Jasper Robertson
Jasper Robertson (1847-1916) was born 8 May 1847 in Walkerville Township, Greene Co., Illinois. He was the son of Nichols Robertson and Jane Hunter. He married Rhoda Ellen Guymon on 17 Apr. 1871 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was baptized in 1862. He endorsed several missionaries in their response letters to Wilford Woodruff when he presided over the Church as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as President of the Church. He died 17 Jan. 1916 in Orangeville, Emery Co., Utah.
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