Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834-
Person
Dates
- Existence: b. 1834
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Moses Franklin Farnsworth autograph book
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1863
Scope and Contents
Autograph book of Farnsworth family members. The items were cut out of letters and other documents and pasted in a book with blank pages.
Dates:
1891-1908
Moses Franklin Farnsworth missionary diary and patriarchal blessings
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1867
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, patriarchal blessings, and miscellaneous items. Farnsworth gives a brief autobiography before he started his first diary in 1862. His diaries cover from 1862 to 1864 and from 1868 to 1870 when he was on a mission for the Mormon Church in England. Also included are patriarchal blessings for members of the Farnsworth family.
Dates:
1862-1903
Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1678
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, record books, pension petitions, certificates, pamphlets, articles of incorporation, poems, blessings, poems, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Farnsworth's activities particulary in the Mormon Church. Included in the collection are letters from the fourth president of the Mormon Church, Willford Woodruff, patriarchal blessings, letters relating to Mormon polygamy, and a book recording the work done in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.
Dates:
1870-1900
Moses Franklin Farnsworth photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 224
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 11 photographs of the Farnsworth family, with images of three of his wives and their children.
Dates:
approximately 1880-1919; approximately 1870-1913
History of Manti manuscript
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1866
Scope and Contents
Typewritten manuscript of a history of Manti, Utah. The item covers the years from 1849 to 1897. It includes contributions from a number of authors who describe their experiences. A number of accounts of Indian troubles are presented as well as descriptions of how the town and its fort were constructed. The manuscript was apparently never published.
Dates:
approximately 1900
Totals of ordinance work in St. George Temple
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2670
Scope and Contents
Handwritten list of totals for ordinance work done in the St. George temple from 1877 to 1883. Farnsworth lists the numbers of ordinances performed in such categories as baptisms, endowments, ordinations, sealings and "Second Anointings."
Dates:
1883