Thomas Joseph Steed

Thomas Joseph Steed was an early Mormon pioneer in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a polygamist, and author, with his diary being published posthumously in 1925.
His descendants include a number of people that later formed the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including Warren Steed Jeffs, Rachel Jeffs, Heleman Jeffs, Lyle Jeffs and Elissa Wall.

Biography

Thomas Joseph Steed was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire on December 13, 1826.
He died at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City on June 26, 1910, following surgery for a hernia.