James T. Thorne
(1855-1910)

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Person Item Type Metadata

District

11th District Representative

Political Party

Republican

Latter-day Saint

Yes

Age at Election

40

Birth Date

September 10, 1855

Birthplace

Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

Death Date

March 14, 1910

Spouse(s)

Harriet Nancy Farnsworth (1856-1920) Married April 24, 1876
Minetta Permelia Brown (1866-1962) Married January 1, 1885

Occupation

Merchant and Farmer

Biographical Text

James Thomas Thorne was a successful merchant and farmer. He traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe. He was politically active his whole life and “worked in defense of that which he believed to be right” (Drumm 1876, 86).

Bibliography

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWNN-77H

Image of James T. Thorne by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 78 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=84

Citation

“James T. Thorne
(1855-1910),” Utah State History Digital Exhibits, accessed May 4, 2024, https://utahstatehistory.omeka.net/items/show/271.

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