Individual Details

Ezra THOMPSON

(26 Jul 1797 - 21 Aug 1873)


The following is taken from "Leavitt Pioneers - Western Migration and Colonization" published by PDBK Enterprises, Compiled and Written by William P. Leavitt: "Ezra Thompson would later marry a third wife, Ann Jane Griffen Platt-Goodridge, on April 3, 1853 in Salt Lake City. Her first husband was William Goodridge. On January 29, 1854, Ezra would marry his fourth wife, Caroline Sophia Freeman-Cutler. She was Parley Cutler's widow. Ezra would be a Seventy in the 24th Quorum. He would build the first grist mill in North Mill Creek Canyon for Heber C. Kimball. In 1861, he would help build Salt Lake's first nail factory. Ezra would die on August 21, 1873, and would be buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery."

Events

Birth26 Jul 1797Connecticut
Marriage29 Jan 1854Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah - Caroline Sophia FREEMAN
BurialAug 1873Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Death21 Aug 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Families

SpouseCaroline Sophia FREEMAN (1812 - 1880)
ChildSilas Franklin, Sr. THOMPSON (1854 - 1926)
ChildEmma Louise THOMPSON (1858 - )