Thomas Bloxham, Jr.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 (Unknown Year of Travel) Age 19

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Birth: Apr. 5, 1834 Walton Cardiff Gloucestershire, England

Death: Sep. 10, 1904 Red Bluff Tehama County California, USA

Second son of Dianah Harris and Thomas Sr. Bloxham.

He married (1) Alice Ann Marston Hill in a civil ceremony October of 1856 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Their first child, a son, Thomas Joseph Bloxham, was born 2 November 1857.

On 3 March 1858 they were sealed in an LDS ceremony at the Salt Lake City Endowment House. April 1859, their daughter Lucy Ann was born at Kaysville, Davis, Utah.

They later divorced and Alice Ann married Thomas's younger brother, John Thomas Bloxham on 2 February 1867.

On 20 September 1877 Thomas Jr. married (2) Mary Mae Shelton at Red Bluff, Tehama, California. Although she was 30 years younger than he, they were married for nearly 27 years.

Mary Mae and Thomas had ten children: John William, Zeller Martin, Emery, Josephine Maude, Warren Edward, Leslie, Della, Leslie Thomas, Floyd Ely and Dessie.

After the death of Thomas, Mary Mae married Asberry C. Bandy of Red Bluff.

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Parents:

• Thomas Sr. Bloxham (1811 - 1883)
• Dianah "Diana" Harris Bloxham (1809 - 1847)

Spouses:

*Alice Ann Marston Hill Bloxham (1839 - 1907)*

• Mary Mae Shelton Bloxham (1864 - 1931)*

Children:

*Thomas Joseph Bloxham (1857 - 1939)*

• Lucy Ann Bloxham Wakley (1859 - 1906)*
• Emery Bloxham (1882 - 1901)*
• Dessie Bloxham (1905 - 1906)*

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery Red Bluff Tehama County California, USA

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Biography and genealogy: http://www.ida.net/users/rpdb/ThomasBloxham.pdf