Thomas Edwin Ricks

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Thomas Edwin Ricks was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint pioneer and colonizer who played a key role in settling southeastern Idaho and founding what became Brigham Young University–Idaho.

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instanceOf Latter-day Saint pioneer
colonizer
person
birthDate 1828-07-21
birthPlace Trigg County, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Rexburg Cemetery NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy Brigham Young University–Idaho naming of the Thomas E. Ricks Building
Ricks College (former name of BYU–Idaho) NERFINISHED
deathDate 1901-09-28
deathPlace Rexburg, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Ricks NERFINISHED
founded Bannock Stake Academy NERFINISHED
givenName Thomas NERFINISHED
knownFor founding the Bannock Stake Academy
role in the founding of what became Brigham Young University–Idaho
settling southeastern Idaho
languageSpoken English
memberOf Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
middleName Edwin NERFINISHED
militaryConflict Black Hawk War (Utah) NERFINISHED
Mormon Battalion march NERFINISHED
Utah War NERFINISHED
movedTo Logan, Utah Territory NERFINISHED
Nauvoo, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
Rexburg, Idaho Territory NERFINISHED
Salt Lake Valley, Utah Territory NERFINISHED
nationality American
numberOfChildren over 40
occupation community leader
religious leader
settler
participatedIn Mormon pioneer migration to Utah NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Idaho Territory NERFINISHED
Rexburg, Idaho NERFINISHED
southeastern Idaho NERFINISHED
positionHeld colonization leader in southeastern Idaho
stake president in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
residence Logan, Utah, United States NERFINISHED
Nauvoo, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
Rexburg, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Ellen Briggs NERFINISHED
Hannah Eliza Lunt NERFINISHED
Tabitha Hendricks NERFINISHED

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Rexburg, Idaho namedAfter Thomas Edwin Ricks
Rexburg, Idaho foundedBy Thomas Edwin Ricks