Married Harriet Ann Efford, 18 Aug 1835, Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Children - Henry Roberts, Caroline Roberts, Phoebe Ann Roberts, Marinda Roberts, Harriet Ann Roberts, Mary Jane Roberts, Matilda Roberts, Lucy Ellen Roberts
Married Sarah Davis, 7 Mar 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Daughter - Sarah Elizabeth Roberts
STORIES OF THE MORMON BATTALION
Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate B. Carter Vol 4, page 529
Levi Roberts was born February 26, 1815, in Deerhurst, Gloucester, England. He married Harriet Ann Hefford and they joined the Latter-Day Church in their native land. Soon after they were baptized and came to America. They went to Nauvoo where he served as a bodyguard to the Prophet Joseph Smith, in the troublesome times of that period.
Levi joined the Mormon Battalion at Council Bluffs in Company "E" and crossed the plains and mountains to California. After his discharge he returned to Council Bluffs where the family made preparations the next two years to come West. They arrived in Salt Lake City in the fall of 1850 and settled on a farm in Kaysville. Levi made baskets of willows that grew on Kaysville creek and took them to Salt Lake City to sell. He was also proficient in the art of grafting. Whenever a new variety of fruit was brought to Utah he procured a slip and grafted in into one of his seedling trees. He named the fruit trees after the person who gave him the slip.
Mr. Roberts passed away at his home in Kaysville, Utah, January 22, 1894. - Robenia B. Christensen
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Harriet Ann Efford, 18 Aug 1835, Deerhurst, Gloucester, England
Children - Henry Roberts, Caroline Roberts, Phoebe Ann Roberts, Marinda Roberts, Harriet Ann Roberts, Mary Jane Roberts, Matilda Roberts, Lucy Ellen Roberts
Married Sarah Davis, 7 Mar 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Daughter - Sarah Elizabeth Roberts
STORIES OF THE MORMON BATTALION
Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate B. Carter Vol 4, page 529
Levi Roberts was born February 26, 1815, in Deerhurst, Gloucester, England. He married Harriet Ann Hefford and they joined the Latter-Day Church in their native land. Soon after they were baptized and came to America. They went to Nauvoo where he served as a bodyguard to the Prophet Joseph Smith, in the troublesome times of that period.
Levi joined the Mormon Battalion at Council Bluffs in Company "E" and crossed the plains and mountains to California. After his discharge he returned to Council Bluffs where the family made preparations the next two years to come West. They arrived in Salt Lake City in the fall of 1850 and settled on a farm in Kaysville. Levi made baskets of willows that grew on Kaysville creek and took them to Salt Lake City to sell. He was also proficient in the art of grafting. Whenever a new variety of fruit was brought to Utah he procured a slip and grafted in into one of his seedling trees. He named the fruit trees after the person who gave him the slip.
Mr. Roberts passed away at his home in Kaysville, Utah, January 22, 1894. - Robenia B. Christensen
* Mormon Battalion members
Family Members
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Henry Roberts
1836–1914
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Caroline Roberts Oliverson
1838–1901
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Phoebe Ann Roberts Taylor
1843–1919
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Marinda Roberts Doney
1845–1881
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Harriet Ann Roberts Bodily
1849–1923
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Mary Jane Roberts Layton
1851–1936
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Matilda Roberts Bodily
1854–1925
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Lucy Ellen Roberts
1855–1928
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Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Carter Mikesell
1857–1934
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