Thomas Owen King
Birth Date
On 1840 April 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1921 November 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Sawstone, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1840 April 27
Mother
Hannah Tapfield (1807 - 1886)
Father
Thomas Owen King (1800 - 1874)
Date Details
Occurred On 1840 April 27
Baptized by
Claudius Victor Spencer
1852 (Age 11)
Traveled in
Claudius V. Spencer Company (1853)
1853 June 3 – September 17 (Age 13)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Thomas Owen King (Age 53)
Hannah Tapfield (Age 46)
Louisa King (Age 19)
Bertha Mary King (Age 18)
Date Details
Started On 1853 June 3
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 September 17
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1860 September 22 – 1864 October (Age 20)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
2nd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Location Served
England
Date Details
On 1860
Departed from Home
Started On 1860 September 22
Set Apart
Ended On 1864 October
Released
Traveled in
Warren S. Snow Company (1864)
1864 August 13 – November 2 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started Between 1864 August 13 – 17
Joined Company
Ended On 1864 November 2
Company Arrived
Married
Dorcus Georgiana Debenham
1868 May 22 (Age 28)
Died in Almo, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1921 November 16 (Age 81)
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Thomas Owen King (1840 - 1921) Profile
Thomas Owen King (1840 - 1921)
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"Pony Express Rider Dies at Idaho Home", Deseret News, (24 December 1921), Page 3:X.
Eastern Idaho Death Records Database
Eastern Idaho Death Records Database.
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 10 August 1861.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 22 September 1860, Vol. A, Page 2, Line 81.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 22 September 1860, Vol. B, Page 3, Line 81.
Missionary Record Index, 1860-1864, England
Missionary Record Index, 1860-1864, England, Page 22-27.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Claudius V. Spencer Company report, 1853", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-16.
Hannah Tapfield King autobiography, circa 1864-1872
Hannah Tapfield King autobiography, circa 1864-1872, Vol. 6.
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Mary Ann Ward Webb: her life and ancestry
"The history of Mary Ann Ward Webb and her diary of the journey to Utah (1864)", Mary Ann Ward Webb: her life and ancestry, Page 98-103.
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