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Thomas Karren

Thomas Karren was born on the Isle of Man, 1 May 1810; died in Lehi, Utah 4 Apr 1876.[1][2] He joined the Mormon Battalion in 1846 and was honorably discharged in 1847.[3] In 1852 he was among the first LDS missionaries sent to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).[4]

References[]

  1. Lewis, K. Howard (1976). The Thomas Karren Family. Sacramento CA: Spilman Printing Company. pp. 1–18. ISBN 1480105910. 
  2. Esshom, Frank (1913). Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies.. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books. pp. 980. ISBN 1462283152. 
  3. Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, [1996], 20-28, 238-40.
  4. MSS 4065; Thomas Karren mission journals; 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
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