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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Thomas Edwin Ricks canonical 2
Thomas E. Ricks 1

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