Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth
Birth Date
On 1841 October 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1931 May 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States
1841 October 22
Mother
Julia Ann Clark (1819 - 1894)
Father
Stephen Martindale Farnsworth (1809 - 1885)
Date Details
Occurred On 1841 October 22
Baptized by
Stephen Martindale Farnsworth
1850 (Age 8)
Traveled in
John S. Higbee/James W. Bay Company (1852)
1852 May 28 – August 13 (Age 10)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Albert Stephen Farnsworth (Age 8)
Stephen Martindale Farnsworth (Age 5)
Laura Farnsworth (Age 46)
Julia Ann Clark (Age 33)
Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth (Age 3)
William Martindale Frampton (Age 20)
Austin Martindale Farnsworth (Age 13)
Date Details
Started On 1852 May 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 August 13
Company Arrived
Married
Mary Ann Staker
1864 December 1 (Age 23)
Married
Christiana Dorthea Bertelsen
1874 March 7 (Age 32)
Married
Ida Henrietta Tietjen
1875 April 5 (Age 33)
Served in
Early Church Mission: North America
1877 November 5 – 1878 (Age 36)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Joseph, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Arizona
Date Details
Started On 1877 November 5
Set Apart
Ended Circa 1878
Released
Died in Colonia García, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1931 May 16 (Age 89)
Media
Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth (1841 - 1931) Profile
Sources
Person
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 285.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 November 1877, Vol. B, Page 44, Line 1713.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 November 1877, Vol. A, Page 40, Line 1713.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"1st Company of 50 reports", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (1852), Page 1-6.