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Stephen Goodrich Thornton


Birth9 February 1834Collins, Erie, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Stephen Goodrich Thornton, ID: KWJ8-9NX.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Stephen Thornton, folder "Daniel Spencer's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#16), image 13, line 28; and entry for Steven Goodrich, folder "Second 100, schedules, 1848" (#62), image 4, line 48.
Death31 March 1918Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
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    Parowan Times, "Old Resident Dead," 3 April 1918, p. 8, column 1.
Burial3 April 1918Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Stephen Goodrich Thornton, ID: KWJ8-9NX.
FatherEzra Thornton
MotherHarriet Goodrich
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   • Nancy Louisa Curtis
Married1 July 1856Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Stephen Goodrich Thornton and Nancy Louisa Curtis, ID: KWJ8-9NX and ID: KWJ8-9ND.
          Children:
               Louisa Nancy Thornton
               Sarah Elizabeth Thornton
               Stephen Geroy Thornton
               Ezra Gardner Thornton
               William Uriah Thornton
               Horace H Thornton
               Serepta Luella Thornton
               Nelson Stratton Thornton
               Edward Eli Thornton
               George Homer Thornton
               Donald Carlos Thornton

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• 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census(7th District) Parowan, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusParowan Parowan Precinct, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusParowan Precinct, Iron, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusParowan Prec coex with, Iron, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Aaron Johnson CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departureabout 8 Jun 1850
       Arrival12 Sept 1850

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