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1847–1868

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Birth Date
21 February 1812
Death Date
11 April 1858
Gender
Female
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Mary Thornton


Alternate Names

    Mary Griswold

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  • Wife of Oliver Thornton. According to census records, the Thornton family was living in Pottawattamie in 1850. The family's travel to Utah is mentioned in the obituary of her son, Thomas E. Thornton.

Robert Wimmer Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 40

Traveled with

  • Oliver E. Thornton (Age: 45)
  • Lydia Meacham Thornton (Age: 21)
  • Amos Griswold Thornton (Age: 19)
  • Thomas Ephraim Thornton (Age: 17)
  • Alice Ann Griswold Thornton (Age: 12)
  • Oliver Evans Thornton (Age: 4)
  • Joseph Smith Thornton (Age: 2)

Sources

  • "15th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 15th Company of 50 report, 1852 June 23.
  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • "American Fork Pioneer is Dead," Salt Lake Herald, 16 Mar. 1918, 3.
  • American Fork Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 97.