Philo Taylor Farnsworth

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Philo Taylor Farnsworth

Birth
Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
Death
30 Jul 1887 (aged 61)
Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA
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Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA
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Son of Reuben Farnsworth and Lucinda Kent

Married Margaret Yates, 29 Oct 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Margaret Adams, 24 Aug 1857, Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Married Agnes Ann Patterson, 9 Dec 1858, Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Married Mary Priscilla Griffiths, 15 Jun 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Biography - Philo was the first Bishop of Beaver (Beaver Stake), Beaver county, Utah. It was at Hock Hocking, near Burlington, Ohio, when he was baptized in 1843 and emigrated to Salt Lake Valley in 1848, having charge of a team belonging to Franklin D. Richards in crossing the plains.

He settled at Pleasant Grove, Utah county, Utah, about 1851, and soon afterwards went to Fillmore and thence to Beaver in the latter part of 1856. The following year (1857) he was ordained a Bishop and set apart to preside over the Beaver Ward, which position he held until 1864. Subsequently, when the Beaver Stake of Zion was organized in 1877, he was chosen as a member of the High Council.

He also acted as probate judge of Beaver county and served as a member of the Territorial Legislature. Having learned the Indian language, he rendered at different times efficient service as an interpreter for the Piute Indians who loved and respected him very much.

Bishop Farnsworth was a farmer and stock raiser and a leader among men. The Bishop married four wives as follows: Margaret Yates, mother of nine children; Margaret Adams, who become the mother of seven children; Agnes Ann Patterson, who bore him ten children, and Mary Priscilla Griffiths, who bore him four children.
Son of Reuben Farnsworth and Lucinda Kent

Married Margaret Yates, 29 Oct 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Margaret Adams, 24 Aug 1857, Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Married Agnes Ann Patterson, 9 Dec 1858, Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Married Mary Priscilla Griffiths, 15 Jun 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Biography - Philo was the first Bishop of Beaver (Beaver Stake), Beaver county, Utah. It was at Hock Hocking, near Burlington, Ohio, when he was baptized in 1843 and emigrated to Salt Lake Valley in 1848, having charge of a team belonging to Franklin D. Richards in crossing the plains.

He settled at Pleasant Grove, Utah county, Utah, about 1851, and soon afterwards went to Fillmore and thence to Beaver in the latter part of 1856. The following year (1857) he was ordained a Bishop and set apart to preside over the Beaver Ward, which position he held until 1864. Subsequently, when the Beaver Stake of Zion was organized in 1877, he was chosen as a member of the High Council.

He also acted as probate judge of Beaver county and served as a member of the Territorial Legislature. Having learned the Indian language, he rendered at different times efficient service as an interpreter for the Piute Indians who loved and respected him very much.

Bishop Farnsworth was a farmer and stock raiser and a leader among men. The Bishop married four wives as follows: Margaret Yates, mother of nine children; Margaret Adams, who become the mother of seven children; Agnes Ann Patterson, who bore him ten children, and Mary Priscilla Griffiths, who bore him four children.

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