| Born |
May
1, 1810 in Kirk Conchan on the Isle of Man |
| Died |
April
12, 1876 in Lehi, Utah |
| Father |
Thomas
Karren (1782–1856) |
| Mother |
Catherine
Clark (1786–1865) |
| Families |
Ann
Ratcliff (1815–1886) md. May 11, 1833 in Formbly, Lancashire, England |
|
|
John
(1834–1904) |
|
|
Catherine
(1836–1910) |
|
|
Lydia
(1838–1865) |
|
|
Thomas
(1840–1903) |
|
|
Joseph
(1842–1844) |
|
|
Hyrum
(1844–1928) |
|
|
Ann
(1846–1846) |
|
|
Charles
Hopkins (1849–1929) |
|
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Mary
(1852–1930) |
|
|
Isabelle
(1856–1935) |
|
|
David
Ratcliff (1858–1863) |
Moves to
Liverpool, Nauvoo
Mormon Battalion |
|
Thomas moved to Liverpool in 1830 and was baptized in 1842;
emigrated to Nauvoo in 1844; member of the 20th Quorum of Seventy in Nauvoo.
As a member of the Mormon Battalion, he spent the winter of 1846–1847
in Pueblo, and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847. He returned
to Council Bluffs for his family and returned to Utah in 1850. |
|
LDS
Biographical, 4:750. |
| Lehi |
|
Thomas was one of the first settlers of Evansville (later
Lehi), Utah, in 1850. |
|
Encyclopedic
History, 424. |
| Sandwich
Islands missionary |
|
Served a mission to the Sandwich Islands, being
called in October 1852, arriving in February 1853, and serving until 1855. |
|
See
Thomas Karren diaries on Primary sources page,
|
| Mission
presidency |
|
Others in his group were Benjamin F. Johnson, William McBride,
Nathan Tanner, Reddin A. and Redick N. Allred, Ephraim Green, James Lawson
and Egerton Snider. Upon arriving, Tanner and Karren were named counselors
to mission president Philip B. Lewis. |
|
My
First, 172. |
| Hawai'i |
|
In June 1853 Karren and Tanner initiated proselyting
on Hawai'i with Nathan Tanner. Both being unable to speak the language,
John Kahumoku, a convert from Oahu, served as translator, spokesman, and
preacher until his death in late July. |
|
|
| Lanai |
|
September 1853 named first presiding officer of Mormon colony
on Lanai. Lays out the streets of "Joseph" in the valley "Ephraim,"
and works with native converts to create the only Mormon "gathering
place" outside the United States. |
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|
| Lehi |
|
Returning to Lehi in 1855, Thomas was called as Bishop David
Evans first counselor, a position he occupied until his death in 1876. |
|
LDS
Biographical, 4:750. |