County News, c1949) p. 19 15. Utah Index to Indian War Service Affidavits, 1909-19 Record, Reel Number 9. 16. Dalton, Luelia Adams, A History of Iron County Mission and Parowan, Utah, (s.n., abt 1963) 17. Ibid. 18. Newell, Linda King and Talbot, Vivian Linford, A History of Garfield County, (s.l.:Garfield County Commission, 1998) 19. Dalton, Luelia Adams, A History of Iron County Mission and Parowan, Utah, (s.n., abt 1963) 20 U.S. Census records. 21. Obituary of Timothy Robinson, Garfield County News, (02,02,1923) 22. The Panguitch Progress, May 29, 1914.