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Albert Stephen Farnsworth Sr
22 May 1844 – 28 Nov 1904
| Birth | 22 May 1844 |
| Death | 28 Nov 1904 |
| Cemetery | Dublan Memorial Colonia Dublan , Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality , Chihuahua , Mexico |
| Added by | Julie Kocherhans on 19 Apr 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53531913 |
Bio
Son of Stephen Martindale Farnsworth and Julia Ann Clark Married Martha Hall Longmore, 1 December 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Mary Ann Johnsen, 12 January 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Eliza Bertelsen Dalley, 11 August 1875, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Sarah Ann Slade, 4 September 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah History. His parents crossed the plains to Utah and settled in Richfield, where Albert grew up. Married Martha and had 4 children. Married Mary Johnson and divorced Martha. Married Eliza Black and Sarah Ann Slade. While in Richfield, he was a successful recreation manager. He stood for principle, law and order. Called by Brigham Young to colonize southern Utah, which he did without murmuring. Called by President Wilford Woodruff to settle St. John, Arizona. Hardly established there when called to settle Fruitland, New Mexico. "Why do you go?, said his business partner. He answered, "If I was called by the voice of the Priesthood, I would move every other day." While in Fruitland, he served as first counselor to Bishop Burnbone and labored diligently to build up the community. He managed a small store. The Navajo Indians loved to trade and they became loyal friends. The US was having trouble getting the mail across the Navajo reservation so Albert volunteered to take the mail contract and refused a soldier escort. This pleased the Navajos and thereafter they respected and loved him and even helped protect him. They gave him an Indian name which meant "Rich Pretty Man." He was chosen as one of the party who accompanied President Grant through Arizona when he was a young apostle. Mancos, Colorado was in great need of a strong leader. Albert Stephen was called to go there and preside as Bishop. He built up the town and owned a store and homes. He lived here until the church leaders advised him to take his large family and move to Mexico where he could live in peace. These were the years of the raid against polygamy and he had been forced to spend much of his time away from his family to avoid imprisonment. The move to Mexico meant great financial sacrifice. He was unable to sell his property. He left his land, his homes, his gristmill, and with only his wives and children, he traveled by wagon to old Mexico. The years in Mexico were ones of hard work, privation, and sacrifice. His faith in the gospel never wavered and he refused to be discouraged. He was a great contractor. He freighted by wagon from Deming, New Mexico to Colonia Juarez to make a living for his family. He owned a sawmill in Colonia Pacheco. He sold the sawmill to his brother Alonzo and moved his family to Colonia Juarez where his children could be educated. He moved later to Colonia Dublan. He took a railroad contract on the Orient on the south side of Chihuahua City. There they lived in tents. He went to Chihuahua City after some machinery. On the way home he ran into a terrible storm and got stuck in the river. He was hurt badly as he was getting the machinery out of the river. He lived only 4 more days. He was buried in Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico. To know Albert Stephen Farnsworth was to love him. He was clean and virtuous in thought and actions, honest in all his dealings with men, and generous to a fault. The only deeds he did were acts of kindness. It was truly said of him that he left every community in which he lived better than he found it.
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Family
Parents
Spouse
- Eliza Bertelsen Dalley Farnsworth 1855–1917 FaG
- Mary Ann Johnson Farnsworth 1858–1942 FaG
- Sarah Ann Slade Farnsworth 1867–1945 FaG
Siblings
- Austin Martindale Farnsworth Sr 1838–1912
- Alonzo Lafayette Farnsworth 1841–1931
- Stephen Martindale Farnsworth 1847–1928
- Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth Walker 1849–1927
- Julia Jane Farnsworth 1852–1853
- Cyrus Walter Farnsworth 1854–1894
- Franklin Wallace Farnsworth 1855–1929
- Harriet Nancy Farnsworth Thorne 1856–1920
- Clarinda Farnsworth 1857–1857
- Reuben Richard Farnsworth 1859–1937
- Alva Washington Farnsworth 1859–1937
- Cosmelia Ellen Farnsworth Ogilvie 1859–1919
- Viola Farnsworth Shelton 1861–1922
- Milford Bard Farnsworth Sr 1863–1939
- Curtis Bradford Farnsworth 1865–1927
- Olivia Driggs Farnsworth Powell 1867–1947
- Joseph Farnsworth 1869–1944
- Eliza Jane Farnsworth Gilbert 1872–1952
- Benjiman Farnsworth 1875–1925
Children
- Martha Jane Farnsworth Pharris 1865–1933 FaG
- Clementina Marion Farnsworth Huffman 1867–1936 FaG
- Albert Farnsworth 1870–1934 FaG
- Lida Harriet Farnsworth Bell 1874–1931 FaG
- Mary Elizabeth Farnsworth 1874–1888 FaG
- James Steven Farnsworth 1876–1877 FaG
- Junius Franklin Farnsworth 1877–1946 FaG
- Deronda Verdell Farnsworth Sr 1879–1945 FaG
- Adelia F Farnsworth Beecroft 1881–1955 FaG
- Rueben Andrew Farnsworth Sr 1881–1951 FaG
- Wilford Martindale Farnsworth Sr 1883–1961 FaG
- Otto Lyman Farnsworth 1883–1889 FaG
- Albertha Farnsworth Romney 1885–1965 FaG
- Lettie Amelia Farnsworth Beecroft 1886–1962 FaG
- Clara A Farnsworth Bluth 1886–1958 FaG
- Albert Kent Farnsworth 1888–1971 FaG
- Emma Pearl Farnsworth O'Donnal 1889–1960 FaG
- Frances Maude Farnsworth Cardon 1891–1963 FaG
- Estella Farnsworth Jones 1891–1970 FaG
- Ada Farnsworth Morris 1894–1969 FaG
- Adelbert "Bert" Farnsworth 1894–1954 FaG
- Mable Farnsworth Buckley 1896–1941 FaG
- Joseph Alroy Farnsworth Sr 1896–1970 FaG
- Benjamin Lasalle Farnsworth 1898–1984 FaG
- William Jefferson Farnsworth 1898–1961 FaG
- Kenneth Eugene Farnsworth 1902–1973 FaG
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