Whittle, Thomas Levi (May 21, 1812 – Jul 3, 1868)

Nauvoo Temple – Nauvoo, Illinois

Thomas Whittle

The family recently discovered information about one of our ancestors, Thomas Levi Whittle that we previously did not know. Once again, the Internet proves a great resource for family history work.

While searching online, we came across information about Thomas Whittle and his family. We already were aware that Thomas lived in Nauvoo in the early days of the LDS Church, but we learned that Thomas and his family heard the Prophet Joseph Smith preach. Thomas’ wife, Mary was present at the famous event when Sidney Rigdon and Brigham Young talked to the members of the Church after Joseph Smith’s death.

Thomas and Mary received their endowment in the Nauvoo temple in 1846. They came across the plains to Utah in the mass exodus as pioneers in 1848.

Thomas was called on a mission to California in 1849 (the year of the Gold Rush) and later was called to the Sandwich Islands (now called the Hawaiian Islands).

Thomas died in an accident on July 3, 1868 (139 years to the day of this publication). The Utah territorial flag was flown at have staff the following day, July 4, 1868 in remembrance of Thomas Whittle.

We’re excited to learn these things about our ancestors. The new sources for the information are listed below.

Thomas Levi Whittle and Mary Amelia Fullmer. (1997, July). Compiled by Barbara Winward Seager and posted by JnJTreeClimbers. Retrieved July 1, 2007, from http://www.jnjtreeclimbers.com/attachments/ThomasLeviWhittle/ThomasWhittleHistory.pdf

Letter to George Q. Cannon and “Line on the Death of T. L. Whittle. (1868). Posted by UTGenWeb � Salt Lake County. Retrieved July 2, 2007, from http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eutsaltla/Scans/Obit202.jpg