Thomas Jefferson Adair: Latter-day Saint Pioneer and Mormon Battalion Veteran (1814–1890)

Thomas Jefferson Adair (1814–1890) was a Latter-day Saint pioneer. Born in Tennessee, he joined the Church and, with his family, gathered with the Saints in Nauvoo before journeying west. He is reported to have served in the Mormon Battalion from July 1846 to July 1847, and later settled in Arizona Territory, dying in Show Low in 1890. His life is a witness of pioneer sacrifice and faithfulness across the American frontier.