Brief Life History of Moses Franklin
When Moses Franklin Farnsworth Sr was born on 5 February 1834, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Reuben Farnsworth III, was 52 and his mother, Mary Laymon, was 44. He married Elizabeth Jane Stewart on 26 February 1857, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States in 1870 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 25 February 1906, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Moses Farnsworth, "United States Census, 1900"
- M. J. Farnsworth, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Moses Franklin Farnsworth, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Farnworth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Reuben Farnsworth III
Reuben Farnsworth was born 1 April 1787, the son of Reuben Farnsworth Jr. and his second wife, Anna Kellogg, in Harvard, Massachusetts. The family later moved to Dorset, Vermont. Reuben married (1) …
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