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Steed, Thomas, a Patriarch in the Davis Stake of Zion since 1900, is the son of Thomas Steed and Charlotta Burston, and was born December 13, 1826, at Malvern, Worcestershire, England. In November, 1840, he was baptized by Thos. Richardson. He was ordained a Priest in 1843 by Samuel Williams and in the fall of 1845 he was ordained a Seventy in Nauvoo, Ill. President John Taylor ordained him to the office of a High Priest June 17, 1877, and on March 20, 1899, he was ordained a Patriarch by President Geo. Q. Cannon. During 1875-77 he filled a mission to New Zealand and during his absence on this mission he circumnavigated the earth. Brother Steed has led a very active life in ecclesiastical work as his record bears testimony. For forty years he labored faithfully as a teacher in the Sabbath school, and was a member of the local choir for thirty years. He served as a Ward teacher for twenty-five years, and was a counselor in the presidency of the High Priests Quorum for twenty-six years, and since 1899 he has officiated as a Patriarch in the Davis Stake. In 1846 he married Laura L. Reed; later he took to wife Elizabeth Baily and Emily Sanders. He is the father of seventeen children, nine of whom are living. Elder Steed first heard the Gospel preached by Apostle Wilford Woodruff, and was among those converted at Great Malvern. He emigrated to Utah in 1850 and in 1851 located in Farmington, Davis county, where he has since resided. He was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and served as one of Joseph Smith's body guard; he also participated in the Indian troubles of early days in Utah. During the "Johnston Army War" in 1857 he did active service. Elder Steed has chiefly been engaged in farming and stockraising; he takes great satisfaction and pleasure in bearing testimony to the divinity of Joseph Smith's mission and the truth of the Everlasting Gospel.
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 2:88 |
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