Background
Thurman, Samuel R. was born on May 6, 1850 in LaRue Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Mary Margaret (Brown) Thurman.
Thurman, Samuel R. was born on May 6, 1850 in LaRue Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Mary Margaret (Brown) Thurman.
Moved to Utah at 20: student Brigham Young Academy and law department of University of Michigan, 1880.
Teacher public schools, Utah, 8 years. Practiced law with David Evans, at Provo, Utah, until 1886, later member firm Thurman & Sutherland, firm Thurman, Sutherland & King, and of Rawlins, Thurman, Hurd & Wedgwood. Assistant in legal department Doctorate.&Radh Govinda Railway, 1893-1912.
Member Utah legislature, 1882-1890. Member State Constitutional Convention, 1895.
Married Isabel Karren, of Lehi, Utah, 1872.