Isaac Payson Robinson

Born

Cushing, Lincoln County, Maine (1835)

Died

1917 in Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona

Role

LDS pioneer, Arizona settler

Affiliation

LDS (Mormon)

Bio Notes

Born March 17, 1835 in Cushing, Maine. Son of Capt. John Robinson Sr. and Abigail Parsons. Direct ancestor of Tyler Robinson (per Shupe genealogy book + court records, Research_3/016b). Family baptized LDS July 4, 1844 (month of Joseph Smith's death). Moved to Nauvoo, received temple endowments Jan 1846, arrived Salt Lake Valley Oct 2, 1847 with Brigham Young's vanguard. Married Elsie Permelia Stoddard 1863 in Salt Lake Endowment House; settled Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah (12 of 13 children born there). Dec 1883 called by Church to settle Gila River, Arizona; family rescued by Bishop Farnsworth en route (Buckskin Mountains). Died April 3, 1917 in Thatcher, AZ. Named a son Orson Hyde Robinson (Zionist theological signal). Source: FindAGrave memorial #58327407. EVIDENTIARY TIER: DOCUMENTED.