George Washington Thatcher

George Washington Thatcher (1840-1902) was born 1 Feb. 1840 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois. He was the son of Hezekiah Thatcher and Alena Kitchen. He married Luna Caroline Young in 1861; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized in Mar. 1856. He killed a mountain lion in California in 1872, which Wilford Woodruff wrote about in his journal, and he spoke in a meeting that Wilford Woodruff attended on 1 Jan. 1885. He died 23 Dec. 1902 in Cache Co., Utah.

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George Washington Thatcher Sr (KWJC-VR4), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). George Washington Thatcher, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/george-washington-thatcher, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). "Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book A, 1860 April 25-1894 April 27,” entry for George Washington Thatcher, p. 19, image 25/160, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Township, Cache Co., Utah, ED 80, p. 278, sheet 1A, George W. Thatcher; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). "Utah, County Birth and Death Records, 1892-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Apr. 2022); George W. Thatcher, 23 Dec. 1902, Cache Co., Utah, p. 18; citing Cache Co., Utah, County Clerk, “Birth and death registers, 1898-1905,” image 111/135; DGS 7580263.