Preston F. Thomas
Preston F. Thomas (1814-1877) was born 15 Feb. 1814 in Richmond Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Daniel Thomas and Nancy Ann Morehead. He married Sarah Ann Jane Morehead on 10 May 1838 in Tennessee; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 13 Jan. 1844 in Mississippi. He served with Wilford Woodruff in church positions from 1852 to 1860. He died 10 Jul. 1877 in Franklin, Oneida County, Idaho Territory.
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