Thomas Mendenhall, Sr. b. 10 Mar 1806 Wilmington (Mill Creek), New Castle Co, Delaware, USA d. 2 Sep 1888 Dayton, Franklin Co, Idaho, USA: eAncestry.org

1806 - 1888

Home Search Search Print Print Login - User: anonymous Login Add Bookmark

Suffix Sr.

Birth 10 Mar 1806 Wilmington (Mill Creek), New Castle Co, Delaware, USA

Gender Male

AFN 1TKZ-XB

Migration 15 Sep 1852 Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co, Utah Territory, USA

David Wood Company

Ordinance 29 Jun 1856 Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co, Utah Territory, USA

Ordained a High Priest by G. Babock, J.B. Hawks, & I. Brockbank

Ordinance 31 Oct 1857

Re-baptism

Occupation 4 Aug 1860 Brigham Post Office, Cache Co, Utah, USA

Farmer

Residence 6 Aug 1870 Franklin, Cache Co, Utah, USA

Died 2 Sep 1888 Dayton, Franklin Co, Idaho, USA

Buried Mendenhall Family Cemetery, Dayton, Franklin Co, Idaho, USA

Person ID I1416 Nichols-Wilson

Last Modified 28 Feb 2009

Father Abraham Mendenhall, b. 28 Mar 1766, Mill Creek Hnd, New Castle Co, Delaware , d. 17 May 1833, Mill Creek Hnd, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA

Mother Elizabeth Wills, b. 15 Dec 1778, Mill Creek Hnd, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. 20 Aug 1863, Mill Creek Hnd, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA

Married 14 Jan 1798 Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA

Family ID F624 Group Sheet

Family 1 Mary Ann Sinex, b. 16 Sep 1812, Christiana, Delaware Co (Now New Castle Co), Delaware, USA , d. 27 Apr 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa, USA

Married 5 Sep 1833 Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA

Children

>	1. Susannah Mendenhall, b. 20 Sep 1834, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. 4 May 1909, Moroni, Sanpete Co, Utah, USA
>	2. George Madison Mendenhall, Sr., b. 29 Sep 1836, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. 1 May 1917, Dayton, Franklin Co, Idaho, USA
>	3. Louis Henry Mendenhall, Sr., b. 26 Dec 1838, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. 12 Aug 1867, Franklin, Franklin Co, Idaho, USA
	4. Edmund Mendenhall, b. 29 Sep 1841, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. 22 Jul 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock Co, Illinois, USA
>	5. Thomas Mendenhall, Jr., b. 18 Feb 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock Co, Illinois, USA , d. 21 Mar 1909, Logan, Cache Co, Utah, USA
	6. Elizabeth Mendenhall, b. Feb 1847, Nauvoo, Hancock Co, Illinois, USA , d. 27 Apr 1847, Nauvoo, Hancock Co, Illinois, USA

Last Modified 13 Apr 2007

Family ID F585 Group Sheet

Family 2 Catharine Barton, b. 9 Nov 1805, Shamokin, Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Aft 6 Aug 1870

Married 27 Mar 1850 Pottawatamie Co, Iowa, USA

Notes

Married:

MARRIGE: There is a record in the IGI listing Thomas and Catherine md. 26 Oct 1861 in the Endowment House at Salt Lake City.

Last Modified 13 Apr 2007

Family ID F622 Group Sheet

Family 3 Margaretta Nielsen, b. 1808, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA , d. Aft 6 Aug 1870

Married 7 Mar 1870 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah, USA

Last Modified 13 Apr 2007

Family ID F623 Group Sheet

Photos		Portrait Status: Located. Portrait of Thomas Mendenhall Sr & daughter, Susannah MENDENHALL Cloward, the only known photo of the two together; Original photo in possession of James Mendenhall of Burley, Idaho

Documents		1860 U.S. Census Status: Located. Brigham Post Office, Cache, Utah: "Thos Mendenhall" family
		1870 U.S. Census [6 Aug 1870] Status: Located. Franklin, Cache, Utah (640KB): Thomas Mendenhall, Sr. family
		Newspaper Record, Pioneer Company Listing [18 Sep 1852] Status: Located. Lists of heads of families in the pioneer companies who arrived at the Salt Lake Valley in 1852; Lists Thomas Mendenhall, William Mendenhall, Thomas Poulson Cloward, and Daniel Cloward, all in the David Wood Company (p 2, column 4)

Headstones		Headstone Status: . Headstone of Thomas Mendenhall, Sr.
		Footstone Status: . Footstone of Thomas Mendenhall, Sr.
		Generation Shot Status: . Image taken 11 Jul 2004 at Thomas Mendenhall Sr.'s memorial at the Mendenhall private family cemetery. Pictured are Chad G. Nichols (4th great grandson) and Dennis L. Nichols (3rd great grandson)

Histories	History Status: Located. "Short History of Thomas Mendenhall, Sr.," by Veda Mendenhall Dickinson. Transcription by Chad G. Nichols.

Notes	BAPTISM: An alternative baptism date is 1843. MILITARY: Veteran of the Indian Wars. 1840 CENSUS: There is a record for "Thomas Mendenhall" at Christiana Hnd, New Castle Co, Delaware, but lists age between 20 and 30 yrs, spouse 20 to 30 yrs. Could this be Thomas?

Sources

[S847] Nichols Online Library, Digital Documents Researched and Scanned by Chad Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G., (Chad Nichols has catalogued over 40,000 relatives, with over 5,000 of them having documentation to support their place in the family tree. Recent generation surnames (great grandparents) in his tree include Anderson, Campbell, Dutson, Kump, Kylen, Nichols, O'Donnell, Roberts, Stone, and Walker. One generation further back adds Broman, Cloward, Conder, Ericksen, Farmer, Holyoak, Nielson, Richardson, and Shelley. Most ancestors are from England, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. [online] www.nicholslibrary.org (801) 280-9590 7783 S 4950 W West Jordan, UT 84081 USA).
1860 U.S. Census - 000607
1870 U.S. Census - 001301
Photograph - 000727, 001856
Newspaper Article - 002822
Grave Markers - 000731, 000732
History - 001031
[S465] 1860 United States Federal Census, United States. Census Office. 8th Census, 1860, (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, [19--] Microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.), p 265 (Reliability: 3).
Brigham Post Office, Cache, Utah: "Thos Mendenhall," age 54, Farmer, value of real estatea 600, value of personal estate 400, birthplace Delaware; "Catherine," age 54, birthplace Pennsylvania; "Thos," age 16, birthplace Delaware
[S119] Mendenhall Family Association (MFA), ([online] : http://www.mendenhall.org).
Thomas joined the Mormon Church (LDS) in 1843 and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. His first wife, Mary Ann, died 27 Apr 1848 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He later went to Utah leaving 15 Sep 1852 under the direction of Captain David Wood, arriving in Utah 1 Oct 1852 with his five surviving children and his new wife, Catherine, and settled in Spanish Fork. He served in the Daniel Woods Company during the Indian Wars. In 1860, Thomas helped settle Franklin, Utah. Later Franklin was found to actually be located in Idaho and was the first town to be settled in Idaho territory.
[S206] Sons of the Utah Pioneers-Ancestor Histories, Salt Lake City Chapter, (Salt Lake City, UT : Also available online Ancestry.com, 2001, Provo, UT).
[S3] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States. Bureau of the Census. 9th Census, 1870, (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, [19--] Microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.), Pg 1 (Reliability: 3).
Franklin, Cache, Utah; Lists "Thomas," age 64, "Farmer," value of real estate "300," value of personal estate "100," birthplace Delaware, listed as U.S. citizen
[S310] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Index, 1847-1868 ©, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, UT : 2004-2007 [online] http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library This index is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in which Mormon pioneer emigrants traveled west to Utah from 1847 through 1868. It is an incomplete listing, as rosters have not been found for all companies. It also identifies sources to learn more about the experiences of each company.).
David Wood Company lists members including Thomas Mendenhall (age 46), Cathern Mendenhall (age 47), William Mendenhall (age 37), Sarah Mendenhall (age 34), Susanah Mendenhall (age 18), George Mendenhall (age 16), Lewis Mendenhall (age 13), Mary Mendenhall (age 13), Thomas Mendenhall (age 11), Thomas Mendenhall (age 8), Richard Mendenhall (age 7), John Mendenhall (age 5), & Elizabeth Mendenhall (age 2)
[S180] List of the Heads of Families with the Number of Persons in each Family, of the Emigration of 1852, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret News, 18 Sep 1852).
6th Company, David Wood, Captain... Wm. Mendenhall and 6 persons... Thos. P. Cloward and 3 persons... Daniel Coward and 4 persons... Thos Mendenhall and 5 persons
[S266] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, 2006).
[S471] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
[S125] Eastern Idaho Death Records, Brigham Young University-Idaho. David O. McKay Library, (Rexburg, Idaho : 2005- [online] http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Obit/searchForm.cfm), ID 155861 (Reliability: 3).
Thomas Mendenhall b. 10 Mar 1806 Mill Creek, Delaware; d. 2 Sep 1888 Dayton, Idaho; bur. Bridgeport, Idaho; Abraham Mendenhall & Elizabeth Wells (parents); Catharine Barton, Margaretha Nielsen, Mary Ann Sinex or Synex (spouses); Source: Headstone
[S421] Nauvoo Land & Records Office, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, (Nauvoo, Illinois).
Thomas Mendenhall owned two properties: Kimball 1st, Block 5, Lot 59; Kimball 1st, Block 1, Lot 76

Questions? Problems? Suggestions? Please contact the