John Bethewel Thatcher

1834-1917
John Bethewel Thatcher (1834-1917) was born 22 Oct. 1834 in Clark Co., Ohio. He was the son of Hezekiah Thatcher and Alena Kitchen. He married Sarah Hannah Davis on 10 Mar. 1858 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized in 1844. He killed a mountain lion in California in 1872, which Wilford Woodruff wrote about in his journal, and he spoke in a church meeting that Wilford Woodruff attended on 2 Dec. 1877. He died 16 Sep. 1917 in Thatcher, Bannock Co., Idaho.

John Bethewel Thatcher (KWNR-D4V), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). John Bethewel Thatcher, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-bethewel-thatcher, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). Deseret News, “Married” (Salt Lake City, Utah), 31 Mar. 1858, vol. VIII, p. 28; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). “Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book A, 1860 April 25-1894 April 27,” entry for John B. Thatcher, p. 13, image 19/160, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 29 Apr. 2022). "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Apr. 2022); John Bethewel Thatcher, 16 Sep. 1917, Thatcher, Bannock Co., Idaho, file no. 18827; citing Idaho, Department of Health and Welfare, image 1839/2679; DGS 4192440.
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