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1847–1868

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Birth Date
20 February 1808
Death Date
5 September 1895
Gender
Female
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Martha Paine Thomas


Alternate Names

    Martha Paine Jones

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  • Martha was born at Sumner, Tennessee.  She was re-baptized at Salt Lake city on 6 October 1850.  Her travel to Utah is mentioned in her daughter's obituary.

Allen Taylor Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 41

Traveled with

  • Daniel Stillwell Thomas (Age: 46)
  • 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

  • E. Kay Kirkham, Daniel Stillwell Thomas and Martha Paine Jones Thomas: Early Members of the LDS Church and Utah Pioneers of 1849 (1985), 21-22.
  • 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.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Tenth Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.