Preston Thomas

Brief Life History of Preston

When Preston Thomas was born on 15 February 1814, in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Thomas Jr, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Ann Morehead, was 34. He married Sarah Ann Jane Morehead on 10 May 1838, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 11 July 1877, in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Preston Thomas
1814–1877
Mariah Hadlond
1839–1907
Marriage: 8 October 1856
Sarah Ann Jane Thomas
1857–1946
Ella Elizabeth Thomas
1859–1941
Pinckney Preston Thomas
1861–1925
Seth Hadlond Thomas
1864–1943
Mary Hadlond Thomas
1866–1926
Rachel Hadlond Thomas
1868–1948
Rosabell Thomas
1871–1946
Daniel Hadlond Thomas
1874–1943
Letitia Dollia Thomas
1876–1936

Sources (95)

  • Preston Thomas, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

Name Meaning

English, French, Walloon, Breton, German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Greek, West Indian (mainly Haiti and Jamaica), and African (mainly Tanzania and Nigeria): from the personal name Thomas, of Biblical (New Testament) origin, from Aramaic t’ōm’a, a byname meaning ‘twin’. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, known for his scepticism about Christ's resurrection (John 20:24–29). The Th- spelling is organic, the initial letter of the name in the Greek New Testament being a theta. The English pronunciation as t rather than th- is the result of French influence from an early date. In Britain, the surname is widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Wales and Cornwall. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages (e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Toma and Tuma , Albanian Toma and Thoma , and Slavic surnames listed in 3 below), and their patronymics and other derivatives (e.g. Polish Tomaszewski and Slovenian Tomažič; see Tomazic ). In France, this surname is most common in the Vosges and Brittany. The name Thomas is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Machan , Mammen , and Oommen ), but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Thomas (see 1 above) as a surname.

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tomas , Tomasz, and Tomaś, Sorbian Tomaš (see also 4 below), Croatian Tomaš and Tomas , Slovenian Tomaš and Tomaž, Czech and Slovak Tomáš, all meaning ‘Thomas’.

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

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Preston Thomas First LDS Bishop in Idaho. True Pioneer for the Gospel's Sake

Idaho's first LDS bishop, Preston Thomas, was a Southern-born lawyer, tried and tested in the gospel and hardened to the frontier by pioneering in the harsh early West. Ironically, when he was called …

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