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1847–1868

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Birth Date
21 March 1831
Death Date
25 March 1907
Gender
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Daniel Robison

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  • He came with his wife and two children and served as Captain of the company.

Daniel Robison Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Company Captain
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Rachel Robison (Age: 23)
  • George Quayle Cannon Robison (Age: Infant)
  • [Child] Robison (Age: Unknown)

Sources

  • 1900 United States Federal Census
  • Andrew Jenson, "Robison, Daniel," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 3 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1920), 217.
  • "Arrival of the First Handcart Company," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 20 October 1860, 668-69.
  • Brigham Young letter to Daniel Robinson, 25 August 1860.
  • “Emigration list for Spring, 1860.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862, p. 7-10. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 56)
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  • Jeager, Henry H., Reminiscences, 1-3. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 13, 18.
  • "Latest from the Emigration," Deseret News, 1 August 1860, 172.
  • "Local News: Names of Emigrants," The Mountaineer, 18 August 1860, 206.
  • Mark H. Forscutt letter to Brigham Young, 3 August 1860. 
  • Robinson, Rachel Smith, [Autobiography], in Kate B. Carter, Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. 1958-77, (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers), Vol. 4:37-38.
  • Robinson, Rachel Smith, Life Sketch of Rachel Smith Robinson, 1-2.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Robison, Daniel, Autobiographical sketch, 1-2.
  • Robison, Daniel, to Brigham Young, 24 Aug. 1860. Brigham Young office files 1832-1878, General Incoming Correspondence, reel 38, box 27, fd. 18.
  • Robison, Daniel, to Brigham Young, 27 July 1860. Brigham Young office files 1832-1878, General Incoming Correspondence, reel 38, box 27, fd. 18.
  • Saunders, Hannah Barwell, autobiography, 1914.
  • Stoney, Robert, Reminiscences and diary, 1860 June-August.
  • "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189.
  • Wright, George, [Letters], in Suzanne Vaughan, "Immigration of George Wright from Liverpool, England to Salt Lake City, Utah 1860," 20-23.