Thomas Karren

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Thomas Karren

| image = Thomas Karren.jpg

| birth_date = 1 May 1810

| death_date = 4 April 1876

| birth_place = Isle of Man

| death_place = Lehi, Utah

| allegiance = United States

| branch = Army

| serviceyears = 1846-1847

| unit = Mormon Battalion

| battles = Mexican American War

}}

Thomas Karren (May 1, 1810-April 4, 1876) was an American soldier and Mormon missionary. He was born on the Isle of Man, 1 May 1810 and died in Lehi, Utah 4 Apr 1876.{{Cite book|title=The Thomas Karren Family|last=Lewis|first=K. Howard|publisher=Spilman Printing Company|year=1976|isbn=1480105910|location=Sacramento CA|pages=1–18}}{{Cite book|title=Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies.|last=Esshom|first=Frank|publisher=Utah Pioneers Books|year=1913|isbn=1462283152|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|pages=980}} He joined the Mormon Battalion in 1846 and was honorably discharged in 1847.Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, [1996], 20–28, 238–40. In 1852 he was among the first LDS missionaries sent to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).MSS 4065; Thomas Karren mission journals; 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.