Enoch Perham Rollins & Sarah Jane Walters

Enoch Perham Rollins & Sarah Jane Walters
Enoch Perham Rollins & Sarah Jane Walters

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Enoch Perham Rollins Life Events

Ann S. Elmer Wilson history on Enoch Param Rollins, DUP

1.   Wheelwright and carpenter.
2.   Worked in shipyard of Bangor & became expert timberman.
3.   Sophia invited missionaries--Enoch burned B of M & other literature.
4.   Were baptized in East Pelham, West Chester, New York on Feb. 8, 1841.
5.   Left New York state for Akron, Ohio in August 1843
6.   Arrived in Nauvoo six weeks after J. Smith's death.
7.   Ordained to 8th Quorum of Seventies.
8.   Enoch wanted Mary Jane to be plural wife--she refused and left home.
9.   Lived on banks of Mississippi.
10. Arrived in Council Bluffs summer of 1848.
11. May 1852 came west with Eli B. Kelsey under Captain John C. Butler.
12. Built bridge across Green River.
13. Entered Salt Lake Valley in November 1852.
14. Worked on the temple block, Beehive House, and made wagons
15. In 1856 settled Farmington
16.  Enoch hired by govt. to assist in construction of buildings
17.  Went to Cache County and engaged in farming and stock raising.
18.  Married Sarah Jane Walters
19.  Died of consumption

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