Todd, Thomas Senior

1821 - 1909  (88 years)

• Name	Todd, Thomas
  Suffix	Senior
  Born	28 Jan 1821	Penpont, Dumfries, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	05 Oct 1909	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah
  Buried	07 Oct 1909	Heber City Cemetery, Wasatch, Utah   [1]
  OBIT	08 Oct 1909	Heber, Wasatch, Utah   [2]
  	Obituary published in the Wasatch Wave
  Person ID	I4074	Taylor
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2005

  
  

  Family	Shankland, Margaret,   b. 12 Nov 1826, Pentport, Durrisdeer, Dumfried, Scotland ,   d. 21 May 1908, Heber, Wasatch County, Utah, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1850	Penpont, Dumfries, Scotland
  Children	1. Todd, Sarah Ann,   b. 15 Mar 1865, Heber, Wasatch, Utah ,   d. 18 May 1891, Heber, Wasatch, Utah  (Age 26 years)  [Birth] + 2. Todd, David Alexander,   b. 04 Dec 1868, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah ,   d. 10 Feb 1940, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2005
  Family ID	F974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Todd, Thomas Grave Location: A_57_3

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Cemeteries and Burial Databases, (State of Utah) (Reliability: 3). Burial Information: Todd, Thomas Birth: 1/28/1821 Death: 10/5/1909 Burial: 3/27/1909 Place of Birth: Perfant, Dunfries, Scotland Place of Death: Heber, Wasatch, Utah Cause of Death: Grave Location: Heber City Cemetery, A_57_3 Source: Comments: Relatives: Lorimer, Marion (Mother) Todd, John (Father) [S153] Wasatch Wave, (J. Willard Marriott Library Digital Technologies) (Reliability: 3). Another Pioneer Gone _______ Thomas Todd Answers the Final Summons At the Age of 88. At 2 a. m. Tuesday, the soul of Thomas Todd took its flight from the tired and worn out body that had been its habitation for over eighty-eight years. Another of the early pioneers, both to Utah and to the valley, has passed away and coming from that hardy Scotch ?, to withstand the rigors and hardships of pioneer life. Thomas Todd was born at Penpont, Dumfries, Scotland, Jan. 28, 1821. He married Margaret Shankland Jan. 25, 1850, joined the L. D. S. church Sept 15, 1850 and accompanied by his wife, set sail for America Feb. 25, 1854. They arrived in Salt Lake City Oct. 1st of the same year and began the establishment of a home at that place. In the fall of 1857 he spent sixty=six days in Echo canyon Standing guard against the advance of Johnson’s army. While away his family were moved to Spanish Fork where they lived until the spring of 1860 when they came as pioneers to this valley. There were born to him nine children, five sons and four daughters, five of whom survive him, two sons and three daughters. He has twenty-nine grand children and nine great grand children. Mr. Todd was an enthusiast on “Mormonism� and held many positions of trust and honor both in the church and in the state. In the fall of 1866 he served as captain in company C in the Blackhawk war under a commission issued by Governor Drake. He served two terms as county selectman and also served as school trustee and road supervisor. Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday and the remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife who preceded him one year, seven months and eight days.