nauvoo period ancestors

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n a u v o o

p e r i o d
a n c e s t o r s
of

jasper alfonzo

rawlins

and

cora may
burbank
n a u v o o p e r i o d
a n c e s t o r s
of

jasper alfonzo rawlins and

cora may burbank
Jasper Alfonzo (Alf) Rawlins and Cora May Burbank
Married March 5, 1902
Logan, Utah Temple
d e d i c a t i o n
WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK to our ancestors who found the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Nauvoo period.
(Craguns, Lindsays, Burbanks, Frosts, Rawlinses) We feel a connection
and love for all our ancestors who made the sacrifice to join the Church.
All because they heard the message of Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ and
could not deny its truth. Many of them had property and were some of
the wealthier people in their areas. They left it to be persecuted by mobs,
to die in Winter Quarters, to die or bury a child on the plains and take the
difficult path from Nauvoo to Utah.
Why would they make such a sacrifice? They could not deny their own
testimonies; the testimonies of hope and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith’s visions of Christ and our Father in
Heaven. They were all Christians but this new message rang true.
We appreciate their sacrifice for us so we, their descendants, could
be raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in a place of
peace.
Elder Hales in the October 2014 General Conference encouraged us
to have our foundation in Christ; “That sure foundation is Jesus Christ.
He is “the rock of Heaven.” When we build our house upon Him, the
rains of the latter days may descend, the floods may come, the winds may
blow, but we will not fall. We will not fail, for our home and our family
will be founded upon Christ.”
We will forever be grateful that our ancestors made such huge sacri-
fices to join the Church and bring to us the foundation of our testimonies.
We love our Savior, the Gospel and hope to find our path back to Him.
We hope our descendants will find their own testimonies in the sacri-
fice and testimonies of their ancestors.
With love,
from the grandchildren of Alf and Cora Rawlins
Compiled by the grandchildren of Alf and Cora Rawlins
Printed June 2016
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t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
SECTIONS
I Forced Exodus From Missouri ..............................7
II A Place of Refuge: Quincy ...................................15
III City of Joseph: Nauvoo .......................................27
IV I Knew the Prophet Joseph .................................39
V Female Relief Society of Nauvoo ........................45
VI Baptisms for the Dead .........................................53
VII Bear Creek ...........................................................59
VIII Maid of Iowa ........................................................73
IX Fire and Tears ......................................................81
X Martyrdom at Carthage .......................................89
XI Nauvoo Temple: The House of the Lord ............103
XII Nauvoo Exodus ..................................................113
XIII Council Bluffs and Winter Quarters ....................127
XIV Mormon Battalion ..............................................143
XV Bound for the Promised Land ............................153
XVI Valley of the Great Salt Lake ..............................215
CHAPTERS
Ch. 1 James Rawlins and Jane Sharp ..........................................................219
Ch. 2 McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith ....................................................243
Ch. 3 Daniel Marcus Burbank Sr, and Abigail Blodgett,
Lydia Vanblaricom, Sarah Southworth ...............................................259
Ch. 4 William Buckminster Lindsay Sr and Sarah Hancock Myers ..............305
Ch. 5 Elisha Cragun and Mary “Polly” Osborne .........................................325
Ch. 6 Edwin Reuben Lindsay and Tabitha Cragun, Emma Bowden ............345
Ch. 7 Daniel Marcus Burbank Jr and Mary Jane Lindsay,
Sarah Adeline Lindsay .......................................................................361
Ch. 8 Harvey McGalyard Rawlins and Margaret Elzirah Frost .....................391
Ch. 9 Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins and Cora May Burbank ................................437
a n c e s t r y & p o s t e r i t y o f

a l f r a w l i n s a n d c o r a b u r b a n k
James Rawlins Jane Sharp McCaslin Frost Pennina Smith
1794–1874 1794–1858 1785–1874 1791–1869
Harvey McGalyard
Rawlins Margaret Elzirah Frost
1825–1913 1830–1920
Jasper Alfonzo (Alf) Cora May
Rawlins Burbank
1872–1935 1879–1937
Aerial Alfonzo Rawlins Owen Woodruff Rawlins Horace Burbank Rawlins Howard Frost Rawlins
1902–1997 1904–1967 1907–1985 1909–1965
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Nauvoo Period Ancestors of Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins and Cora May Burbank
William
Buckminster Sarah Hancock
Elisha Mary (Polly)
Lindsay Sr Myers (Myres)
Cragun
Osborne
1797–1873 1800–1852
1786–1847
1790–1844
Edwin
Daniel Mark Abigail Reuben Tabitha
Burbank Sr Blodgett Lindsay Cragun
1814–1894 1811–1852 1828–1893 1830–1868
Daniel Mark
Burbank Jr Mary Jane Lindsay
1846–1931 1853–1918
Mae Rawlins Reed LeGrand Rawlins Ruth Rawlins Lindsay Marcus Rawlins
1911–2003 1913–1989 Mar. 1918–Nov. 1918 1920–1994
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section i

forced exodus from
M I S S O U R I
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