Husband Albert Stephen Farnsworth Sr. [16523]
Born: 22 May 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States 1
Christened: 2 Jun 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States 1
Died: 28 Nov 1904 - Ciudad Guerrero, Guerrero, Chihuahua, México 1
Buried: - Dublan Memorial, Colonia Dublan, Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico 2
FamilySearch ID: KWC8-82H
Find A Grave ID: 53531913
Marriage: 11 Aug 1875 - Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 3
Wife Eliza Bertelsen Dalley [16524]
Born: 16 Aug 1855 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 3
Christened:
Died: 16 May 1917 - Summit, Iron, Utah, United States 3
Buried: 18 May 1917 - Summit City Cemetery, Summit, Iron, Utah, United States 2 3
FamilySearch ID: KWJK-HB5
Find A Grave ID: 177714
Children
1 F Lettie Amelia Farnsworth [2155] 4
Born: 7 May 1886 - Bluff, San Juan, Utah, United States 5
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1962 - Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, United States 5
Buried: 30 Oct 1962 - City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States 5
FamilySearch ID: KWCG-T15
Find A Grave ID: 62477913
Spouse: John Chestnut Beecroft 4 [2102] (1871-1948)
Marr: 23 Feb 1903 - Colonia García, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
General Notes: Husband - Albert Stephen Farnsworth Sr.
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.
Burial Notes: Wife - Eliza Bertelsen Dalley
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