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Biographical sketch for John Thirkell on secondary headstone



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File Size30.1k
Dimensions480 x 260
Linked toMary Baynes Brown; John Pinnock Thirkell

Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, UT, United States

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1Biographical sketch for John Thirkell on secondary headstone Biographical sketch for John Thirkell on secondary headstone
Married Mary Baynes Brown-born March 30 1815, died Dec 7 1881. Children: Sarah, Jemima, Caroline, Mary, Rebecca, Emily & Henrietta

John & his family joined the LDS Church in England, & there prophesied that they would go to Utah & experience hunger. His prophecy was fulfilled soon after they arrived in Utah. After a bitter winter, discouraged saints ready to leave the Cache Valley met on the 4th of July, 1857, at the Wellsville Bowery. John stood pointing to the Logan East Bench & prophesied that a temple would be built there among many homes. He told the people to be steadfast & God would temper the elements in the valley. This is the first recorded vision of this temple, & he lived to see the prophecy fulfilled. He made the first real bricks in Cache Valley, using them for an addition to his home. The first apples & black native currants were brought to the valley by John. When Brigham Young visited, the trees had twenty apples, two of which were given for tithing.
(Biography inscribed on stone)  
2Headstone for John P. Thirkell and Mary Brown Thirkell Headstone for John P. Thirkell and Mary Brown Thirkell
Find A Grave Memorial# 9058223