King, Thomas O. (Thomas Owen), 1840-1921
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1840 - 1921
biographical statement
Citation:
A travelling ministry, 2010 June: t.p. (Thomas Owen King, Jr.; missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, 1860-1864)Ancestry.com, Sept. 12, 2011 (Thomas O. King; Thomas Owen King; Thomas King; b. Apr. 27, 1840 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England; d. Nov. 16, 1921 in Almo, Idaho; farmer)
Almo, Idaho website, Sept. 12, 2011: p. 1 (Thomas Owen King; b. near Lawston, Cambridgeshire, England; parents, Thomas and Hannah (Tapfield) King; family joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852/1853; emigrated to Utah in 1853) p. 2 (worked as a pony express rider in 1860; served mission from 1860-1864; m. May 26, 1868 to Dorcas Debenham; worked at ZCMI; farmed on the Bear River; moved to Idaho in 1878; lived on ranch in Cassia County, 1878-1889; lived in Almo, Idaho where he served as justice of the peace and bishop)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
A travelling ministry : the journals and letters of Thomas Owen King Jr., Latter-day Saint missionary, 1860-1864 / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233247029]
Identifier: MSS 7677
Scope and Contents
Biography of Thomas Owen King, Jr., including letters, journal entries, and photographs. The compiled book documents his experiences as a Mormon missionary in England from 1860 to 1864, and his time as a pony express rider and rancher in Almo, Idaho.
Dates:
2010 June