Thomas Karren, III

Birth: May 1, 1810, England

Death: Apr. 4, 1876, Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA

Burial: Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA Plot: UK 754

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 George 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. Brother Karren was a faithful Latter-day Saint and was esteemed by all who knew him.

Mormon Battalion members

Spouses:

Ann Ratcliff Karren 1815 - 1886

Elizabeth Karren 1837 - 1901

Hannah East Karren 1832 - 1907

Children:

Catherine Karren Hatch 1836 - 1910

Hyrum Karren 1843 - 1928

Charles Hopkins Karren 1849 - 1929

Mary Karren Bennion 1852 - 1930

Annie East 1868 - 1954

Maintained by: Schott Family

Originally Created by: Utah State Historical Society

Record added: Feb 02, 2000

Find A Grave Memorial# 95249

GEDCOM Note

Composite of two photos 2015 Thomas and Ann Karren headstone- Scott Forsyth at his gggreat grandparents headstone in Lehi Utah Published in Lehi, UT Lehi Sun 14 Jan 1943, page 1. May 10, 1876 Deseret News digitized archives - Thomas Karren died April 4, [1876] in Lehi, [Utah] Thomas and Ann Karren were married just west of here in the St. John's church that was torn down. Scott put together a wonderful travel journal which lists his ancestor line up of how he is related to them, the Town where they lived along with some information on the area. Ann Ratcliff Karren ID 95248 Brown is carrying payroll request to San Francisco from the sick detachments coming in to Salt Lake from Pueblo. This sheet is for Company C, D, & E. 1st sheet has the power of attorney granted to Capt. James Brown. Sick Detach has been at Pueblo CO until July47. These are the simoleons that paid out every prior non-resident claim to the territory, and locked out all the land sharks from buying a federal land patent underneath the original pioneers.