Biographical sketch [microform] (Typescript).

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Biographical sketch [microform] (Typescript).

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Born at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, son of James Farmer and Mary Bellany. Early life; conversion to Mormonims, 1843; missionary labors in England; marriage to Ann Webster, 1844; death of his wife, 1850; opposition against the LDS Church in England; immigration to America, 1851; marriage to Mary Bateman, 1851; settlement at Fort Ephraim, Utah; death of his second wife, 1852; work as a government surveyor; Indian raids; marriage to Sarah Broadbridge, 1856; settlements in Manti and Monroe, Utah; mission to England; employee of Deseret News; marriage to Jane Blain as a plural wife. (Part of the Timp View Camp Collection, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.).

10 p. ; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.

Harold B. Lee Library

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