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Joseph Lafayette Rawlins[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1849 - 1926  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph Lafayette Rawlins 
    Born 18 Nov 1849  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 May 1926  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried 26 May 1926  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I9660  Main Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2009 

    Father Joseph Sharp Rawlins,   b. 9 Apr 1823, White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1900, Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Ellen Frost,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Nashville Or Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1917, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1844  Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Family ID F709  Group Sheet

    Family Julia Elizabeth Davis,   b. 8 Dec 1851, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1946, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 8 Dec 1876  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Children 
     1. Brent Rawlins,   b. 2 Aug 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1883, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     2. Leda Rawlins,   b. 24 Jun 1880, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1957  (Age 77 years)
     3. Athol Rawlins,   b. 21 May 1883, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1963  (Age 79 years)
     4. Alta Rawlins,   b. 7 Nov 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1980  (Age 96 years)
     5. Josephine Julia Rawlins,   b. 7 Dec 1885, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1886  (Age 0 years)
     6. Boyce Rawlins,   b. 19 Apr 1890, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1949, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     7. Lara Rawlins,   b. 2 Dec 1890, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1984  (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F1058  Group Sheet

  • Headstones
    Joseph LaFayette Rawlins Headstone
    Joseph LaFayette Rawlins Headstone

    Histories
    Joseph Lafayette Rawlins History
    Joseph Lafayette Rawlins History
    Joseph Lafayette Rawlins History

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS: Utah Territorial Census 1851 film 0924039 - Joseph; age 1; b orn in Utah; residence Salt Lake City 0575

      SOURCE: Who's Who In America - Senator; b. Salt Lake Co., UT 28 Mar 1850; son of Joseph Sharp & Mary Frost; md. Julia E. Davis 8 Dec 1876; died 24 May 1927.

      SOURCE: Draper Ward Records 1852-1888, film 0025905 - Joseph L. Rawlins baptized 4 Sep 1859 by Daniel Tyler.

      ~Web_Links: Autobiography http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/rawlins_the_unfavored_few.html

      with Rawlins, Joseph; age 1; p. 126 with Rawlins, Joseph S.; age 10; p. 278; b. UT with Rawlins, Joseph S.; age 20; #10; b. UT

      CENSUS: Utah Territorial Census 1851 film 0924039 - Joseph; age 1; b orn in Utah; residence Salt Lake City 0575

      SOURCE: Who's Who In America - Senator; b. Salt Lake Co., UT 28 Mar 1850; son of Joseph Sharp & Mary Frost; md. Julia E. Davis 8 Dec 1876; died 24 May 1927.

      SOURCE: Draper Ward Records 1852-1888, film 0025905 - Joseph L. Rawlins baptized 4 Sep 1859 by Daniel Tyler.

      ~Web_Links: Autobiography http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/rawlins_the_unfavored_few.html

  • Sources 
    1. [S234] Rawlins, Joseph Lafayette - Autobiography, Edited and amplified by Alta Rawlins Jensen, (Typescript), Americana M. 270.1, R 198u..

    2. [S77] Family Records: Rawlins, Velma, FG Sheet for Joseph Sharp Rawlins. Source -- Logan Temple Records.

    3. [S30] Family Records: Young, Sara., Young, Sara, GEDCOM file imported on 6 Dec 1998.

    4. [S29] Family Records: Young, Sara -- CD, Sara Young, (Receive on CD January 2001).

    5. [S52] Utah Burials Database, Utah State Historical Society, (Internet web site), http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/Silver., http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgLongOne.html?CEMETERY_ID=SL2, 105&BURIAL_ID=45865, Rawlins, Joseph Lafayette, Birth: 0/0/1850, Death: 5/26/1926 , SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH, Buried: 5/26/1926, Grave Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery J-5-9-5-E.

    6. [S65] James Rawlins Life Sketch, Ina Danielson Burton, (Sketch written and read in Camp Womanho, 13 May 1966 by Daughter Ina Danielsen Burton, grea t great grandaughter.), 4. Joseph Sharpb. 9 Apr 1823married Mary Ellen Frost.