About Thomas Steed
Lived 1826 – 1910 (aged 83–84). Thomas Steed was a missionary.
Thomas Joseph Steed (13 December 1826 – 26 June 1910) was an early Mormon pioneer in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a polygamist, and author, with his diary being published posthumously in 1925.
His descendants include a number of people that later formed the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including Warren Steed Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs, Heleman Jeffs, Lyle Jeffs and Elissa Wall.
Biography Thomas Joseph Steed was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire on December 13, 1826.
He died at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City on June 26, 1910, following surgery for a hernia.
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Who was Thomas Steed?
American pioneer, politician, and writer (1826–1910)
When was Thomas Steed born?
Thomas Steed was born in 1826 in Great Malvern.
When did Thomas Steed die?
Thomas Steed died in 1910 in LDS Hospital.
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Thomas Steed was a missionary.
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