Thomas Butterfield

Thomas Butterfield was born on June 17, 1811, and died on April 6, 1890. He, his wife Mary Jane Parker, and little Mary Jane left their home in Farmington, Maine, in 1869 to travel to Kirtland, Ohio, to meet the Prophet Joseph Smith, and there they became lifelong friends. Thomas lent money to Joseph and refused Joseph's favorite black horse when the note came due, and for this Joseph promised the Butterfield family that they would never want for bread. Almon was born in Nauvoo, and George and Sarah were born on the trek west at Kanesville. Mary Jane and Almon walked the entire way driving their sheep as the family worked west. The Butterfield family settled on the banks of the Jordan River in 1849, where Olive was born. In the fall of 1851, Thomas rode into the West Mountains and found clear drinking water in a canyon that now bears his name. The settlement was later named Herriman.

Herriman, Utah · United States