When Mary Ann Levens was born on 9 January 1839, in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, her father, William Jarvis Levens, was 35 and her mother, Mary Ann Gollaher, was 27. She married John Robinson on 4 April 1858, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Putney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 12 February 1875, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so named from the Old English personal name Lēofa (genitive form) + næss ‘promontory’.
North German, Dutch, and Flemish: patronymic from Leven 2.
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