Thomas Mathews Perkins
Birth Date
On 1834 May 19 (Born)
Death Date
On 1884 February 8 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Llangyfelch Parish, Treboeth, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
1834 May 19
Mother
Jane Matthews
Father
William Perkins
Baptized by Thomas Pugh
1847 (Age 12)
Married
Margaret Evans
1860 July 1 (Age 26)
Traveled in
Homer Duncan Company
1862 July 22 – September 21 (Age 28)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Margaret Evans (Age 19)
Jane Evans Perkins (Age 0)
Date Details
On 1862 July 22
Joined Company
On 1862 September 21
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1881 October 10 – 1883 September 17 (Age 47)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
63rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
L Snow
Set Apart By
Lorenzo Snow
Date Details
On 1881 October 10
Set Apart
On 1883 September 17
Released
Died in Cedar City, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
1884 February 8 (Age 49)
Media
Thomas Perkins (1843 - 1884) Profile
Sources
Person
1841 England and Wales Census
1841 England and Wales Census.
1851 England and Wales Census
1851 England and Wales Census.
1861 England and Wales Census
1861 England and Wales Census.
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
Saints By Sea - BYU
"Thomas Mathews Perkins. ID: 49520", Saints By Sea - BYU.
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 57, Line 2421.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 61, Line 2421.
Pioneer
"Cedar Pioneer Succumbs to Heart Trouble," Iron County Record
"Cedar Pioneer Succumbs to Heart Trouble," Iron County Record, 31 October 1935.
Deseret News
Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration", Deseret News, (17 September 1862), Page 5.
Transcript for Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93
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