Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth

Brief Life History of Alonzo Lafayette

When Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth was born on 22 October 1841, in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States, his father, Stephen Martindale Farnsworth, was 31 and his mother, Julia Ann Clark, was 22. He married Mary Ann Staker on 1 December 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona, United States in 1930. In 1880, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as farmer in Tuba City, Yavapai, Arizona, United States. He died on 16 May 1931, in Colonia García, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 89, and was buried in Colonia García, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Family Time Line

Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth
1841–1931
Ida Henrietta Tietjen
1853–1906
Marriage: 5 April 1875
Ernest Lafayette Farnsworth
1878–1958
Ida Belle Farnsworth
1880–1977
Stephen Alonzo Farnsworth
1882–1962
Jessie Charles Farnsworth
1884–1886
Orin Fay Farnsworth I
1886–1977
Byron Nephi Farnsworth
1889–1976
Sarah Ellis Farnsworth
1891–1989
Earl Benjamin Farnsworth
1894–1969
Jennie Tietjen Farnsworth
1896–1990

Sources (66)

  • Alonzo Farnsworth in household of William Jamison, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth Sr. - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth
  • Alonzo Lafaye Farnsworth & Ida Henrietta Tietjen, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" (Ancestry.com)

World Events (8)

1842

Santa Anna retires to his hacienda and leaves government to Nicolás Bravo.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Farnworth .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth

• Born: South Bend, Indiana on October 22, 1841 • Married to Mary Ann Staker in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on September 8, 1866 • Married Christanna Bertelson on 9 March 1874. • Married …

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