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.

All labels observed (2)

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Thomas Edwin Ricks canonical 2
Thomas E. Ricks 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latter-day Saint pioneer ⓘ
colonizer ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1828-07-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Trigg County, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Rexburg Cemetery ⓘ
commemoratedBy Brigham Young University–Idaho naming of the Thomas E. Ricks Building ⓘ
Ricks College (former name of BYU–Idaho) ⓘ
deathDate 1901-09-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Rexburg, Idaho, United States ⓘ
linked to: Rexburg, Idaho
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Ricks ⓘ
founded Bannock Stake Academy ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
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 ⓘ
middleName Edwin ⓘ
militaryConflict Black Hawk War (Utah) ⓘ
Mormon Battalion march ⓘ
Utah War ⓘ
movedTo Logan, Utah Territory ⓘ
Nauvoo, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Nauvoo, Illinois

Rexburg, Idaho Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rexburg, Idaho

Salt Lake Valley, Utah Territory ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake Valley
nationality American ⓘ
numberOfChildren over 40 ⓘ
occupation community leader ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
settler ⓘ
participatedIn Mormon pioneer migration to Utah ⓘ
linked to: Mormon pioneers
placeOfActivity Idaho Territory ⓘ
Rexburg, Idaho ⓘ
southeastern Idaho ⓘ
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 ⓘ
residence Logan, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Logan, Utah

Nauvoo, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Nauvoo, Illinois

Rexburg, Idaho, United States ⓘ
linked to: Rexburg, Idaho

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake City
spouse Ellen Briggs ⓘ
Hannah Eliza Lunt ⓘ
Tabitha Hendricks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rexburg, Idaho → namedAfter → Thomas Edwin Ricks ⓘ
Rexburg, Idaho → foundedBy → Thomas Edwin Ricks ⓘ
Ricks College → namedAfter → Thomas E. Ricks ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Edwin Ricks