Thomas' Story
Birth: July 20th, 1838 | male | in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death: June ??, 1852 | 13 years old | at Wood River in Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 3 | right column
Thomas David (Davies) is the seventh of 14 children born to William Davies and Elizabeth Bassett both of Wales. After immigrating to America, the family joined the William Morgan Company with other Welch Saints to trek west to the Salt Lake Valley. The company departed June 22.
Cholera (caused by contaminated water) was a tremendous threat for the pioneers. At the end of June, Thomas and his father became ill from the disease. His father died first and a few days later 13-year-old passed away from cholera.
From the journal of David D Bowen: “We crossed the Elk Horn and Loup Fork and many other streems intill we came to Wood River where William David deid of the Cholera and was beried there.”