Thomas McLelland

29 March 1819 — 12 May 1890

1 Born at Culmore, County Londonderry, Ireland; son of Mary Lockhart and Edward McLelland. 2 Baptized in Scotland, 1841. 3 Married Elizabeth Murphy, 1842; participated in plural marriage. 4 Immigrated to the United States and settled at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1844. 5 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. 6 Settled at Salt Lake City. 7 Served as bishop of the Salt Lake City Seventh Ward, 1862–1876. 8 Died at Salt Lake City. 9 (See Document 3.3)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” p. 50 (1890), Thomas McLelland; database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); citing series 21866, from Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, UT. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014), memorial no. 60625117, Thomas McLelland; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT.

  2. [2] Joanne McLelland Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland, 1819–1890,” typescript, n.p., FHL microfilm 1307506, item 51, FHL. “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database, Thomas McLelland.

  3. [3] Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland,” [1].

  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Thomas McLelland KWVP-68X and Elizabeth “Eliza” Murphy L71X-28K . Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland,” [1]. Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland,” [2–3].

  5. [5] “Pioneer Woman Dead,” Deseret News, Apr. 13, 1900, 1.

  6. [6] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Dec. 2014), Thomas McLelland.

  7. [7] 1860 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City Ward 7, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 115, Thomas Mcleland [ si c]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313.

  8. [8] “Death of Bishop McLelland,” Salt Lake Herald, May 13, 1890, 8. Seventh Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Jan. 4 and 28, 1868, vol. 1, 1848–1869, Relief Society minutes and records, 1848–1922, Seventh Ward, Pioneer Stake, CHL.

  9. [9] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database, Thomas McLelland. Find a Grave, memorial no. 60625117. “Death of Bishop McLelland,” 8.