Thomas Joseph Steed

Thomas Joseph Steed
Personal details
Born(1826-12-13)13 December 1826
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Died26 June 1910(1910-06-26) (aged 83)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting placeFarmington City Cemetery
Spouse(s)4
Children10
ParentsThomas Steed and Charlotte Niblett
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Thomas Joseph Steed (13 December 1826 – 26 June 1910) was an early Mormon pioneer in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a polygamist, and author, with his diary being published posthumously in 1925.

His descendants include a number of people that later formed the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including Warren Steed Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs, Heleman Jeffs, Lyle Jeffs and Elissa Wall.

Biography

Thomas Joseph Steed was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire on December 13, 1826.

He died at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City on June 26, 1910, following surgery for a hernia.

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References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Steed III | Church History Biographical Database". history.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Muir, Leo Joseph (1952). A Century of Mormon Activities in California. Deseret News Press.
  3. ↑ "The Life of Thomas Steed". Saints by Sea. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Steed, Thomas (1925). The Life of Thomas Steed from His Own Diary 1826-1910.
  5. ↑ Lund, Anthon Henrik (1913). The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. Geneal. Society of Utah.
  6. ↑ "New edict purportedly from FLDS leader Warren Jeffs raises alarm". FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Singular, Stephen (7 July 2009). When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4299-5788-5.
  8. ↑ Steed, Matilda Cecilia Giauque; Meadows, Fanny Louisa Steed (1916). Genealogy of the Steed family of Utah from 1860 to 1916. Harold B. Lee Library. Farmington, UT : Steed Family Association.
  9. ↑ Whitney, Orson Ferguson (October 1904). History of Utah in Four Volumes. Vol. IV. G. Q. Cannon & Sons. pp. 415–416. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ "Another Pioneer Goes to Reward". The Ogden Standard. Salt Lake. 27 June 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Saints, Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day. "Thomas Joseph Steed". www.churchhistorianspress.org. Retrieved 26 December 2023.