Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 23 October 1842
- Death Date
- 25 June 1932
- Gender
- Male
Thomas Waters Cropper
He is the son of Sabrina Land Cropper Croft. He came to the Valley with his family in 1856. He crossed the plains again in 1864 as a teamster for the William S. Warren out-and-back company.
His birth and dates are confirmed by Oak City Ward records and the inscription on his gravestone. His death date is also confirmed by this death certificate.
Jacob Croft Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 13
Traveled with
William S. Warren Company (1864)
- Age at Departure: 21
- Out-and-Back Teamster
Sources
- Cropper, Thomas Waters, "History of Thomas Waters Cropper," in Robert L. Ashby, ed., The Robert L. Ashby and Hannah Cropper Family Book of Their Descendants and Ancestors, Book 4 , [1991], 9-11.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Oak City Ward, Record of Members (CR 375 8, Reel 4842)
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
- Thomas Waters Cropper in Family History of Thomas Waters Cropper and Hannah Lucretia Rogers (1957), 22-26, written by Robert L. Ashby.
- Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.