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1847–1868

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15 October 1799
Death Date
17 January 1884
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Thomas Morris

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  • Thomas marched to California with the Mormon Battalion in 1846-1847.  Here he re-enlisted for an additional six months service and, for part of that time, served as hospital steward in San Diego.  He arrived in Salt Lake City in time to receive a parcel of land in 1849 but returned to California via the Old Spanish Trail during the winter of 1849-1850.  While in the gold fields he received a call to serve a mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).  He returned to Salt Lake City in 1855 with the Parley P. Pratt Company.

Unknown Companies (1847-1868)

  • Age at Departure: 47

Parley P. Pratt Company (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 55

Sources

  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • "Arrived," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Aug. 1855, 189.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Larson, Carl V. comp. A Database of the Mormon Battalion: An Identification of the Original Members of the Mormon Battallion (Salt Lake City: U.S. Mormon Battalion, 1997), 15.
  • Missionary Record Index, 1830-1971.
  • Morris, Thomas. Journal, 1849-1850.
  • Pratt, Parley P., "Correspondence," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 August 1855, 192.
  • Pratt, Parley Parker, Journal, 1855 Jul-1856 Mar.
  • Rich, Charles Coulson.  Journal, 1849 October -1851 October.
  • Salt Lake City Property Index.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.