Mary Ann Eccles Robinson headstone

Mary Anne Eccles Robinson

Mary Ann Eccles Robinson biography by Anna Deal Robinson Black

Mary Ann Eccles

born September 1844 in Lanshire, England daughter of Thomas and Mary Alice Hardman

married Richard Smith Robinson 1858 - 59  (She was fourteen years old)

died 19 July 1906 Provo, Utah, Utah

The following was told me by two daughters-in-law of Mary Ann Eccles, Mrs. David (Nellie) Robinson and Mrs. Wilford (Maude) Robinson. Both knew her personally. Maude knew her before Maude married into the family.

Mary Ann Eccles was born 6 September 1844 in Lanshire, England, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Alice Hardman. The church records state that the two girls Mary Ann and Martha were with their parents when they crossed the ocean. Mary Ann was five years old. They crossed the plains this same year with the first hand cart company, walking most of the way. (note: Mary Ann Eccles and her family were part of the Martin handcart compant - Rhonda)  They arrived in Salt Lake Valley in 1851. Soon after they were called to settle on the Santa Clara in Southern Utah. Here they suffered the trials and hardships of that country. As the meadows and grazing lands were not sufficient for those there, the group separated and part went to Santa Clara and part to Pinto. Thomas Eccles and family went to Pinto. While living here Mary Ann's sister Alice Jane was born.

History of Pinto, Utah

HISTORY OF PINTO, UTAH

BY RULON KNELL

Pinto, with its lush meadows and clear stream of good water, was a natural stopping place on the Old Spanish Trail. The chief products carried over this trail, before the coming of the Mormons, were Indian slaves and peltries. When the Mormons first arrived in southern Utah they found a well-beaten trail through the streets of Pinto.

At the April conference in 1854, President Young called a group of missionaries to the Indians of Southern Utah. Under the leadership of Rufus C. Allen, they commenced operations at Harmony, Utah. About the end of May, the same year, President Young, Heber C. Kimball, Parley P. Pratt and others of the General Authorities, visited there, President Young gave much instruction regarding conducting the mission and building up the settlements in southern Utah.

Mary Ann Eccles Robinson death certificate

Pictures of Pinto

Pinto Church 1865

Pinto Church 1875

Pinto Main Street 1875

Pinto Church 1865