Jasper Robertson

May 8, 1847–January 17, 1916

1 Born at Walkerville, Green County, Illinois; son of Jane Hunter and Nichols Robertson. 2 Migrated to Utah Territory, 1862; settled at Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah Territory, 1863. 3 Married Rhoda Ellen Guymon, 1871. 4 Moved to Orangeville, Emery County, Utah Territory, 1880. 5 Served as the first bishop of the Orangeville Ward, 1882–1906. 6 Died at Orangeville. 7 (See Document 4.25)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 1/163 (1916), Jasper Robertson. “Obituary,” Deseret News, Jan. 27, 1916, p. 10.
  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 1/163. “Obituary,” 10. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Jasper Robertson KWC1-TSV .
  3. [3] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Jan. 2015), Jasper Robertson. “Obituary,” 10. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns and Villages, Chronology of Important Events, Records of Indian Wars, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Ogden, UT: W. H. Lever, 1898), 679.
  4. [4] “Obituary,” 10. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 679–680. “Family Tree,” database, Jasper Robertson.
  5. [5] History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 679. “Obituary,” 10.
  6. [6] Andrew Jenson, comp., “Diagram of the Bishopric of the Orangeville Ward” and “History,” n.p., in manuscript history and historical reports, Orangeville Ward, Emery Stake, CHL. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 679.
  7. [7] Utah death certificate, file no. 1/163. “Obituary,” 10.