1.) THOMAS W. CHATBURN.
On October 2, 1915, one of the best-known missionaries of the church, Thomas W. Chatburn closed his earthly career at Independence, Missouri.
He was born March 22, 1841, in Lancashire England, the son of Judge Jonas W. Chatburn and wife, and came to America with his parents in his boyhood. His youth and early manhood were spent in Harrison and Shelby counties, Iowa.
He served in the War of the Rebellion in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisting January 14, 1864, and was mustered out at New Orleans, August 10, 1865. After the war, he served several years as sheriff of Shelby County.
On February 6, 1870, he united with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Lelands Grove, Iowa, being baptized
by Elder Charles Derry.
He was ordained to the office of Elder July 28, 1874, at Dowville, (now Dow City) Iowa, by John A. McIntosh and Joseph R. Lambert; ordained a seventy April 14, 1892, at Independence, Missouri, by Duncan Campbell and William H. Kelley; and a high priest April 16, 1907, at Lamoni, Iowa, by Frederick G. Pitt and Isaac N. White.
Sometime in the early sixties, Elder Chatburn married Miss Selena Tuck, who with seven children survive him. The children are Frank J., of Bandon, Oregon; Mrs. Myra Brackenbury, Independence, Missouri; Mrs. Florence McNichols, Kansas City; A. B., of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Nellie Brocaw, of Independence, Missouri; Mrs. May Hilliard, Perry, Florida, and T. W., jr., Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Journal of History - Volume 9 (1916), pg 127
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
2.) Thomas W. was a sheriff at one point and was also in the milling business with his Father. He was in the Civil War for the Union, Company C, Unit 29, Iowa Infantry as a Private.
Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Thomas Chatburn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1863
Marriage Place: Harrison County, Iowa
Spouse: Salina Tuck
FHL Film Number: 1513294
Reference ID: 2:3C5HXVM
He was a minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thomas became an active circuit preacher of the RLDS,traveling Iowa and Mo. He and his son Frank J. Chatburn were in the Spokane Washington District of the church in 1904 and 1905.
An area newspaper gives an account of the visit of Joseph Smith III to Spokane in 1905:
"The new church edifice, at the point described, is prosperous, according to the reports of its officers. Elder T. W. Chatburn is in charge of the work, and it is expected that the edifice will be entirely completed within six weeks."
Eventually he and the family located in Independence Mo. where he bought a mill and continued his ministry.
He died at age 74 years, 6 months, 13 days, in the Sanitarium and Hospital at Independence MO. He had only been there 5 days, but in Missouri for many years. He was buried on the 5th of October 1915.
Some information is from his death certificate on the Missouri State archives online.
On October 2, 1915, one of the best-known missionaries of the church, Thomas W. Chatburn closed his earthly career at Independence, Missouri.
He was born March 22, 1841, in Lancashire England, the son of Judge Jonas W. Chatburn and wife, and came to America with his parents in his boyhood. His youth and early manhood were spent in Harrison and Shelby counties, Iowa.
He served in the War of the Rebellion in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisting January 14, 1864, and was mustered out at New Orleans, August 10, 1865. After the war, he served several years as sheriff of Shelby County.
On February 6, 1870, he united with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Lelands Grove, Iowa, being baptized
by Elder Charles Derry.
He was ordained to the office of Elder July 28, 1874, at Dowville, (now Dow City) Iowa, by John A. McIntosh and Joseph R. Lambert; ordained a seventy April 14, 1892, at Independence, Missouri, by Duncan Campbell and William H. Kelley; and a high priest April 16, 1907, at Lamoni, Iowa, by Frederick G. Pitt and Isaac N. White.
Sometime in the early sixties, Elder Chatburn married Miss Selena Tuck, who with seven children survive him. The children are Frank J., of Bandon, Oregon; Mrs. Myra Brackenbury, Independence, Missouri; Mrs. Florence McNichols, Kansas City; A. B., of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Nellie Brocaw, of Independence, Missouri; Mrs. May Hilliard, Perry, Florida, and T. W., jr., Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Journal of History - Volume 9 (1916), pg 127
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
2.) Thomas W. was a sheriff at one point and was also in the milling business with his Father. He was in the Civil War for the Union, Company C, Unit 29, Iowa Infantry as a Private.
Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Thomas Chatburn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1863
Marriage Place: Harrison County, Iowa
Spouse: Salina Tuck
FHL Film Number: 1513294
Reference ID: 2:3C5HXVM
He was a minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thomas became an active circuit preacher of the RLDS,traveling Iowa and Mo. He and his son Frank J. Chatburn were in the Spokane Washington District of the church in 1904 and 1905.
An area newspaper gives an account of the visit of Joseph Smith III to Spokane in 1905:
"The new church edifice, at the point described, is prosperous, according to the reports of its officers. Elder T. W. Chatburn is in charge of the work, and it is expected that the edifice will be entirely completed within six weeks."
Eventually he and the family located in Independence Mo. where he bought a mill and continued his ministry.
He died at age 74 years, 6 months, 13 days, in the Sanitarium and Hospital at Independence MO. He had only been there 5 days, but in Missouri for many years. He was buried on the 5th of October 1915.
Some information is from his death certificate on the Missouri State archives online.
1.) THOMAS W. CHATBURN.
On October 2, 1915, one of the best-known missionaries of the church, Thomas W. Chatburn closed his earthly career at Independence, Missouri.
He was born March 22, 1841, in Lancashire England, the son of Judge Jonas W. Chatburn and wife, and came to America with his parents in his boyhood. His youth and early manhood were spent in Harrison and Shelby counties, Iowa.
He served in the War of the Rebellion in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisting January 14, 1864, and was mustered out at New Orleans, August 10, 1865. After the war, he served several years as sheriff of Shelby County.
On February 6, 1870, he united with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Lelands Grove, Iowa, being baptized
by Elder Charles Derry.
He was ordained to the office of Elder July 28, 1874, at Dowville, (now Dow City) Iowa, by John A. McIntosh and Joseph R. Lambert; ordained a seventy April 14, 1892, at Independence, Missouri, by Duncan Campbell and William H. Kelley; and a high priest April 16, 1907, at Lamoni, Iowa, by Frederick G. Pitt and Isaac N. White.
Sometime in the early sixties, Elder Chatburn married Miss Selena Tuck, who with seven children survive him. The children are Frank J., of Bandon, Oregon; Mrs. Myra Brackenbury, Independence, Missouri; Mrs. Florence McNichols, Kansas City; A. B., of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Nellie Brocaw, of Independence, Missouri; Mrs. May Hilliard, Perry, Florida, and T. W., jr., Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Journal of History - Volume 9 (1916), pg 127
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
2.) Thomas W. was a sheriff at one point and was also in the milling business with his Father. He was in the Civil War for the Union, Company C, Unit 29, Iowa Infantry as a Private.
Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Thomas Chatburn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1863
Marriage Place: Harrison County, Iowa
Spouse: Salina Tuck
FHL Film Number: 1513294
Reference ID: 2:3C5HXVM
He was a minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thomas became an active circuit preacher of the RLDS,traveling Iowa and Mo. He and his son Frank J. Chatburn were in the Spokane Washington District of the church in 1904 and 1905.
An area newspaper gives an account of the visit of Joseph Smith III to Spokane in 1905:
"The new church edifice, at the point described, is prosperous, according to the reports of its officers. Elder T. W. Chatburn is in charge of the work, and it is expected that the edifice will be entirely completed within six weeks."
Eventually he and the family located in Independence Mo. where he bought a mill and continued his ministry.
He died at age 74 years, 6 months, 13 days, in the Sanitarium and Hospital at Independence MO. He had only been there 5 days, but in Missouri for many years. He was buried on the 5th of October 1915.
Some information is from his death certificate on the Missouri State archives online.
On October 2, 1915, one of the best-known missionaries of the church, Thomas W. Chatburn closed his earthly career at Independence, Missouri.
He was born March 22, 1841, in Lancashire England, the son of Judge Jonas W. Chatburn and wife, and came to America with his parents in his boyhood. His youth and early manhood were spent in Harrison and Shelby counties, Iowa.
He served in the War of the Rebellion in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisting January 14, 1864, and was mustered out at New Orleans, August 10, 1865. After the war, he served several years as sheriff of Shelby County.
On February 6, 1870, he united with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Lelands Grove, Iowa, being baptized
by Elder Charles Derry.
He was ordained to the office of Elder July 28, 1874, at Dowville, (now Dow City) Iowa, by John A. McIntosh and Joseph R. Lambert; ordained a seventy April 14, 1892, at Independence, Missouri, by Duncan Campbell and William H. Kelley; and a high priest April 16, 1907, at Lamoni, Iowa, by Frederick G. Pitt and Isaac N. White.
Sometime in the early sixties, Elder Chatburn married Miss Selena Tuck, who with seven children survive him. The children are Frank J., of Bandon, Oregon; Mrs. Myra Brackenbury, Independence, Missouri; Mrs. Florence McNichols, Kansas City; A. B., of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Nellie Brocaw, of Independence, Missouri; Mrs. May Hilliard, Perry, Florida, and T. W., jr., Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Journal of History - Volume 9 (1916), pg 127
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
2.) Thomas W. was a sheriff at one point and was also in the milling business with his Father. He was in the Civil War for the Union, Company C, Unit 29, Iowa Infantry as a Private.
Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Thomas Chatburn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1863
Marriage Place: Harrison County, Iowa
Spouse: Salina Tuck
FHL Film Number: 1513294
Reference ID: 2:3C5HXVM
He was a minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thomas became an active circuit preacher of the RLDS,traveling Iowa and Mo. He and his son Frank J. Chatburn were in the Spokane Washington District of the church in 1904 and 1905.
An area newspaper gives an account of the visit of Joseph Smith III to Spokane in 1905:
"The new church edifice, at the point described, is prosperous, according to the reports of its officers. Elder T. W. Chatburn is in charge of the work, and it is expected that the edifice will be entirely completed within six weeks."
Eventually he and the family located in Independence Mo. where he bought a mill and continued his ministry.
He died at age 74 years, 6 months, 13 days, in the Sanitarium and Hospital at Independence MO. He had only been there 5 days, but in Missouri for many years. He was buried on the 5th of October 1915.
Some information is from his death certificate on the Missouri State archives online.
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