Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834-

Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, and member of the Utah Militia.

From the description of Copies of revelations, 1869-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536113

From the guide to the Copies of revelations, 1869-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, historian, and member of the Utah Militia. He died in 1906.

From the description of Totals of ordinance work in St. George Temple, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367828

From the description of Autograph book, 1891-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435501

From the description of History of Manti manuscript, ca. 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494732

From the description of Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers, 1870-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461706

From the guide to the Moses Franklin Farnsworth autograph book, 1891-1908, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

From the guide to the Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers, 1870-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

From the guide to the History of Manti manuscript, circa 1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Moses Franklin Farnsworth (1834-1906) was a Mormon genealogist and historian.

From the description of Moses Franklin Farnsworth photographs, circa 1870s-1913. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 213361727

Moses Franklin Farnsworth (b. 1834) was born in Edinburgh, Indiana, to Reuben Farnsworth and Mary Daymon. Starting at the age of nine, Farnsworth worked in the mercantile business and over the next nine years became a proficient salesman and bookeeper. He was first exposed to Mormonism in 1851 by his brother Stephen and his sister Laura. Skeptical at first, Moses moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and was baptized into the church in 1854. He was a 3rd lieutenant in the Walker Indian War and a 1st lieutenant in the Nauvoo Legion. A faithful servant to the church, Farnsworth practiced polygamy, having five wives and thirty children; was a teacher, a priest and elder, a member of the Seventy, and a High Priest; served on two missions to England; helped settle Kanab; and was the recorder at the Saint George and Manti Temples. Additionally, in 1897 he published a genealogical study of his family titled, "Farnsworth Memorial."

From the description of Autobiography of Moses Franklin Farnsworth, 1949. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499719

Mormon genealogist, temple reocrder, historian, and member of the Utah Militia. He died in 1906.

From the description of Missionary diary and patriarchal blessings, 1862-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367798

From the guide to the Moses Franklin Farnsworth missionary diary and patriarchal blessings, 1862-1903, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)