John Andrew Jackson Thornton
Birth Date
On 1842 August 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 April 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
1842 August 13
Mother
Eliza Ann Terman
Father
Levi Thornton
Traveled in
James Jepson Company
1852 May 29 – September 10 (Age 9)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Catherine Thornton (Age 6)
Levi Thornton (Age 33)
Eliza Ann Terman (Age 31)
Lydia Ann Thornton (Age 3)
Joseph Brigham Thornton (Age 2)
Ephraim Thornton (Age 13)
Martha Jane Thornton (Age 11)
Date Details
On 1852 May 29
Joined Company
On 1852 September 10
Company Arrived
Baptized
1868 January 5 (Age 25)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 9 (Age 27)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
74th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
E Snow
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Died in Downey, Bannock, Idaho, United States
1915 April 16 (Age 72)
Media
John Andrew Jackson Thornton (1842 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census.
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937.
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 13, Line 521.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 14, Line 521.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"2nd Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
Transcript for "2nd Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2
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