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Pioneer Oliver Thornton : came to Utah in 1852

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Identifier: MSS 2472
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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Oliver Thornton was a native of Canada who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1891 at the age of 85.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Pioneer Oliver Thornton : came to Utah in 1852

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