Smith Butler Thurston

Brief Life History of Smith Butler

When Smith Butler Thurston was born on 4 January 1833, in New Haven, Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Thurston, was 27 and his mother, Rosetta Bull, was 23. He married Mary Amelia Isom on 2 November 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1852. In 1880, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as farmer in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States. He died on 24 June 1904, in Orangeville, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Orangeville Cemetery, Orangeville, Emery, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Smith Butler Thurston
1833–1904
Mary Amelia Isom
1842–1876
Marriage: 2 November 1861
Mary Louisa Thurston
1862–1923
Smith Butler Thurston
1866–1923
Sarah Elizabeth Thurston
1866–1866
Catherine Rosetta Thurston
1867–1924
Alice May Thurston
1869–1870
Anna Sophia Thurston
1871–1871
Caroline Cordelia Thurston
1873–1939

Sources (28)

  • Smith Thurstin in household of Thomas J Thurstin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Smith Buttler Thurston, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Smith B. Thurston, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Owen Isam History as gathered by his great granddaughter, Hortense Spendlove Bradshaw

Owen Isom History as gathered by his great granddaughter, Hortense Spendlove Bradshaw Owen Isom was born May 2, 1813, in Greatworth, England. The son of William Isom and Elizabeth Austin. His fat …

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