Thomas Brigham Wilson

Brief Life History of Thomas Brigham

When Thomas Brigham Wilson was born on 2 May 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Green Wilson, was 31 and his mother, Helen Copley, was 24. He married Lydia Ann Marie Patterson on 6 November 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Thistle, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Tucker, Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1929, at the age of 81, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 24 March 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Brigham Wilson
1847–1929
Lydia Ann Marie Patterson
1849–1922
Marriage: 6 November 1871
Martha Jane Wilson
1874–1925
Cornelia Wilson
1874–1961
Thomas Brigham Wilson Jr
1875–1875
Ella Wilson
1876–1904
Melvina Pearl Wilson
1878–1925
James Vernon Wilson
1880–
Clara E Willson
1882–

Sources (47)

  • Thomas B Wilcox in household of Samuel M Wing, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Thomas B Wilson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Thomas Brigham Wilson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

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

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