Thaddeus Alvord
Thaddeus Alvord (1781-1874) was born 28 Oct. 1781 in Bernardston, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph Alvord and Submit Chapin. He married Martha Bromley in Jan. 1800; widowed after 4 Nov. 1810. He married Sally Wellington in 1814; widowed in 1824. He married Sally Sallastina Briggs in 1828 in New York; widowed 5 Feb. 1851. He married Betsey Cossett, a second cousin of Wilford Woodruff, on 15 May 1853. He was baptized in Sep. 1834. His ordination to patriarch was noted in Wilford's journal on 17 May 1873. He died 18 Feb. 1874 in North Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory.
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Thaddeus Alvord and Patty Alvord, 19 May 1821, Hamilton, Madison Co., New York, p. 213; citing Madison Co., New York, County Clerk, image 136/568; DGS 7119991. "Deed records, 1821-1926; index, 1821-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Sep. 2023);
Thaddeus and Sallastina Alvord, 19 Mar. 1835, Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan, p. 140; citing Oakland Co., Michigan, Register of Deeds, image 78/817; DGS 8545815. "Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 12 Sep. 2023);
L. S. Alvord, 5 Feb. 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, no. 365, p. 14; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Office of Vital Statistics, image 20/771; DGS 7578789.