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James Thurston  1831 - 1907

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• Birth	1 May 1831	Rumburgh, Suffolk, England   [1]
  	LETTER: from Lydia Nyman, states "Grandpa Thurston never learned to write and our memories fail us. He was not sure of his birthday. I send to London for his marriage date and got a certified copy which says, married 8 Apr 1854 age 23. Endowed card record says Born March 1831. Passage on Ship Caravan 18 Feb 1856 his age was 23. His death certificate says Born May 1 1829." Pionners & Prominent Men of Utah gives 1 May 1829
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Dec 1907	Hyde Park Cem., Hyde Park, Cache, Utah
  Died	12 Dec 1907	Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   [2]
  Person ID	I376	Bake Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2008 18:37:21
  Father	Stephen Thurston, Jr., b. 1791, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
  Mother	Frances or Fanny Raiener or Rainer, c. 7 Dec 1794, Metfield, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary Seamons, b. 17 Mar 1833, St Michael, South Elmham, Suffolk, England
  Married	8 Apr 1854	All Saints, South Elmham, Suffolk, England
  Children	1. Hannah Thurston, b. 17 Jun 1854, All Saints, South Elmham, Suffolk, England   2. Mary Castelena Thurston, b. 28 Mar 1856, Castle Gardens, New York, New York   3. Sarah Elizabeth Thurston, b. 10 Oct 1857, Fort Monmouth, Monmouth, New Jersey   4. Stephen Thurston, b. 25 Aug 1859, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska   5. Edith Mariam Thurston, b. 4 Sep 1861, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   6. Frances Lucy Thurston, b. 9 Nov 1863, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   7. Eliza Mauretta Thurston, b. 14 Jan 1866, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   8. Phebe Ann Thurston, b. 23 Feb 1868, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   9. Simpson Benjamin Thurston, b. 26 Mar 1870, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   10. Ima Thurston, b. 3 Apr 1872, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   11. Tracy or Teresa Thurston, b. 22 Jun 1874, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   12. Augusta Thurston, b. 8 Mar 1878, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Jane Sinclair Graham, b. 20 Apr 1848, Welland, Kent, England
  Married	4 Aug 1866	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Children	1. Thurston, b. 10 Jan 1868, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   2. George Thurston, b. 27 Feb 1869, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   3. Emma Thurston, b. 1 Dec 1871, Fielding, Box Elder, Utah   4. Ellen Elizabeth Thurston, b. 17 Mar 1877, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   5. Fredrick Graham Thurston, b. 13 May 1881, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah   6. Edella Emily Thurston, b. 7 Oct 1886, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah
  Family ID	F212	Group Sheet

• Photos		Thurston, James
  		Thurston, James - posing with his bull James is standing in front of his barn in Hyde Park, Utah. It is believed the man in the doorway is John Alfred Bake, Jr. his grandson.
  		Work crew at James Thurston's barn L to R: John Bake Jr. [Front], Ima Thurston, Alvin Thurston, George Lyon, Sim Thurston grandson of James Thruson, Steve Thurston
  		Thurston, James
  Documents		James & Mary Thurston marriage certificate Certified Copy MA 210656
  		James Thurston - Indian War Affidavid verification by his wife Mary Thurston, widow, dated 8 Mar 1910, p. 2 of 2
  		James Thurston - Indiana War Affidavid verification by his wife Mary, widow, dated 8 Mar 1910, p. 1 of 2
  		Thurston, James - death certificate
  		Hyde Park plot list - James Thurston listed
  		Hyde Park plot - 1864
  Headstones		Thurston headstone showing James and Eliza Mauretta
  		Thurston, James - headstone
  		Thurston, James - Birth/Baptism
  Histories		History of Henry Seamons/James Thurston families written by Mary Bake Woolf
  		History of James Thurston and Mary Seamons Information compiled from other available histories and resources
  		Thurston, James - Biographical Record "Portrait, Genealogical, and biographical Record of the State of Utah" (Chicago: Natl Historical Record Co, 1902), p. 207
  		Thurston, James Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 1213
  		Genealogy & Family History of James Thurston, p. 1 written, dedicated and presented to his wife after his death, by her nephew, James S. Hancey (p. 3 -5 gives Mary's history in her own words!)
  		Genealogy & Family History of James Thurston, p. 2
  		Genealogy & Family History of James Thurston, p.3 written, dedicated and presented to his wife after his death, by her nephew, James S. Hancey (p. 3 -5 gives Mary's history in her own words!)
  		Genealogy & Family History of James Thurston, p.4
  		Genealogy & Family History of James Thurston, p.5
  		Thurston, James - history2 p. 1
  		Thurston, James - History2 p. 2

• Sources

  [S1] Hyde Park Ward Records, (Family History Library), FHL #25989., p. 41. [S49] Utah death records, Utah State Archives, Series 81448., Series 81448, Entry #14721. age 78