Thomas Robinson Cutler
Born 2 June 1844 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.[1] Son of John Cutler and Elizabeth Robinson.[2] Clerk for S. & J. Watts and Company in Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1858–1864.[3] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Feb. 1863.[4] Emigrated with his family to New York City aboard the Monarch of the Sea, arriving 3 June 1864.[5] Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, arriving 6 Oct. 1864.[6] Clerk and manager for the T. & W. Taylor firm in Lehi, Utah Co., Utah Territory, 1865.[7] Married Laura Elizabeth Coons, 26 Dec. 1870, in Salt Lake City; twelve children.[8] Manager of the People’s Cooperative Institution in Lehi, 1872; president of the Utah Sugar Company, 1890–1917, in Lehi.[9] Served as bishop of the Lehi Ward, 1879–1903.[10] Led a tour of the Utah Sugar Company for EBW and others, 21 Nov. 1895.[11] Attended a Relief Society conference in Lehi, which EBW also attended; gave an address on the importance of home industries, 25 Oct. 1897.[12] Moved to Salt Lake City, 1904.[13] Director of the Utah State Bank, the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, and the Continental Life Insurance Company; vice president of Intermountain Life Insurance Company and other companies.[14] Died 3 Apr. 1922 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California.[15]
[1] "Sheffield Cathedral Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Yorkshire (West Riding), England: Yorkshire Baptisms," database online, Findmypast.com (www.findmypast.com, accessed 10 Oct. 2021), Thomas Robinson Cutler, 2 June 1844; Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul; Sheffield & District Family History Society. “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. F, 1866–1868, pp. 14–15, line 166, Thos Robinson Cutler, 4 Aug. 1866, microfilm 183405 DGS 5270328 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 Oct. 2020), Thomas Robinson Cutler (KWCX-6MK).
[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. F, 1866–1868, pp. 14–15, line 166, Thos Robinson Cutler, 4 Aug. 1866, microfilm 183405 DGS 5270328 (restricted access), FHL. Church of England, Diocese of York, Marriage Bonds and Allegations for the Diocese of York, 1618–1887, Bonds and Allegations, 1843, John Cutler and Elizabeth Robinson, 29 July 1843, microfilm 1470405, DGS 7569258, image 756/1469, FHL. Jesse R. Smith, Thomas Robinson Cutler: Pioneer, Sugarman, Churchman (Washington, DC: Eden Hill, 1985), 2.
[3] “A Manchester Mormon’s Tribute to Brigham Young,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 Oct. 2020), Thomas Robinson Cutler, Memories (KWCX-6MK).
[4] “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. F, 1866–1868, pp. 14–15, line 166, Thos Robinson Cutler, 4 Aug. 1866, microfilm 183405 DGS 5270328 (restricted access), FHL.
[5] “Thomas R. Cutler,” Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/, accessed 21 Oct. 2020).
[6] “A Manchester Mormon’s Tribute to Brigham Young,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 Oct. 2020), Thomas Robinson Cutler, Memories (KWCX-6MK). “Thos. Cutler Passes Away,” Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, 4 Apr. 1922, 3. “Thomas Robinson Cutler,” Pioneer Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/, accessed 21 Oct. 2020).
[7] “Thomas R. Cutler: Biography from the Lehi Centennial History,” lehi.gov (https://www.lehi-ut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ThomasR.CutlerCentennialBiography.pdf, accessed 21 Oct. 2020).
[8] “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, 1870–1871, p. 175, line 19993, Thomas Robinson Cutler and Laura Elizabeth Coons, 26 Dec. 1870, microfilm 1149516 DGS 7226457 (restricted access), FHL. Lila Birdie Cutler Cushing, “History of Thomas Robinson Cutler, Sr.,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 Oct. 2020), Thomas Robinson Cutler, Memories (KWCX-6MK). “Thos. Cutler Passes Away,” Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, 4 Apr. 1922, 3. 1900 U.S. Census, Lehi, Utah Co., UT, ED 160, p. 21A, Laura E. Cook.
[9] “Thomas R. Cutler: Biography from the Lehi Centennial History,” lehi.gov (https://www.lehi-ut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ThomasR.CutlerCentennialBiography.pdf, accessed 21 Oct. 2020).
[10] Lehi Ward Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1850–1901, Lehi Ward, 1879, 1901, (limited access), LR 4817 2, CHL. Jesse R. Smith, Thomas Robinson Cutler: Pioneer, Sugarman, Churchman (Washington, DC: Eden Hill, 1985), 59, 64, 66–67.
[11] EBW, Diary, 13 and 21 Nov. 1895.
[12] EBW, Diary, 25 Oct. 1897.
[13] “Thomas R. Cutler: Biography from the Lehi Centennial History,” lehi.gov (https://www.lehi-ut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ThomasR.CutlerCentennialBiography.pdf, accessed 21 Oct. 2020).
[14] “Thos. Cutler Passes Away,” Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, 4 Apr. 1922, 3.
[15] “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://utahdcc.secure.force.com/burials, accessed 30 Oct. 2020), Thomas Robinson Cutler. “Thos. Cutler Passes Away,” Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, 4 Apr. 1922, 3. "Funeral is Held for T.R. Cutler," Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Apr. 1922, 24.