Thomas Oakey
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Thomas Oakey

23 Sep 1813 - 15 Apr 1890
1840 British Converts United Brethren

Thomas Oakey (Oakley) (1813–1890) was born 23 Sep. 1813 in Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of Thomas Oakey and Sarah Pritchard. He married Ann Collett on 3 Sep. 1838 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 5 Apr. 1840. He baptized others under the direction of Wilford Woodruff in 1840 and 1841 in England, and he was ordained a patriarch by Wilford Woodruff in Aug. 1889. He died 15 Apr. 1890 in Paris, Bear Lake Co., Idaho.

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