John Andrew Jackson Thornton
Birth Date
On 1842 August 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 April 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
1842 August 13
Mother
Eliza Ann Terman (1820 - 1896)
Father
Levi Thornton (1819 - 1889)
Date Details
Occurred On 1842 August 13
Traveled in
James Jepson Company (1852)
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
Started On 1852 May 29
Joined Company
Ended 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
Erastus Snow
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 9
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Downey, Bannock, Idaho, United States
1915 April 16 (Age 72)
Media
John Andrew Jackson Thornton (1842 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 3268-3269, Page 299-300.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1889, Vol. A, Page 13, Line 521.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 14, Line 521.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"2nd Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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