Thomas Jefferson Thurston

Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson

When Thomas Jefferson Thurston was born on 12 February 1805, in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Peter Thurston, was 44 and his mother, Hannah Butler, was 32. He married Rosetta Bull on 20 March 1828, in Granville, Granville Township, Licking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870 and Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1860, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as farmer in Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 3 May 1885, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Thurston
1805–1885
Rosetta Bull
1809–1880
Marriage: 20 March 1828
Harriet Elizabeth Thurston
1829–1872
Maria Hannah Thurston
1853–1925
George Washington Thurston
1830–1903
Smith Butler Thurston
1833–1904
Sarah Ann Thurston
1835–1909
Hannah Maria Thurston
1837–1838
Ruben Johnson Thurston
1839–1858
Julia Rosetta Thurston
1841–1916
Caroline Rosalia Thurston
1843–1912
Huldah Cordelia Thurston
1846–1939
Thomas Jefferson Thurston Jr.
1848–1870
Peter Franklin Thurston
1852–1886
Samuel Thurston
1856–
Jane Thurston
1858–

Sources (55)

  • T J Thurston, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas J. Thurstain, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Thomas Jefferson Thurston, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia):

from the Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Middle English personal name Thurstan, Thorsten (Old Norse Thórsteinn, Thorsten, Anglicized as Old English Thurstān; see Thorstensen ).

habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Thóri (see Thor ) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of Thomas Jefferson Thurston, by daughter Hulda Cordelia Thurston

Notes for Thomas Jefferson Thurston: A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON THURSTON WRITTEN BY HIS DAUGHTER, HULDA CORDELIA THURSTON SMITH, JULY, 1921 (Researched by Jerry Laden, 1990. Edite …

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