• Joel was the son of Kendall and Hannah Farley and was born in Madison County, New York. He was re-baptized at Salt Lake City 31 March 1850 and received a Patriarchal Blessing 9 April 1850 from John Smith. His name appears on a list of unclaimed letters in the Deseret News on 12 July 1850. In the 1850 Utah census, which was taken early in 1851, he was in Utah County.

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

• Age at Departure: 37

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census, Utah County.
• Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
• Historian's Office rebaptism records, 1848-1876.
• "List of Letters," Deseret News, 12 July 1850, 7.
• Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900