Thomas Karren

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Thomas Karren
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Born1 May 1810
Isle of Man
Died4 April 1876
Lehi, Utah
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1846-1847
Unit Mormon Battalion
Battles / wars Mexican American War

Thomas Karren (May 1, 1810-April 4, 1876) was an American soldier and Mormon missionary. He was born on the Isle of Man, 1 May 1810 and 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. p. 980. ISBN   1462283152.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  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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