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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 September 1838
Death Date
18 July 1914
Gender
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Thomas Jefferson Jones

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  • Thomas initially made the trip to the Valley as a child with his family. However, several years later he returned to the East for a visit to the area where he was born and married. He returned to Utah with his wife in 1861.

John S. Higbee/James W. Bay Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 13

Traveled with

  • Isaac Newton Turnbaugh (Age: 36)
  • Parthena Jones (Age: 32)
  • Mary Caroline Turnbaugh (Age: 10)
  • Isaac Newton Turnbaugh (Age: 3)

David H. Cannon Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 22
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Emily Miller Jones (Age: 21)

Sources

  • 1st Company of 50 reports, 1852, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Bartlett Tripp journal, 1861 May-August, 1-25.
  • "Capt. D. H. Cannon's Train," The Mountaineer , 13 July 1861, 162.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jones, Thomas J., History of the Family of Thomas J. Jones, 3.
  • Jones, Thomas Jefferson, Autobiographical sketch, in St. George Stake, High Priest Quorum Genealogical Records, 1872-1906, reel 6039, 208, in Record of Members Collection 1836-1970.
  • Jones, Thomas Jefferson, Autobiographical sketch 1911, 1-2.
  • "Overton: Obituary," Washington County News, 30 July 1914, 5.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.