18B.  Rosetta Robbins was born in Oneida County, New York, U.S.A., on Sunday, June 10, 1832, and died in Dayton, Washington, U.S.A., in May, 1908. She was age 76 years, 10 months, and 28 days. Anthony Rockhill was born in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, U.S.A., on Monday, February 2, 1824, and died in Dayton in May, 1908. He was called "Antni". They were married in Kosciusko County, Indiana, U.S.A., on Thursday, April 20, 1848. She took the name Rosetta Rockhill. Their marriage license was dated April 19, 1848. Their marriage license was dated April 19, 1848. She is the daughter of Timothy Titus and Phoebe (Conklin) Robbins. They had seven children:

i. Louisa Mary Rockhill was born in Indiana, U.S.A., on December 25, 1848. Per Harriet Effie Rockhill, Louisa married James Foster and lived around Walla Walla all her life. She was a blonde, lovely girl with a good figure. They had nine children, three boys and six girls. She could drive a team of horses a well as any man.
ii. Phoebe Ann Rockhill was born in Etna Green, Indiana, U.S.A., on June 16, 1851. Per Harriet Effie Rockhill, Phoebe had chestnut hair and blue eyes. She married Henry P. Hutchinson; they had eight children.
iii. Eliza Ellen Rockhill was born in Marshall County, Indiana, U.S.A., on November 1, 1853. Per Harriet Effie Rockhill, she married Moses Moore. They met in dancing school, he was a dandy fiddler.
iv. John Franklin Rockhill was born in Marshall County, Iowa, U.S.A., on April 29, 1855. Per Harriet Effie Rockhill, he married Mabel Louise Taylor.
v. Rosetta Rockhill was born in Iowa, U.S.A., on September 22, 1857. Per Harriet Effie Rockhill, she married Marcellus Pumpelly; she was 19, he was 34. She was called Zett, was 5'4" tall, and had dark brown hair. The had lots of children but separated when they got tired of fighting.
vi. Anthony Payne Rockhill was born in Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.A., on November 2, 1861. He died when he was 22 being married only two or three months. He had inflamatory rheumatism which went to his heart.
vii. Harriet Effie Rockhill was born in _____ on June 11, 1861. She wrote that she married Oscar Hunter Rogers; she was 24.

See map of Oneida County, New York.

The 1850 census of Kosciusko, Co. includes Anthony Rockhill, Rosetta, and Louisa; ages 26, 17, and 1; born in Oh., N.Y., and Ind. They also appear in the 1860 census in Etna Green Township of Kosciusko Co. In about 1861 they moved to Iowa where two more children were born, then in about 1872 they moved to Washington State.

Per Henrietta's son, Walter, Rosetta married Anthony Rockhill and moved by covered wagon to Walla Walla Valley, Washington. Walter could not remember Rosetta's name but remembered her husband, Anthony Rockhill. The LDS Family History database in 1999 had an Anthony Rockhill who married a Rosetta Robbins and lived in Eagle Creek, Clackamas, Oregon. The coincidence of the names, the time, and place is just too great for Rosetta not to be part of this family. Also, Timothy Titus Robbins had a sister named Rozetta. Again, Walter recalled that they wintered in Boise, Idaho and it took them six weeks to finish the trip from there. Charles Thompson, great- great- grandson of Rosetta and Anthony wrote that they wintered LaGrande, Oregon and then moved on to Eagle Creek the next spring (1865). Later they moved to the Walla Walla Valley to be near their daughter Louisa and family.

BLM records show that on April 5, 1876, Anthony Rockhill bought 160 acres in Columbia County, Washington (sec. 6, twp. 10-N, range 40-E); on July 25, 1892, he also bought an adjoining 160 acres (sec. 7, same twp.). A John F. Rockhill also bought land in the county between 1882 and 1907. A Catherine Rockhill bought 160 acres in adjacent Franklin County in 1910. Their daughter, Louisa Mary Rockhill was born December 25, 1848, died December 27, 1931, and married James William Foster on January 28, 1867.

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