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Lydia Mayhew (Farnsworth)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Death: February 05, 1897 (89)
either American Fork or Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reuben Farnsworth, III and Lucinda Farnsworth
Wife of Elijah Mayhew and Brigham Young
Mother of Lucinda Mayhew; Laurana Mayhew; Otto Lyman Mayhew; Austin Ship Mayhew; Elijah Mayhew and 3 others
Sister of Laura Liston; Stephen Martindale Farnsworth, Sr.; Lucinda Lyman; Reuben Lafayette Farnsworth; Louisa Caroline Shipp and 4 others
Half sister of NN Farnsworth; NN Farnsworth; NN Farnsworth and Moses Franklin Farnsworth

Managed by: Richard Frank Henry
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About Lydia Mayhew

brief biography

Lydia Farnsworth was born on 5 Feb 1808 in Dorset, Vermont.62 She died on 5 Feb 1897 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah.

She is the sister of Moses Franklin Farnsworth and the wife of Elijah Mayhew.

Brigham Young and Lydia Farnsworth were married on 8 May 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.

She and Young had no children. She was sealed to Brigham Young but continued to live with her husband Elijah.

  • Residence: , Shelby, Indiana
  • Residence: Norfolk, Saint Lawrence, New York - 1850
  • Residence: Blue River, Johnson, Indiana, United States - 1850
  • Residence: Battle Creek, Utah, Utah, United States - 1860
  • Residence: New York, United States - 1870
  • Residence: Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States - 1880
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Lydia Mayhew's Timeline

1808
February 5, 1808
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States
1833
November 2, 1833
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
1834
December 20, 1834
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
1836
October 2, 1836
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
1838
October 24, 1838
LaPorte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
1841
December 3, 1841
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
1842
December 18, 1842
Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
1844
November 1, 1844
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
1848
January 17, 1848
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, United States