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Franklin Dewey Richards


Birth2 April 1821Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards, ID: KWNN-566.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Franklin D. RIchards, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 7, line 11.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 467-468.

    Henry E. Scott, Vital records of Richmond Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913), p. 40.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), 1899-12-09, p. 1, Franklin D. Richards Dead, and 1899-12-16, p. 16, Funeral Services of President Franklin D. Richards.
Death9 December 1899Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards, ID: KWNN-566.

    Ogden Standard, Ogden Standard (Ogden, Utah: Standard-Examiner Pub. Co., 1888-1920), 1899-12-09, p. 4, Apostle F. D. Richards is Dead.

    County, District, and Probate Courts of Utah, Utah, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com), database and images, Ancestry, Franklin D. Richards (5 May 1900); citing Probate Files From Second District Court, 1851-1918, Probate Files, No 830-858, 1899-1900, Case no. 854.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), 1899-12-09, p. 1, Franklin D. Richards Dead, and 1899-12-16, p. 16, Funeral Services of President Franklin D. Richards.
Burial12 December 1899Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #6280487.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards, ID: KWNN-566.

    Ogden Standard, Ogden Standard (Ogden, Utah: Standard-Examiner Pub. Co., 1888-1920), 1899-12-11, p. 5, Apostle Richard's Funeral.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), 1899-12-09, p. 1, Franklin D. Richards Dead, and 1899-12-16, p. 16, Funeral Services of President Franklin D. Richards.
FatherPhinehas Howe Richards
MotherWealthy Dewey
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   • Jane Snyder
Married18 December 1842Job Creek, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Hancock County (Illinois) County Clerk, Marriage register, 1829-1915; marriage index, 1862-1933 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), Franklin D. Richards and Jane Snyder (18 Dec 1842); citing FHL 954,177, no. 666.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 467-468.
          Children:
               Wealthy Lovisa Richards
               Isaac Phinehas Richards
               Josephine Richards
               Lorenzo Maeser Richards
               Charles Comstock Richards


   • Elizabeth McFate
Married31 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 467-468.

   • Charlotte Fox
Married13 October 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Charlotte Fox, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: K2HZ-D46.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 759-760.
          Children:
               Mary Ellen Richards
               Erastus Snow Richards
               George Albert Richards
               Erza Taft Richards
               Milley Fox Richards
               Harvey Sellman Richards


   • Sarah Comstock Snyder
Married13 October 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 759-760.
          Children:
               Lucy Richards


   • Susan Sanford Peirson
Married26 June 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Susan Sanford Peirson, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: KWJG-SB7.
          Children:
               Nancy Eliza Richards
               Albert Damon Richards
               William Peirson Richards


   • Laura Altha Snyder
Married29 March 1854Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Laura Altha Snyder, ID: KNWW-566 and ID: LKZ9-MD9.
          Children:
               Samuel Jesse Richards


   • Ann Davies
Married19 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Ann Davis, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: KWJR-KJS.

   • Rhoda Harriet Foss
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Rhoda Harriet Foss, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: KWJ1-F4W.
          Children:
               Hyrum Franklin Richards
               Ira Carter Richards
               Ezra Foss Richards
               Sarah Elizabeth Richards


   • Mary Thompson
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Mary Thompson, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: L29X-GJT.
          Children:
               Myron John Richards
               Wealthy Richards
               Mary Alice Richards
               Wilford Woodruff Richards


   • Josephine De La Harpe
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Josephine Marie Augustine De La Harpe, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: K2X8-DZ9.

   • Nanny Longstroth
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), Pg. 615 n. 304.
          Children:
               Minerva Edmeresa Richards
               George Franklin Richards
               Fredrick William Richards


   • Susanna Bayliss
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Franklin Dewey Richards and Susanna Bayliss, ID: KWNN-566 and ID: KWJ1-F48.

   • Julia Freke
MarriedUtah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: KWNN-566.
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• 1821Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
• 1831Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census14th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1860 Population CensusFarmington, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusOgden, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusOgden, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Willard Richards CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848
• Company Unknown (1868)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1868
       Arrival1868
• John Taylor Independent CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1852
       Arrival20 Aug 1852
• George D. Grant CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure3 Sept 1856
       Arrival4 Oct 1856

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