The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Thomas
Surname: Edwards

Gender: Male

Birth date: 7 April 1793

Birth place: Ystradyfodwg, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 7 April 1893

Death place: Liberty, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

Burial date: April 1893

Burial place: Liberty, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

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Elizabeth Emphouse (1798-)

Married

Lewis, Elizabeth (1809-1879)

Married 31 December 1836 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales *Aberdar, Glamorganshire, Wales

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 27 November 1854 aboard the ship Clara Wheeler.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 12 January 1855.

Edwards, Thomas (1793) - Biography
Edwards, Thomas - Biography 2

Thomas Edwards, Jr. was the first child born to Thomas and Mary Davis Edwards. They lived in the sparsely populated Rhondda Valley. He was born in January of 1793 in the parish of Ystradfodwg, at the hamlet Ystrad Rhondda (meaning a shallow valley in the Rhondda), which is only a few miles south of Aberdare. He was christened on December 7, 1794.
He was almost four years old when his parents married on December 23, 1797.[1] Many times couples had to wait until they could afford a church wedding or have their children christened. Thomas and his sister Gwenllian were both christened at Ystradfodwg Parish (Church of St. John the Baptist).

[1] LDS TIB. Book F. #603.

From the Deseret News (17:79):[1] Brother George D. Keaton, of this city (Salt Lake City) writing under date of April 4, 1868:

Thomas Edwards of Ogden City was born in Wales in the month of January 1793, and is therefore in his 76th year. He has lately had a new set of double teeth growing in his head, not having lost the front ones. He cut the new teeth about the same as children generally cut theirs, his gums swelling and being very painful during the period of dentation. His hair still retains its natural color of jet black. Brother Edwards came to America about 14 years ago and has been in Utah nearly seven years. He is a man of regular habits of life. He works regularly in his farm, has general good health and is the father of 10 children. He walked from Ogden to this city last fall, a distance of 40 miles to attend General Conference. He is a praying man, and tries to live the life of a saint.

[1] LDS General Church History 1848. 6.