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Pvt Thomas Karren

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Pvt Thomas Karren

Birth
Douglas, Middle, Isle of Man
Death
4 Apr 1876 (aged 65)
Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA
Plot
11-12-5
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Son of Thomas William Karren & Catherine Clark

Married Ann Ratcliff, 11 May 1833, Formbly, Lancashire, England

Married Selina Miller, 2 Feb 1857

Married Elizabeth Milne, 7 Jan 1865, Salt Lake City, Utah

Married Hannah East, 17 Mar 1865, Lehi, Utah

Married Elizabeth Bowen, 20 Jun 1868


Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Karren, Thomas, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company E, was born May 1, 1810, on the Isle of Man, a son of Thomas Karren and Catherine Clark. He moved to Liverpool in 1830, and joined the Church in May, 1842. He was ordained an Elder in Liverpool, emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, was ordained a Seventy by Jacob Gates in 1844, and became a member of 20th Quorum of Seventy at Nauvoo. He joined the Mormon Battalion in 1846, spent the winter of 1846-1847 at Pueblo, and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, soon after the original Pioneers came. He went back to Council Bluffs and returned with his family in 1850 to the "Valley." In 1852 he was called on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where he was associated with Geo. Q. Cannon and others. He returned to Lehi in 1855, and later was chosen as first counselor to Bishop David Evans, which position he held until his death which occurred April 12, 1876. Bro. Karren was a faithful Latter-day Saint and was esteemed by all who knew him.

* Mormon Battalion members

Son of Thomas William Karren & Catherine Clark

Married Ann Ratcliff, 11 May 1833, Formbly, Lancashire, England

Married Selina Miller, 2 Feb 1857

Married Elizabeth Milne, 7 Jan 1865, Salt Lake City, Utah

Married Hannah East, 17 Mar 1865, Lehi, Utah

Married Elizabeth Bowen, 20 Jun 1868


Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Karren, Thomas, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company E, was born May 1, 1810, on the Isle of Man, a son of Thomas Karren and Catherine Clark. He moved to Liverpool in 1830, and joined the Church in May, 1842. He was ordained an Elder in Liverpool, emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, was ordained a Seventy by Jacob Gates in 1844, and became a member of 20th Quorum of Seventy at Nauvoo. He joined the Mormon Battalion in 1846, spent the winter of 1846-1847 at Pueblo, and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, soon after the original Pioneers came. He went back to Council Bluffs and returned with his family in 1850 to the "Valley." In 1852 he was called on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where he was associated with Geo. Q. Cannon and others. He returned to Lehi in 1855, and later was chosen as first counselor to Bishop David Evans, which position he held until his death which occurred April 12, 1876. Bro. Karren was a faithful Latter-day Saint and was esteemed by all who knew him.

* Mormon Battalion members

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