Ezra Thompson (1797 - 1873)

Born 26 Jul 1797 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Husband of Ann Jane Griffin Raised By — married 3 Apr 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Died 21 Aug 1873 at age 76 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

Ezra was born in 1797. He passed away in 1873.

Marriage 9 Nov 1840. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. 3 April 1853. Salt Lake, Utah, United States. EST 1847. of, Nebraska, United States. 3 April 1853. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. 9 Nov 1840. 29 January 1854. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States.

Buried 24 August 1873. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States.

Note: #2683372305405239. Documentation. this family was in Nauvoo at 1841-1846 Ezra Sr. & Edward W. both Carpenters 1820 Census of Alfred Township, Allegany NY 193719 pg 37a 1830 census of Mill Creek, Eerie Pa 020621 pg 261 1840 census not located 1851 census of Salt Lake 025540 pg 47,48 1856 census of Salt Lake 19th ward Tooele & Parowan Ut 505,913 1860 Census of Salt Lake & Tooele Utah film 805313 pg 197 & 323 1870 census of Salt Lake19th ward 553110 pg 707 & film 553111 pg 193 Patriarchal blessing index Nauvoo restoration Index- Marriage of child #4 Edward W. Salt Lake city deaths 026553 husband & wife Early church information cards Family group record archives Ezra Thompson 1797 History of Tooele county --DAR 979.243/H2d Deed indexes for Ontario co, NY Edward Thompson bought 103 acres and house in Allegany co. NY 1826 Grantee & Granter index listings for Edward & Harvey Salt Lake City directories 1867 -Ezra Thompson 19th ward N)E) corner of 5th. Sources used. HISTORY OF GOSHEN CONN. PG 536 GEN ARCHIVE S.L.C. AA-394-30 212 LEAVITT FAMILY RECORDS IN POSS. SELEMA H. LEAVITT 2767 S. 2ND S.L.C. UT. & KATHRYN MILLER 170 W 1800 S. BOUNTIFUL, UT INDEX CARD TO ST. GEORGE TEMPLE RECORDS #6278 BOOK 2 PG 228 INDEX CARD TO UTAH TEMPLE RECORDS #1110 BOOK A1 PG 89. HISTORY: By Mavis Greer Clayton with rearangements, spelling corrections and comments in brackets by Kenneth Leroy Busbee Ezra Thompson, was born in Goshen, Litchfield, Conneticut, 26 July 1797. He isthe son of Edward and Amanda Rhoda Smith Thompson. The family moved from Conneticut to New York State. They first settled in Livonia, which is on the eastern border of Livingston county. This area was first settled about 1889 [date must be wrong] by Soloman Woodruff, who came by Ox sled from Litchfield, CT., with a group of Presbyterian followers. Probably, the Thompson family came with him. Ezramarried Amanda Butler Powell, when he was about twenty years of age. She is the daughter of Stephan and Lurany Powell. Born 12 September 1795, in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, the birth place of the Prophet Joseph Smith, just ten years earlier than he was born. The Thompson's first son, a boy they named Stephen, for his grandfather Powell, was born about 1816-1817. He was followed by a daughter, Amanda, named for her mother and Paternal grandmother. Rhoda Ann was born 28 October 1818, and a son, Ezra, in 1821. Next came Edward Washington, named for his paternal grandfather in 1822, followed by Harriet born about 1823. All of these children were born in Livonia. In 1825, Era and Amanda moved to Alfred, Allegheny, New York, where in November, a son, Orange Decator, was born. It was while in NewYork that Ezra, learned the treade of Millwright, which occupation he followed all his life. From his son Ezra's Biography we learn: "Ezra learned the trade of Millwright at a time when the acquirement of a trade meant a period of apprenticeship and throughness of instruction." Ezra and Amanda moved to Pennsylvania and settled in Mill Creek, Erie County. This county was formed in 1800 and Mill Creek was one of the sixteen original townships. It was located close to the city of Erie on the south of Lake Erie, and stood on the banks of Mill Creek. It was excellent farming country and early mills were in operation. Ezra undoubtedly pursued his trade as a millwright. The 1830 census list Ezra with a wife and four children. This would indicate that one or two [three] children had died. Roxy Ann was born about 1829 and her birthplace is listed as Queenstown, Armstrong, Penn [which is believed wrong]. So Roxy, possibly was born after 1830 [which is believed wrong- should be about 1831] as the family continued to move westward. The last child, Laura Melvina, was born in 1833, in Mill Creek. Elders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, found the Thompson family. No record hasbeen found of the exact date of Ezra's Baptizm, but it was evidently in 1836. His brother Julius was baptized 6 April 1836. As a young man, Ezra, persecuted the Mormons. One night he dreamed of two men coming up the walk and presented him with a book. The next day two men did, just as in the dream. He was baptized a week later, after reading the Book of Mormon. The Thompsons who joined the churchwere the Father and Mother, (Edward and Rhoda), their son Ezra and his wife, Amanda, and son Julius and his wife Sarah. They evidently were in Kirtland where Edward and Rhoda received their Patriachal Blessings in 1836 from Joseph Smith, Sr. From here [either Pennsylvania or Kirkland, Ohio] the Thompsons moved to Nauvoo, where they helped to build the "City Beautiful." In 1841, Roxy Ann, was baptized by her father, in Nauvoo. She evidently died as a child. Ezra was commisioned a Second Lt, by Reynolds Cahoon, in Co. A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Platoon of the Silver Graysn in the Nauvoo Legion. In January 1846 [incorrect, it was on February 7, 1846], Ezra received his endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. Ezra and his family endured the hardships of the expulsion from Nauvoo and crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake in 1848. Ezra had been living in Pottowattomie couinty, Iowa, in January 1848. Julius, Ezra's brother and Sarah his wife also came to the valley as early pioneers. Ezra's second wife was Lois Alexander Thumble [apparently for time only]. She was born in May 1813, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Her first husband was John Lowe, who died during the winter of 1845-46, at Winter Quarters. They had one son, John Oscar Lowe, who came to Utah and lived with Ezra and Lois. A daughter, Lois Savana, was born to Ezra and Lois in February 1849, in North Hill Canyon, now Mueller Park, in Davis county, Utah. A son Ezra, Jr. was born in July 1850, in Salt Lake City. A small daughter, Zina, was born in 1852 and died as an infant. In April, 1850, Ezra's first wife, Amanda, died and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery. By this time, most of Ezra's first family were married. Ezra married his third wife [unclear but apparently only for time] in April 1853, in Salt Lake. Ann Jane Griffin Platt Goodridge, was the daughter of William and Susanna Heron Platt. She was born in 1818, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Her first husband had died enroute to Utah. Ezra and Ann had the following children: Horace Harvey, Mansel Hardy, and Eliza Percinda. In January 1854, Ezra married his fourth wife, Carolina Sophia Freeman Cutler [for time only]. She was the daughter of Silas and Sarah French Freeman, born in 1812 in Cayuga, New York. She was the widow of Parley Cutler, by whom she had eight children. Ezra and Caroline was sealed to her first husband. Ezra and Caroline were sealed for time in Brigham Young's office by Elder J. Ure, after Caroline was sealed to her first husband. They evidently separated shortly after their only son, Silas Franklin Thompson, was born inNovember 1854. She later married Peter Van Valkenburg, and a fourth husband, Mr. Hawkins [sequence and marriage dates of these two spouses may be wrong]. Ezra was a Seventy, in the twenty-fourth Quorum of Seventies. The Thompson family settled in the 19th Ward in Salt Lake City, on Pugsley Row. The property owners in the Ward were taxed in May 1851, in order to build a school house. Here the Thompson children went to school in the winter time and worked at odd jobs during the summer to contribute to the support of the large family. Ezra built the first Grist Mill for Heber C. Kimball, in North Mill Creek Canyon, and several other grist mills and saw mills through out Utah. "His services as a Miilwright were well known and the high character of his work, was many times reflected in the durability of the structures he erected." Ezra helped to build a nail factory in Salt Lake City and with James Finlayson made the first nails in Utah. The bishop called his ward to rependence during the early years. Ezra was called before the Bishop's Court on two occasions. On 27 Jun 1853, he was ordered to pay to Charles White, $3.00 in flour at eight cents a pound, for failure to fulfill a contract he had made. On 10 May 1856, for "Unchristian like conduct in his family and for not paying his tithing." Ezra had seventeen [count only sixteen, but seventeen with step son, John Oscar Low] known children, whom he taught to be thrifty and industrious. He lived with Lois and even after marriage, her son, Oscar Lowe and his family resided in the Thompson home. His son Edward Washington, lived next door when they first reached the valley, and was taught his father's trade. Later his third wife , Ann Jane and her children lived next door. Ann Jane stood as proxy for his first wife, when on 3 April 1853, she was sealed for herself and Amanda, to Ezra, in the President's office by Heber C. Kimball. Ezra died at the age of 76 years, 21 August 1873, and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.**********************. EZRA THOMPSON Great Grandfather to Della McCleve EZRA THOMPSON Great Grandfather to Della McCleve Herlin Ezra Thompson was born in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut on July 26, 1797, a son of Edward andAmanda Rhoda Smith Thompson. His father was born September 30, 1776 in the same place, a son of Elisha and Dorcas Wright Thompson. His mother was born January 27, 1772 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Amanda and Edward had the following children: Harvey, Ambrose, Ezra, Julius and a daughter, Laura. The family moved from Connecticut to New York State. They first lived in Livonia, which is in the eastern border of Livingston County and was formed in 1808. This area was first settled about 1789 by Solomon Woodruff, who came by ox sled from Litchfield, Connecticut with a group of Presbyterian followers. Probably, the Thompson family came with him. The second son, Ambrose, was drowned at Silver Lake, New York. Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints found the Thompson family. No record has been found of the exact date of Ezra's baptism, but it was evidently in 1835 or 1836. His brother, Julius, was baptized April 6, 1836. Ezra married Amanda Butler Powell when he was about 20 years old. She was the daughter of Stephen and Lurany Powell, and was born September 12, 1795 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, the birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith, this being just ten years earlier than he was born. The Thompson's first son, a boy they named Stephen for his grandfather Powell, was born about 1817, followed by a daughter Amanda, named for her mother and paternal grandmother. Rhoda Ann was born October 28, 1818, and a son Ezra in October 1821. Next came Edward Washington, named for his paternal grandfather, on May 28, 1822, followed by Harriet, born about 1823. All of these children were born in Livonia. In 1825, Ezra and Amanda had moved to Alfred, Allegheny County, where on November 4th a son, Orange Decator was born. It was while they were in New York that Ezra learned the trade of millwright, which occupation he followed all his life. From his son Ezra's biography, we learn, Ezra learned the trade of millwright at a time when the acquirement of a trade meant a period of apprenticeship and thoroughness of instruction. In 1830, Ezra's oldest brother, Harvey, was married and living in Alfred, New York with a wife and six children. But Ezra and Amanda moved to Pennsylvania and settled in Millcreek, Erie County. This county was formed in 1800 and Millcreek was one of the sixteen original townships. It was located close to the city of Erie, on the south of Lake Erie and stood near the banks of Mill Creek. It was excellent farming country and early mills were in operation here, where Ezra undoubtedly pursued his trade of millwright. The 1830 census lists Ezra with a wife and four children. This would indicate that one or two children had died, possibly Ezra and Harriet or Stephen. Roxy Ann was born about 1829 and her birth place is listed as Queenstown, Armstrong, Pennsylvania. This is in the north of the county, but west from Erie in the center of Pennsylvania, so Roxy possibly was born after 1830 as the family continued to move westward. The last child, Laura Melvina, was born December 18, 1833 in Mill Creek. The Thompson's who joined the Church were the mother and father, (Edward and Amanda Rhoda), their son Ezra and his wife, and son Julius and his wife, Sarah. They evidently were in Kirtland where Father and Mother Thompson received Patriarchal Blessings in 1836 from Joseph Smith Sr. From here the Thompsons moved to Nauvoo, where they helped to build up "the city beautiful." In 1841Roxy Ann was baptized by her father in Nauvoo. She evidently died as a child. Here also Ezra was a member of the Nauvoo Legion. In January of 1846, Ezra was endowed in the Nauvoo Temple. No record of the deaths of his parents had been found. Later, Edward's death record was found in the Nauvoo newspaper, "The Wasp", and records the date of September 6, 1842 at Nauvoo. Ezra and his family endured the hardships of expulsion from Nauvoo and crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake in 1848. His daughter, Rhoda Ann, married on October 25, 1840 to George Baker, an immigrant from England. They lived for a short time in LaPorte, Indiana, where two children were born. Three more children were born in Polk County, Iowa, as they crossed the plains. Julius, Ezra's brother, and his wife Sarah came to the valley also as early pioneers. Ezra's second wife was Lois Alexander Trumble. Her parents were Samuel and Lydia Alexander Trumble and she was born May 5, 1813 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Her first husband was John Lowe, who died during the winter of 1845-46, at Winter Quarters. They had one son, John Oscar Lowe, who came toUtah and lived with Ezra and Lois. A daughter, Lois Savona, was born to Ezra and Lois on February 28, 1849 in North Hill Canyon, (now Mueller's Park), in Davis County. A son, Ezra Jr., was born July 17, 1850 in Salt Lake, and a small daughter, Zina, born in 1852 died as an infant. On April 1, 1850, Ezra's first wife, Amanda, died and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. By this time, most ofEzra's first family were married. Edward Washington married Julia Fish in 1849 and lived in Salt Lake, Parowan and Beaver. He died on November 16, 1898. This couple had a family of seven children, including twin girls. Rhoda Ann Baker had six sons and six daughters, which included twin boys. She lived in Tooele and American Fork and died there September 4, 1892. Orange Decator married Margaret Brown. Laura Melvina married Lemuel S. Leavitt August 12, 1850, and had four girls and four boys, among them twin daughters. She lived in Tooele and Santa Clara, and died in Santa Clara on the 8th of October 1862. No record has been found of the other children. Ezra married on April 3, 1853, in Salt Lake, his third wife, Ann Jane Griffin Platt Goodridge. She was the daughter of William and Susanna Heron, being born on December 10, 1818, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Her first husband was William Goodridge. Ezra and Ann Jane had the following children: Horace Harvey, born March 30, 1854; Mansel Hardy, born August 17, 1857; and Eliza Percinda, born April 25, 1861. Horace married Mary Blanche Rawleigh and then Mary Matilda Hardy. He died April 16, 1935. Mansel married Sarah Ann Thompson, and then Clara Jane White. He died April 17, 1933. Eliza also married twice, first to Nephi Moore Ellis and then to James Argyle Trottier. She died April 17, 1916. On January 29, 1854, Ezra married his fourth wife, Carolina Sophia Freeman Cutler. She was the daughter of Silas and Sarah French Freeman, and was born February 28, 1812 in Brothers, Cayuga, New York. She was the widow of Perley Cutler, by whom she had eight children. On the day, Ezra and Carolina were married for time in Brigham Young's office by Elder J. Ure. Carolina's oldest son, Sheldon Bela Cutler, stood as proxy for his father, to whom Carolina was sealed. Ezra and Carolina evidently separated shortly after their only son, Silas Franklin Thompson, was born on November 18, 1854. She later married Peter Van Valkenburg anda fourth husband, Mr. Hawkins. Silas Franklin married Mary Caroline Palmer, lived in Brigham City and died June 11, 1926 in Iona, Idaho. Caroline died February 14, 1880 and is buried in Box Elder County. Ezra and Lois Trumble's daughter, Lois Savona, married Robert Russell Widdison on December 6, 1869, and they were parents of seven daughters and three sons. She died November 14, 1901. Ezra Jr. married a neighbor girl, Emily Pugsley on February 14, 1885. They had four children. Ezra worked hard as a youngster, freighted goods across the plains at age 17, became a very influential and wealthy man and was later Mayor of Salt Lake for three terms. Ezra, the father, was a seventy in the 24th Quorum of Seventies. The Thompson family settled in the old 19th Ward in Salt Lake on Pugsley Row. Theward was organized February 22, 1849 with Bishop Hendrix as the first bishop and A.H. Rawleigh, the second. The property owners in the ward were taxed in May 1851 to build a new school house. Here the Thompson children all went to school in the winter time and worked at odd jobs during the summer to contribute to the support of the large family. Ezra built the first grist mill for Heber C. Kimball in North Mill Creek Canyon, and several grist and sawmills in Utah. "His services as a millwright were well known and the high character of his work was many times reflected in the durability of thestructures he erected. In November 1861, Ezra helped build a nail factory in Salt Lake City and with James Finlayson, made the first nails in Utah. The Bishop called his ward members to repentance during these early years. Ezra was called before a Bishop's Court on two occasions. On June 27, 1853, he was ordered to pay Charles White $3.00 in flour at 8¢ a pound for failure to fulfill a contracton agreement. On May 10, 1856 for unchristian-like conduct in his family and for not paying his tithing." He promised to do better and was forgiven. In January 1854, he is listed as a teacher of the Bath House District (in the area where Wasatch Plunge stands). Here at the Bath House church meetings were held and also at various member's homes, including Ezra's. He was rebaptized in 1853. In October 1856, he is listed in the Church census as follows: 3 wives, 10 children, 1 pig, 2 cows, 2 houses, 2 lots, 18 fowls, and 2 young stock. Ezra was commissioned a 2nd. Lt. by Reynolds Cahoon in Co Battalion, 3rd platoon of the Silver Grays in the Nauvoo Legion. They were mustered in Great Salt Lake City July 4, 1857, with headquarters in the 13th Ward. Ezra was a good father and husband and had17 known children, whom he taught to be thrifty and industrious. He lived with Lois, and even after marriage, her son, Oscar Lowe and his family resided at the Thompson home. His son, Edward Washington, lived next door when they first reached the valley and was taught his father's trade. Later, his third wife, Ann Jane and her children lived next door. Ann Jane stood as proxy for his first wife when on April 3, 1853, she was sealed for herself and for Amanda to Ezra in the President's Office by Heber C. Kimball. Ezra died at the age of 76 on August 21, 1873 and is buried in the Salt Lake CityCemetery. He left behind a large posterity who have been influential in Church and State in building up this area of our country. This history was taken from one written by Mavis Greer Clayton, who also used notes from Nelda T. Meenderink. Life Sketch of Ezra Thompson Ezra Thompson was born in Goshen, Litchfield, Conneticut, on July 26, 1797, a son of Edward and Amanda Rhoda Smith Thompson. He had two older and one younger brothers, anda younger sister. Ezra was 3 years old when George Washington died. The family moved from Connecticut to New York State when Ezra was young. They first settled in Livonia, which is on the eastern border of Livingston Co., This area was settled in 1789 by Solomon Woodruff, who came by ox sled from Litchfield, Conneticut, he had a group of presbyterian followers, and the Thompson family was probably with them. Ezra's brother, Ambrose, was drowned at Silver Lake, New York in 1827. Ezra married Amanda Butler Powell when he was 20 years old, in 1817. His bride was the daughter of Stephen and Lurany Powell, born September 12, 1795 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. The birth place of the prophet Joseph Smith, and just ten years earlier than he was born. Ezra and Amanda are thought to have had ten children: Rhoda 1818, Eliza 1821, Edward Washington 1822, Harriet 18234, Orange Decatur 1825, Stephen 1827, Roxy Ann 1829/30, Amanda 1831, Laura Melvina 1833, and Deborah 1835. Their first four childrenwere born in Livonia, New York. In 1825, Ezra and Amanda moved to Alfred, Allegheny County, where their next child was born. It was while they were in New York that Ezra learned the trade of Millwright as an apprentice. He followed this occupation all his life. His son Ezra wrote: "Ezra learned the trade of millwright at a time when the acquirement of a trade meant a period of apprenticeship and thoroughness of instruction." Ezra and Amanda next moved to Pennsylvania and settled in Millcreek, Erie Co by 1830. This county was formed in 1800 and Millcreek was one of the sixteen original townships. It was located close to the city of Erie, on the south of Lake Erie, and stood near the banks of Mill Creek. It was excellent farming country and early mills were in operation here, where Ezra undoubtedly pursued his trade of Mill wright. The 1830 census lists Ezra with a wife and four children. This would indicate that two of the children had died, possibly Eliza, Harriet or Stephen. Roxy Annwas born about 1829 and her birthplace is listed as Queenstown, Armstrong, Penn. This is in the north of the county, but west from Erie in the Center of Pennsylvania, so Roxy possibly was born after 1830 as the family continued to move westward. Laura Melvina, was born in 1833 in Mill Creek. As a young man, Ezra, told the story that he would persecute the Mormons. Then one night he dreamed of 2 men coming up the walk and presenting him with a book. The next day 2 men did - just as in the dream. He was baptized a week later, after reading the Book of Mormon. Ezra was baptized in 1836. The Thompsons who joined the church were, Ezra and his wife, his brother Julius and wife Sarah, and Ezra's parents Edward and Amanda Rhoda Thompson. They evidently had moved to Kirtland where Father and Mother Thompson recieved patriarchal blessings in 1836 from Joseph Smith Sr. Ezra's son, Edward, lived in Kirtland, and was made an Elder there in 1837. From here, the Thompsons moved to Nauvoo, where theyhelped to build up the "City Beautiful". In 1841 Roxy Ann was baptized by her Father in Nauvoo. She evidently died soon after. Ezra's Father, Edward, died in Nauvoo in 1842, and was buried there. On February 7, 1846, Ezra was endowed in the Nauvoo Temple. He was in the 3rd Ward, and was in the 24th Quorum of 70's. His son Edward was in the same quorum. Ezra was also in the Nauvoo Legion. Ezra andhis family left Nauvoo when the Saints were driven out. They crossed the plains and arrived in Great Salt Lake City in 1848. Ezra traveled to Salt Lake in the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. While enroute to Salt Lake City, Ezra married a second wife. Sometime about 1848 he married Lois Alexander Trumble. At the time of their marriage, Ezra was 50 and Lois was 34. Both Ezra's wives, Amanda and Lois, traveled in the same company. Altogether there were 179 people, and 21 horses, 16 mules, 199 oxen, 93 cows, 27 cattle, 74 sheep, 28 hogs, 71 hens, 22 dogs, 5 cats. They left Winter Quarters on June 7th, 1848 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on September 24th. (Julius, Ezra's brother also brought his family to the Valley as early pioneers). Ezra's second wife was Lois Alexander Trumble. She was born in May 1813 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Her first husband was John Lowe, who died during the winter of 1845-6 at Winter Quarters. They had one son, John Oscar Lowe, who came to Utah and lived with Ezra and Lois. A daughter, Lois Savona was born to Ezra and Lois in February 1849 in North Hill Canyon, (now Muellers Park), in Davis County. A son, Ezra, Jr. was born in July 1850 in Salt Lake, and a small daughter, Zina, was born in 1852 and died as an infant. In April 1850, Ezra's first wife, Amanda died and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery. By this time, most of Ezra's first family were married. Ezra was working as a millwright in 1850. He was listed in the census as 56 years old, having a wife Lois 27, John Lowe 5, Lois 2, and Ezra 8 months old. He was a mill wright, and had no real estate, but a personal estate of $800. He also had two 26 year old men living with the family, who were laborers. Ezra married his third wife in April 1853, in Salt Lake. They were married in Brigham Young's office, by Heber C. Kimball. Family legend says the marriage had been arranged by Brigham Young himself. Ann Jane Griffin Platt Goodridge, was a daughter of William and Susanna Heron Platt, and was born in 1818 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Her first husband had died enroute to Utah. When they married, Ezra was 56 and Ann was 35. Ezra and Ann had the following children: Horace Harvey 1854, Mansel Hardy 1857, and Eliza Percinda 1861. In January 1854, Ezra married his fourth wife, Carolina Sophia Freeman Cutler. She was the daughter of Silas and Sarah French Freeman, born in 1812 in Cayuga, New York. She was the widow of Perley Cutler, by whom she had 8 children. Ezra and Caroline were married for time in Brigham Young's office by Elder J. Ure, and Caroline was sealed to her first husband. Ezra and Caroline evidently separated shortly after their only son, Silas Franklin Thompson was born in November 1854. She later married Peter Van Valkenburg, and a fourth husband, Mr. Hawkins. In the 1860 Census for the 19th Ward of Salt Lake, Ezra is listed as: Ezra 62, Mill Wright, Real estate of $2,000, and person estate of $1,000. Lois was 47, John Low 15 and a common laborer, Lois 10, Ezra 9, and a Sarah Gibbons, 60 lived with them. In the house next listed was; Jane Thompson 43, Horace H 6, and Mansel 3. The Thompson family settled in the old 19th Ward in Salt Lake on Pugsley Row. The property owners in the ward were taxed in May 1851 to build a new school house. Here the Thompson children all went to school in the winter and worked at odd jobs during the summer. Everyone worked to contribute to the support of the large family. Ezra built the first grist mill for Heber C. Kimball in North Mill Creek Canyon, and several grist and sawmills in Utah,and "His services as a millwright were well known and the high character of his work was many times reflected in the durability of the structures he erected". In November 1861, Ezra helped build a nail factory in Salt Lake City and with James Finlayson made the first nails in Utah. In the early years of the Church, it was not uncommon for a Bishop to call his ward members to repentence. Ezra was called before a Bishops court on two occasions. On June 27, 1853 he was ordered to pay to Charles White $3.00 in flour at 8 cents a pound for failures to fulfill a contract on agreement. On May 10, 1856 for "Unchristian like conduct in his family and for not paying his tithing". He promised to do better and was forgiven. Not much is known of their life in Salt Lake, but in his third marriage therewas some discontent. Ann and her children felt they were not treated fairly. On one occasion, Ezra took a window out of Ann's small shack to replace a broken window in his big home that he shared with Lois. Another time, he took some material that Ann had worked for and gave it to Lois. Ezra and Ann were married for eight years, but in 1861 Ann left him and took back the surname Goodridge. In January 1854, Ezra is listed as a teacher of the Bath House District (in the area where Wasatch Plunge now stands). Here at the Bath House Church meetings were held and also at various member's homes, including Ezra's. He was rebaptized in 1853. In October 1856 he is listed in the church census as: 3 wives, 10 children, 1 pig, 2 cows, 2 houses, 2 lots, 18 fowls, and 2 young stock. Family history saysthat Ezra was commissioned a 2nd Lt. by Reynolds Cahoon in Co. A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Platoon of the Silver Grays in the Nauvoo Legion. There is also a log book entry that states that Ezra Thompson inSalt Lake City was in the 10th Ward and in Company B of the Infantry in September 1856, commanded by Reynolds Cahoon. At that time he was issued 2 muskets, 14 lb. powder, and 30 lbs. lead. It is possible that both are correct, and that Ezra was in the Silver Grays while in Nauvoo, and in the Infantry while in Salt Lake. The Nauvoo Legion was mustered in Great Salt Lake City July 4, 1857. Their headquarters were in the 13th ward. Ezra had 17 known children, whom he taught to be thrifty and industrious. He lived with Lois, and even after marriage, her son, Oscar Lowe and his family resided at the Thompson home. His son, Edward Washington lived next door when they first reached the valley, and was taught his Father's trade. Later his third wife, Ann Jane and her children lived next door. Ann Jane stood as proxy for his first wife when on April 3, 1853, she was sealed for herself and Amanda to Ezra in the President's office by Heber C. Kimball. In the 1870 Census, Ezra was still living in the 19th Ward of Salt Lake and was listed as a mill wright. He was 72, with real estate of $2,500 and personal estate of $250. Lois was 57, their daughter Lois was 21, and Ezra Jr. was 19. John Low 24 was a farmer, Polly Low 20 at home, and Mary Low 9 months old. Ezra died at the age of 76 on August 21, 1873, and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Information from "History of Ezra Thompson" by Mavis Greer Clayton, "History of Horace Harvey Thompson" by Dean Thompson, Kent Thompson from Family Search 2013, and Nelda T. Meenderink. Compiled by Georgia Lewis. August 1982, Updated March 2015.

Marriage @2233721503080276@ FAM. Husband @4934971886832745@. Wife @1934503303341136@. Child: @6506512846585727@. Marriage 3 April 1853. Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States. ^[1] Marriage 1816 Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States. ^[2] Marriage about 1817. ^[3]

@6728149874565928@ FAM. Husband @1542491091579363@. Wife @1041994328053919@. Child: @4934971886832745@. Marriage 1791 Connecticut^[4] Marriage before 1792. ^[5]

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• 1860 Salt Lake City
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 1, 2018), "Record of Elisha Thompson", Ancestor # A114040.
• Source: 1159366155509568 Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31523-63945-35 "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31523-63945-35?cc=2060211&wc=MW4Z-TP8:352087901,352840901 : 20 May 2014), T ) Thompson, Charles (1755) - Thompson, George (1554) ) image 1056 of 1265; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of the data on this Group Sheet is incorrect and being perpetuated. One example is that the wife actually died on 1 April 1850 in Salt Lake City, Utah - instead of the date shown. Bruce Feinauer https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97M-PS89-F?cc=2060211&wc=MW4Z-TP8%3A352087901%2C352840901
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14580477/ezra-thompson: accessed 07 October 2022), memorial page for Ezra Thompson (26 Jul 1797–21 Aug 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14580477, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by TNB (contributor 46538775) .https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-1962
• Source: 2132517143241643 "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" - Ezra Thompson in entry for Lois Thompson (Record of Death - page 224, A8925) "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHP-DTY : 4 August 2017), Ezra Thompson in entry for Lois Thompson, 07 Mar1879; citing Ward 19, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,664. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQHP-DTY
• Source: 2157917126521703 Ezra Thompson (1797-1873) - Genealogy "Ezra I Thompson (1797 - 1873) - Genealogy." Ezra I Thompson (1797 - 1873) - Genealogy. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. (http://www.geni.com/people/Ezra-Thompson/6000000000556886563). Genealogy profile for Ezra I Thompson This source was created for free with http://RecordSeek.com
• Source: 2193629027054951 "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" - Ezra Thompson (Record of Deaths - page 148, A5884) "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHG-WWL : 5 December 2014), Ezra Thompson, 21 Aug 1873; citing Ward 19, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,616. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQHG-WWL
• Source: 2199891141488838 "United States Census, 1840" - Ezra Thompson "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHBK-9P7 : 7 September 2017), Ezra Thompson, LaPorte, Indiana, United States; citing p. 116, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 85; FHL microfilm 7,727. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBK-9P7
• Source: 2961206960406535 "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" - Ezra Thompson (no image) "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85N-32C : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson, 21 Aug 1873; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference p 148 #5884; FHL microfilm 26,553. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85N-32C
• Source: 3295081980328697 Ezra Thompson, "BillionGraves Index" "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QLWW-RG8H : 28 June 2017), Ezra Thompson, died 21 Aug 1873; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWW-RG8H
• Source: 3364284461481158 Research Log for Ezra Thompson by BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy From FamilySearch.org For more information refer to https://nauvoo.byu.edu https://api.familysearch.org/platform/memories/memories/40019581
• Source: 4027707908442914 "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" - Ezra Thompson in entry for Lois... Thompson (no image) "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85Q-WH2 : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson in entry for Lois... Thompson, 07 Mar 1879; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference p 224 # 8925; FHL microfilm 26,553. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85Q-WH2
• Source: 4666095919181742 "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937" - in entry for Silas Franklin Thompson (death certificate) "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLTV-8GW : 5 August 2017), Silas Franklin Thompson, 11 Jun 1926; citing Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, reference File #53834, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,530,844. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTV-8GW
• Source: 470218430010307 "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964" Ezra Thompson in entry for Mansel Hardy Thompson "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZPJ-GPK : 11 September 2015), Ezra Thompson in entry for Mansel Hardy Thompson, 1933. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPJ-GPK
• Source: 4857696345754597 "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" - Ezra Thompson in entry for Ezra Thompson (death certificate) "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHW-TXX : 5 December 2014), Ezra Thompson in entry for Ezra Thompson, 08 Apr 1923; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,813. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQHW-TXX
• Source: 4948124580823498 Ezra Thompson - Pioneer Overland Travel From FamilySearch.org Ezra Thompson, Birth Date: 26 July 1797, Death Date: 21 August 1873, null https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/3199
• Source: 5013118897214858 Ezra Thompson in entry for Ezra Thompson, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85W-LCC : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson in entry for Ezra Thompson, 08 Apr 1923; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference cn-T-577; FHL microfilm 26,561. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85W-LCC
• Source: 5504946092860018 "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964" - Ezra Thompson in Ezra Thompson (death certificate) "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZG2-MSM : 11 September 2015), Ezra Thompson in entry for Ezra Thompson, 1923. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZG2-MSM
• Source: 5598878770517162 "United States Census, 1850" - Ezra Thompson "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCS6-RHK : 12 April 2016), Ezra Thompson, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 6, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-RHK
• Source: 5602780425837045 Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 "Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900." Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ezra Thompson Gender: Male Birth Place: CT Birth Year: 1797 Spouse Name: Amanda Butler Powell Spouse Birth Place: VT Spouse Birth Year: 1795 Number Pages: 1 This source was added by the free service available at RecordSeek.com. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?new=1&gsfn=ezra&gsln=thompson&rank=1&gss=angs-i&mswpn__ftp=connecticut&msbdy=1797&sbo=1&db=WorldMarr_ga&ml_rpos=34&indiv=1&pf=1&recid=&h=1215795&fh=&ct=&fsk=&bsk=
• Source: 6007904147448502 "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" - Ezera Thompson in entry for Lois S. Widdison (Record of Deaths- B6134) "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHY-HLW : 4 August 2017), Ezera Thompson in entry for Lois S Widdison, 14 Nov 1901; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,834. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQHY-HLW
• Source: 6138073679244081 "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" - Ezra Thompson in entry for Amanda B. Thompson (no image) "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F853-F24 : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson in entry for Amanda B Thompson, 01 Apr 1850; citing SaltLake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference 2; FHL microfilm 26,553. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F853-F24
• Source: 6423153201558347 Ezra Thompson in entry for Edward Washington Thompson, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)" "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QL3Z-YJJ5 : 23 February 2018), Ezra Thompson in entry for Edward Washington Thompson, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-YJJ5
• Source: 644652432738171 "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964" - Ezra Thompson in Horace Harvey Thompson (death certificate) "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZPN-1Y4 : 11 September 2015), Ezra Thompson in entry for Horace Harvey Thompson, 1935. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-1Y4
• Source: 705404413586946 "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868" - Ezra Thompson "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK9B-C88D : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson, 24 Sep 1848; from "Mormon PioneerOverland Travel: 1847-1868," database, ) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-). https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-C88D
• Source: 7201939614740544 "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" - Ezra Thompson in entry for Amanda B. Thompson (no image) "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F853-PRM : 10 February 2018), Ezra Thompson in entry for Amanda B. Thompson, 01 Apr 1850; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference Pg. 1 #36; FHL microfilm 26,553. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F853-PRM
• Source: 7886393296396671 Information on Ezra Thompson 1797 - 1873 From FamilySearch.org http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Thompson_Ezra.htm
• Source: 796971445017061 "Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965" - in entry for Silas Franklin Thompson (no image) "Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWD9-Y5F : 10 February 2018), Silas Franklin Thompson, 11 Jun 1926; citing Iona, Bonneville, Idaho,Usa, reference it 3 rn 62; FHL microfilm 1,491,987. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWD9-Y5F
• Source: 8007062077456943 "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946" - Ezera Thompson in entry for Lois S. Widdison (no image) "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85X-76Y : 10 February 2018), Ezera Thompson in entry for Lois S. Widdison, 14 Nov 1901; citing SaltLake City, S. L., Utah, reference P162 DTH #6134; FHL microfilm 26,554. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85X-76Y
• Source: 8926973908584491 "United States Census, 1860" - Ezra Thompson "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH24-SRC : 12 December 2017), Ezra Thompson, 1860. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-SRC