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Briggs, Thomas, a Patriarch in Davis Stake, is the son of James Briggs and Ann Ordoyno, and was born Aug. 20, 1832, at Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. He joined the Church by baptism Jan. 27, 1849, Henry Beecroft performing the ceremony. His ordinations in the Priesthood occurred in the following order: Ordained a Priest in 1849, an Elder Oct. 8, 1853, a Seventy in 1865, by Joseph Young, a High Priest in 1884, by Job Welling, and a Patriarch March 20, 1906, by Prest. Anthon H. Lund. In May, 1882, he left home to fill a mission to the northwestern States, but returned during the same year on account of illness. Brother Briggs has ever been a faithful worker in the Church and for over forty-four years he acted as a Ward teacher, first for two years in St. Louis, Mo., and then for forty-two years in Bountiful, Utah. He has been three times married, and is the father of nine children. For five years he served as a city councilman in Bountiful. By occupation he is a gardner in which capacity he has been engaged during most of his lifetime. He emigrated from England, together with his parents, in 1851, crossing the ocean on the sailing vessel "Ellen, which arrived at New Orleans March 19, 1851. The family proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., the same month. While in that city his father and mother died, and consequently his journey to Utah was temporarily deferred. While at St. Louis he married Ann Kirkham and soon afterwards moved to Hebron, Wis. where he remained till 1864 when, together with his family, he started for Utah with an ox train. They arrived in Salt Lake City in September of that year and soon afterwards moved to Bountiful, Davis county, where they have lived continuously ever since.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:79
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