Biography of Lorin Farr, ca. 1950.

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Biography of Lorin Farr, ca. 1950.

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This typescript gives a brief biography of Lorin Farr. It contains genealogical information, as well as covering his family's conversion to Mormonism and his subsequent involvement with the church. Subjects discussed include his activities while president of the Weber Stake and mayor of Ogden and his actions in handling the accidental murder of the Shoshoni chief, Terikee, by Urban Stewart, a rancher at Harrisville.

1 typescript.36 cm.8 pages.

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Terikee.

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Farr, Lorin, 1820-1909

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Lorin Farr was born in 1820 in Waterford, Vermont, to Winslow Farr Sr. and Olive Hovey Freeman Farr. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when 11 and married Nancy Bailey Chase in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. After migrating to Utah, he served as Mayor of Ogden and President of the Weber Stake. He married 5 other women and had 36 children. Farr died in 1909 from a heart attack. From the description of Harold F. Nufer collection of the Lorin Farr papers, 1...

Stewart, Urban.

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