Thomas Joseph Steed (13 December 1826 – 26 June 1910) was an early

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. He was a

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, and author, with his diary being published posthumously in 1925. His descendants include a number of people that later formed the

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, including

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, Rachel Jeffs, Heleman Jeffs, Lyle Jeffs and

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Biography

Thomas Joseph Steed was born in

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, Worcestershire on December 13, 1826. He died at

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in Salt Lake City on June 26, 1910, following surgery for a hernia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steed, Thomas Joseph 1826 births 1910 deaths Mormon pioneers 19th-century Mormon missionaries People from Davis County, Utah English emigrants to the United States People from Worcestershire (before 1974)