Married Elizabeth Jane Stewart, 26 Feb 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Elizabeth Jane Duzette, 31 May 1857
Married Lovina Jane Bulkley, 5 Jan 1878, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Clara Canfield, 9 Feb 1880, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Xenia Minerva Pratt, 13 Sep 1884, St George, Washington, Utah
History - Moses Franklin Farnsworth was the chief recorder in the Manti Temple.
He is the son of Reuben, being in the sixth generation in descent from the emigrant ancestor to America. He received a common school education, was brought up to the mercantile business, and became a proficient salesman, bookkeeper, etc.
He came to Utah in 1853, driving an ox-team from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Salt Lake City, a distance of nearly seventeen hundred miles. He started March 8, 1853, and arrived at his destination Sept. 9, 1853, and had all the experience that a trip through the mud, slush and snow over the prairies of Indiana and Illinois and the waste plains of Iowa could give in that early day, as well as the hardships of the plains.
Upon arriving in Utah, he located at Pleasant Grove, Utah county, and was almost immediately enrolled in Capt. Thorit Peck's company of militia, and served in the Blackhawk war. He was orderly sergeant, and arose to the rank of third lieutenant in company B, battalion of infantry, of Pleasant Grove military district, and was commissioned as such by Gov. Brigham Young, taking rank Nov. 24, 1854.
He taught school during the winter of 1853-54 and 1854-59, took part in the Echo canyon campaign, and was commissioned first lieutenant in Company B, first battalion, third regiment, infantry of Nauvoo Legion, Sept, 28, 1857.
He was called to take a mission to England in 1862, and again in 1868, both of which missions he faithfully performed. In 1870 he was called to help form the settlement of Kanab, Kane county, to which call he responded. In all the offices of trust and confidence held by him he has always discharged his duties faithfully, and he is one of Utah's workers for the good of all. He has indeed shared in the joys and sorrows of the people of Utah since his first arrival there.
In June, 1877, he was called to St. George, and entered upon the duties of recorder in the St. George Temple; he continued there until May 9, 1888, when he started for Manti, and was appointed to the same position in the Manti Temple.
He commenced gathering the genealogy of his father's house in 1877, and was very successful in its compilation; he published the same under the title of "The Farnsworth Memorial," in 1897, as the first book of its kind ever published in Utah; it compares favorably with any similar work published in the East. He gathered the material and wrote the history of Manti, as published in the local newspaper there; has done a very extensive work in the Temples for his kindred dead.
Married Elizabeth Jane Stewart, 26 Feb 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Elizabeth Jane Duzette, 31 May 1857
Married Lovina Jane Bulkley, 5 Jan 1878, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Clara Canfield, 9 Feb 1880, St. George, Washington, Utah
Married Xenia Minerva Pratt, 13 Sep 1884, St George, Washington, Utah
History - Moses Franklin Farnsworth was the chief recorder in the Manti Temple.
He is the son of Reuben, being in the sixth generation in descent from the emigrant ancestor to America. He received a common school education, was brought up to the mercantile business, and became a proficient salesman, bookkeeper, etc.
He came to Utah in 1853, driving an ox-team from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Salt Lake City, a distance of nearly seventeen hundred miles. He started March 8, 1853, and arrived at his destination Sept. 9, 1853, and had all the experience that a trip through the mud, slush and snow over the prairies of Indiana and Illinois and the waste plains of Iowa could give in that early day, as well as the hardships of the plains.
Upon arriving in Utah, he located at Pleasant Grove, Utah county, and was almost immediately enrolled in Capt. Thorit Peck's company of militia, and served in the Blackhawk war. He was orderly sergeant, and arose to the rank of third lieutenant in company B, battalion of infantry, of Pleasant Grove military district, and was commissioned as such by Gov. Brigham Young, taking rank Nov. 24, 1854.
He taught school during the winter of 1853-54 and 1854-59, took part in the Echo canyon campaign, and was commissioned first lieutenant in Company B, first battalion, third regiment, infantry of Nauvoo Legion, Sept, 28, 1857.
He was called to take a mission to England in 1862, and again in 1868, both of which missions he faithfully performed. In 1870 he was called to help form the settlement of Kanab, Kane county, to which call he responded. In all the offices of trust and confidence held by him he has always discharged his duties faithfully, and he is one of Utah's workers for the good of all. He has indeed shared in the joys and sorrows of the people of Utah since his first arrival there.
In June, 1877, he was called to St. George, and entered upon the duties of recorder in the St. George Temple; he continued there until May 9, 1888, when he started for Manti, and was appointed to the same position in the Manti Temple.
He commenced gathering the genealogy of his father's house in 1877, and was very successful in its compilation; he published the same under the title of "The Farnsworth Memorial," in 1897, as the first book of its kind ever published in Utah; it compares favorably with any similar work published in the East. He gathered the material and wrote the history of Manti, as published in the local newspaper there; has done a very extensive work in the Temples for his kindred dead.
Family Members
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Laura Farnsworth Liston
1806–1881
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Lydia Farnsworth Mayhew
1808–1897
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Stephen Martindale Farnsworth
1808–1885
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Lucinda Farnsworth Lyman
1812–1896
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Reuben Lafayette Farnsworth
1814–1893
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Louisa Caroline Farnsworth Shipp
1817–1878
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Eliza Ann Farnsworth
1820–1834
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William Jackson Farnsworth
1822–1905
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth
1826–1887
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Anna Maria Farnsworth
1829–1829
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Baby Boy Farnsworth
1831–1832
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Franklin Levi Farnsworth
1857–1903
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Charles Edward Farnsworth
1858–1902
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Mary Melinda Farnsworth Mariger
1859–1902
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Louis Henderson Farnsworth
1859–1930
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John Riley Farnsworth
1861–1861
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Eliza Ann "Lida" Farnsworth Wire
1862–1936
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Louisa Caroline Farnsworth Hardy
1865–1896
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Reuben Joseph Farnsworth
1865–1920
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William Horace Farnsworth
1865–1948
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Heber Chase Farnsworth
1867–1869
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Rosetta Jane "Zetta" Farnsworth
1868–1907
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Moses Franklin Farnsworth Jr
1887–1951
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Charles Pratt Farnsworth
1888–1944
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Francis M Farnsworth
1890–1891
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Leona Medora Farnsworth Forsgren
1891–1970
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Birney Kent Farnsworth Sr
1896–1953
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Roxana Farnsworth Hase
1897–1969
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Dewey Holden Farnsworth
1898–1965
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth
1900–1954
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Lawrence Carey Farnsworth
1901–1950
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