Thaddeus Alvord (1781 - 1874)

Born 28 Oct 1781 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Bromley) Alvord — married Jan 1801 in New York

Husband of Sarah (Wellington) Alvord — married 1 Dec 1814 in Lockport, New York

Husband of Sally Celestina (Briggs) Alvord — married 1828 in Nr Lockport, Niagara, New York

Husband of Betsy (Corsett) Alvord — married 1853 in Utah, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1874 at age 92 in North Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, United States

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Thaddeus Alvord was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Thaddeus became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Biography

Thaddeus Alvord was born Oct 28, 1781 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He and his twin sister Susanna were the third and fourth children of Submit (Chapin) Alvord (1747-1825), second wife of Joseph Alvord (1733-1805).

He married (1st) Martha Bromley in Jan 1801 at Lockport, New York, where they had 7 children:

1. Nancy (Alvord) White (1802-1869); married Henry White
2. Sophronia (Alvord) Hawkes (1804-1837); married Joseph Bryant Hawkes
3. Diademia Alvord, b. 1805; died young
4. Fanny (Alvord) Jeffers (1807-)
5. Adelia Diademia (Alvord) Skinner (abt.1809-abt.1883); married Pliny Atherton Skinner
6. Alsina Alvord (1812-abt.1812)
7. Albina Alvord (17 Feb 1814 - Nov 1853); married 1) Orlando Murray; 2) Joseph Bryant Hawkes

Martha died about 1814, leaving 7 young girls. The older sister of Thaddeus helped him care for the children.

Thaddeus served as a private in Captain William Watson's Company, First (Harris) Regiment of New York Militia during the war of 1812. He served from 14 Jan 1813 - 28 Apr 1814. He was discharged from active duty to get timber for the making of boats which were used by General Winfield Scott in crossing the Niagara River into Canada 3 July 1814. The American victory was due to Scott and his tactics more than any other.

He married (2nd) Sally Wellington 28 Apr 1814. She was born 4 Apr 1785 in Bonson, Suffolk Co., or Watertown, Middlesex Co. Massachusetts - daughter of Enoch Wellington and Sarah Richardson. They had one child:

1. Charlotte Iris (Alvord) Curtis (1815-1879); married Lyman Curtis

In 1823 the Thaddeus Alvord family moved to Waterford, in Oakland County, Michigan. Sally died in 1824 at Waterford.

In 1828 Thaddeus visited his brother in New York where he met and married (3rd) Sally Celestina Briggs in 1834 in Lockport, New York. She was born 7 May 1803 at Taunton, Bristol Co, MA, daughter of Allen Briggs and Betsy Read. Thaddeus and Sally (Briggs) Alvord had 7 children:

1. Joseph Bonaparte Alvord (1830-1908); married 1) Sarah Elizabeth Mower; 20 Leonora Hyet Berrett
2. Martha Bromley (Alvord) Short (1833-1882); married 1) William Strong; 2) Aboil Fuller Campbell; 3) Augustus Short
3. Benjamin Bromley Alvord (1834-1923)
4. Simeon Riley Alvord (1837-1873); married Jane Elizabeth Blanchard
5. Sylvia Alvord (1839-1839)
6. Gideon Williams Alvord (1841-1918); married 1) Annie Wallace; 2) Sarah Ann Shupe; 3) Sylvia Amaretta Meacham
7. Reuben Adams Alvord (1843-aft.1858)

Thaddeus Alvord joined the LDS church; he was baptized in 1834 by Elder Samuel Bent at Silver Lake (now Pontiac), McCloud County, Michigan. The Prophet [Smith-545|Joseph Smith Jr.]] was said to have been present at the time.

Per the Alvord genealogy, on Sept. 7, 1835 the extensive family of Thaddeus Alvord started for Mo. and settled in Clay Co. ; thence in 1837 to Farwest, Mo. ; thence in 1839 to Nauvoo, Ill., and crossed the river and located on a farm in Lee Co., la. ; thence Apr. 1, 1844, to Nauvoo, Ill. ; thence in Apr., 1846, to Council Bluffs, la., and stopped the following winter at "Winter Quarters", (now Florence, Neb.) In the spring of 1847 they went to Anders Co., Mo. ; thence in 1849 to Utah, arriving at Salt Lake City, Oct. 28, where they located in the 19th Ward... This brief synopsis barely outlines the trials and hardships that the Thaddeus Alvord family faced during their peregrinations as a key component of the Mormon pioneer movement.

Sally (Briggs) Alvord died 5 Feb, 1851 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Thaddeus married (4th) Betsy Corsett.

Thaddeus Alvord became a patriarch for the LDS church, and lived to the age of 93. He died 29 Feb 1874 in North Ogden, Utah. His grave is in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #20948876

Names on gravestone: Thaddeus and Betsie Corset Alvord

Children of G.W. and S. A. Alvord

[G. W. is Gideon William Alvord - son of Thaddeus and Sally Briggs -

S.A is Gidian's wife Sarah Ann Shupe Alvord}

[Obituary in the Deseret News - March 4, 1874]

Obituary

Died, at North Ogden, Utah, Feb. 18th, 1874, of old age, Thaddeus Alvord, aged 93 years.

Deceased was born in the town of Bernardston, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, Oct. 28, 1781. When ten years of age he emigrated with his father's family to the State of New York, and settled in Hamilton, Madison Co.

In Jan., 1800, he married Martha Bromley, and moved to near Lewiston, Niagara Co., New York. His wife died in 1809, leaving him with seven children, all girls. He served in the War of 1812.

In 1814 he married Sally [Sarah] Wellington. In 1822 he emigrated to Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan. His wife died in 1824, leaving one daughter.

In 1828, while on a visit in the State of New York, he married Sally S. Briggs. In Sept., 1834, he received the Gospel, and was baptized by Elder Samuel Bent, the Prophet Joseph Smith being present at the time. He sold his property at Waterford, and in Sept., 1835, emigrated to Missouri, stopping a short time in Clay Co., and subsequently settled in Caldwell Co., and opened up a farm. He shared in the drivings and persecutions that the Saints suffered at the hands of mobs in the State of Missouri, and was among those who delivered up their arms to Gens. Clark and Lucas, and were left in a defenseless condition at the mercy of lawless mobs and wicked men in April, 1839.

He left the State of Missouri and went to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846. He went up to winter quarters (now Florence) and remained there a short time, and then went down into the State of Missouri, to work for means to enable him to emigrate with the Saints to the Rocky Mountains.

In 1849, he crossed the plains with his family, and arrived in Salt Lake Valley in Sept., 1849. He lived in the Old Fort, 6th Ward, some two years. On the 5th of Feb., 1851, his wife died, leaving five sons and one daughter. He afterwards moved into the 19th Ward.

In the fall of 1853, he married Betsey Cosset [Corset]; and in June, 1866, he moved to North Ogden. On the 17 of May, 1873, he was ordained a Patriarch, under the hands of Prests. Young and Wells, and five of the Twelve Apostles.

His mind was bright and active, and his memory was good. His general health also remained good up to within a short time of his death - and lived to see the fifth generation of his children - and when he passed away it seemed like he was only falling asleep.

He remained firm in the faith of the Gospel during the 42 years of his experience and journeyings with the Church, and died in the full assurance of a glorious resurrection with the just.

His ancestors came from Somersetshire, England, sometime about the year 1640, and settled in Connecticut in 1660. They moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where they resided for several generations, performing an active part in the service of their country, up to the close of the revolutionary war.

Ogden Junction, Feb. 23.

Sources

• Nauvoo Community Project

• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-9Z8 : 12 April 2016), Thaddeus Alvord, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 78, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-MFC : 12 December 2014), Thaddeus Alvord, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).

• Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-RPK7 : 26 February 2016), Thaddeus Alvord in entry for Joseph B Alvord, U S; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 1, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 211: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/73/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/129/mode/1up

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/20948897/betsie-corset-alvord : accessed 02 May 2021), memorial page for Betsie Corset Alvord (17 Jan 1805–16 Feb 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #20948897, citing Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA; Maintained by 2Honour&Remember (contributor 47205969).