Moses Franklin Farnsworth

5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906
Moses Franklin Farnsworth (1834-1906) was born 5 Feb. 1834 in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., Indiana. He was the son of Reuben Farnsworth and Mary Laymon. He married Elizabeth Jane Stewart on 26 Feb. 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 9 May 1854. He was a recorder in the St. George Temple and the Manti Temple which brought him into regular contact with Wilford Woodruff from 1877 to 1898. He died 25 Feb. 1906 in Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah.

Moses Franklin Farnsworth (KW8X-TZ7), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 1 Apr. 2022). Moses Franklin Farnsworth, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/moses-franklin-farnsworth, accessed 1 Apr. 2022). “Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 1 Apr. 2022); Moses Franklin Farnsworth, 25 Feb. 1906, Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah, certificate 46, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; DGS 2229076. "Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book A, 1860 April 25-1894 April 27,” entry for Moses Franklin Farnsworth, p. 3, image 9/160, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 2 Apr. 2022).
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