Farnsworth, Mabel Pearce
Biographical History
Mabel Pearce Farnsworth (1891-1981) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a social worker in Utah.
Mabel Purnecy Pearce was born on August 27, 1891 in Montpelier, Idaho to Charles Rodwell Pearce and Agnes Hogensen. She attended school in that area, and after graduation taught school in Georgetown, Idaho. There she met Burton K. Farnsworth, and they were married in the Salt Lake Temple on October 3, 1913. She left teaching to raise their family, keeping house in Brigham City, Logan, Fillmore, and Salt Lake City among other locations. The couple eventually had six children.
After her husband's death in 1945, Mabel returned to school earning degrees in Social Work. She then worked to support her family as a social worker in Salt Lake County until her retirement in 1958.
Mabel was active in her community and church, serving at various times as a Relief Society president, MIA counselor, and stake Primary board member. She was also active in the of Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
She died on May 26, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Citation:
Farnsworth, B. K. Papers, 1910-1945 (Mabel Pearce Farnsworth)Family Search, via WWW, July 8, 2002 (Mabel Purnecy Pearce; b. 27 Aug 1891, Montpelier, Id.; d. 26 May 1981, Salt Lake City, Ut.; married Burton Kent Farnsworth 3 Oct 1913 Salt Lake City, Ut.)
Ancestry.com, via WWW, Aug. 31, 2015 (Mabel Farnsworth; Mabel P. Farnsworth; Mabel Purnecy Pearce; Mabel Pernecy Pearce Farnsworth; parents: Charles Rodwell Pearce and Agnes Hogensen; six children)
Familysearch, via WWW, Aug. 31, 2015 (Mabel Purnecy Pearce; Mabel Purnecy Pearce Farnsworth; attended school in Montpelier, Idaho; after graduation taught school in Georgetown, Idaho; m. 1913 to Burton Farnsworth; stopped teaching to keep house, lived in Brigham City, Logan, and Fillmore, Utah, then Oakland, Calif., returned to Salt Lake City, Utah; after husband's death in 1945, completed degree in Social Work, 1949; social worker in Salt Lake County until 1958; served in Church as Relief Society president, MIA counselor, stake Primary board member; member of Daughters of Utah Pioneers)