- Birth Date
- 9 February 1834
- Death Date
- 31 March 1918
- Gender
- Male
Stephen Goodrich Thornton
The family's travel to Utah is mentioned in his mother's obituary. Stephen was re-baptized on 2 November 1851 at Salt Lake City (his re-baptism record records his birthday as 9 February 1831.) His name first appears in the records of the Utah Territorial Militia on 7 October 1851 at Salt Lake City.
Aaron Johnson Company (1850)
- Age at Departure: 16
Sources
- 1850 Iowa Census
- "Died," Deseret News, 16 November 1870, 477.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Salt Lake Stake Record of Members, 1848-1917.
- Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
- Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966
- Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.