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1847–1868

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Birth Date
15 March 1803
Death Date
27 June 1878
Gender
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Daniel Stillwell Thomas

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  • Daniel was from Sumner, Tennessee.  He was captain of the 2nd ten. His travel to Utah is mentioned in the obituary of his daughter. A daughter and young son (Matilda and Isaac) preceded him to the Valley in 1847.   Daniel was re-baptized at Salt Lake City on 29 September 1850.

Allen Taylor Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 46
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Martha Paine Thomas (Age: 41)
  • Emma Smith Thomas (Age: 12)
  • Joseph Alma Thomas (Age: 10)
  • Daniel Wight Thomas (Age: 7)
  • Martha Jane Thomas (Age: 4)
  • Sarah Phylinda Thomas (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "Allen Taylor's 100, first 50, report, 1849 September 3." In Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849. (MS 14290, Reel 3, Box 2, Folder 40)
  • David Moore collection, 1843-1921, Meeting minutes, 1849.
  • David Moore writings, circa 1860, 45-54.
  • Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 437.
  • Kirkham, Kate Woodhouse, comp., Daniel Stillwell Thomas Family History (n.p., 1927), 4.
  • “Lehi.  Mrs. Newall A. Brown Dead,” Deseret News, 8 Feb. 1905, 9.
  • Martha M. Morgan, A Trip Across the Plains in the Year 1849 with Notes of a Voyage to California by Way of Panama (Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1983), 7-20.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Tenth Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.