Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 18141882 (aged 68 years)

Name
Thomas Ravenhill McCann
Given names
Thomas Ravenhill
Surname
McCann
Birth March 28, 1814
MarriageSarah JohnsonView this family
May 11, 1835 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a daughterElizabeth McCann
November 10, 1836 (aged 22 years)
Birth of a daughterCaroline McCann
1838 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a sonThomas R. McCann
May 10, 1840 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a sonJoseph Nephi McCann
April 1, 1844 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a sonBrigham McCann
April 3, 1846 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a daughterSarah McCann
about 1848 (aged 33 years)

Birth of a daughterEmma McCann
about 1850 (aged 35 years)

Birth of a daughterMaria Jane McCann
about 1852 (aged 37 years)

Birth of a daughterDeserette McCann
about 1854 (aged 39 years)

MarriageBestey SantView this family
June 30, 1873 (aged 59 years)
LDS spouse sealingBestey SantView this family
June 30, 1873 (aged 59 years)

LDS temple: Endowment House

Birth of a sonThomas Newell Ravenhill McCann
about 1875 (aged 60 years)
Birth of a daughterMargaret McCann
about 1876 (aged 61 years)
Birth of a daughterSarah Tressa McCann
about 1879 (aged 64 years)
Birth of a sonGeorge Sant McCann
about 1881 (aged 66 years)
Death October 3, 1882 (aged 68 years)
Birth of a sonCharles McCann
about 1883
Unique identifier
74594E6D637249B4BEF5E4D0432811CD0A7A

Last change September 22, 2014

Family with Sarah Johnson
himself
18141882
Birth: March 28, 1814Silver Stream, Antrim, Ireland
Death: October 3, 1882Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
wife
Marriage
Marriage: May 11, 1835Stockport, Lancashire, England
18 months
daughter
18361841
Birth: November 10, 1836 22Stockport, Lancashire, England
Death: 1841Stockport, Lancashire, England
4 years
son
18401841
Birth: May 10, 1840 26Stockport, Lancashire, England
Death: 1841Stockport, Lancashire, England
-17 months
daughter
18381843
Birth: 1838 23Stockport, Lancashire, England
Death: 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
6 years
son
2 years
son
1846
Birth: April 3, 1846 32Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Death:
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
son
daughter
Family with Bestey Sant
himself
18141882
Birth: March 28, 1814Silver Stream, Antrim, Ireland
Death: October 3, 1882Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
wife
18431903
Birth: about 1843Stockport, Lancashire, England
Death: March 23, 1903Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 30, 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
3 years
son
2 years
daughter
1876
Birth: about 1876 61 33Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Death:
4 years
daughter
1879
Birth: about 1879 64 36Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Death:
3 years
son
1881
Birth: about 1881 66 38Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Death:
3 years
son
18831883
Birth: about 1883 68 40Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Death: 1883Fish Haven, Idaho, USA
Note

BIRTH: Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 1814-1882, unsigned family history in possession of Janet Porter.

VOCATION An apprentice to learn calico printing. After his marriage he and Sarah worked in the factory at Stockport, he at printing calico and she at weaving. (Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 1814-1882, unsigned family history)\

STOCKPORT, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND He was there at his marriage in 1835 and in 1839 heard the missionaries preach the gospel.

LDS CHURCH Baptized March 26, 1839 by Elder Joseph Fielding. Ordained an elder by Parley P. Pratt Served as President of the Branch for four years. Emigrated to America, leaving Jan. 1, 1843 on the ship Swanton with 250 saints on board with Apostle Lorenzo Snow Captain. Took a steamer from New Orleans and were greeted by the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum when they arrived at Nauvoo 9 April 1843. He reported being a good friend to the Prophet Joseph Smith and often went with him to visit and administer to the sick. The Prophet gave Thomas a handkerchief which he promised would heal the sick if he held fast to the faith.

1843-1846 Lived in Nauvoo when they first arrived. Bought an 80-acre farm in Des Moines The end of 1844 they moved to Warsaw, Illinois near Nauvoo Because of conflict and injustice, he lost his job and his home, forced to live with a friend, Royal Durphey. Feeling it useless to buy land in that country, he rented a log house and helped defend Nauvoo and the church. They were at the Conference when Brigham Young was sustained the new prophet shortly after they named their next child Brigham Young. Left Nauvoo and stayed the winter of 1846-47 at Garden Grove. He was sick much of the winter and had a difficult time building his house and providing for his family.

WINTER QUARTERS In the spring of 1847 they arrived at Council Bluffs and Thomas planted his crop. As he was building a house he cut his foot badly and had to spend many weeks healing. Left in Stephen Markham's company June 20, 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake October 1.

UTAH Lived in Salt Lake City until 1855 Moved to Ogden until 1860. Called to help settle Franklin, Idaho in 1860. Moved to Smithfield about 1868 Called to help settle Bear Lake County in Idaho, later moving to Fish Haven.

DEATH: Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 1814-1882, unsigned family history in possession of Janet Porter.

His poem: Some folks into this world do creep/ Merely just to eat and sleep./ To devour all the fowl and fish/ And leave behind an empty dish./ And if their tombstones when they die/ Are not made to flatter and to lie/ There's nothing of them can be said/ But that they ate up all the bread/ Drank all the drink and gone to bed.

Note

Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 1814-1882, unsigned family history in possession of Janet Porter and Marjorie Ditto.

Note

Thomas Ravenhill McCann, 1814-1882, unsigned family history in possession of Janet Porter and Marjorie Ditto. The families had been friends in England. After they had fifteen children between them and both lost their spouses, they married in Salt Lake, he at age 59 and she at age 30. It was a plural marriage.

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