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Personal data Eliza Jane Esther Lewis 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Sources 1, 2, 4

Household of Eliza Jane Esther Lewis

She is married to Stephen Martindale Farnsworth.

They got married on May 30, 1854 at Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States, she was 22 years old.Sources 2, 3


Child(ren):

  2. Clarinda Farnsworth  1857-1857
  4. Viola Farnsworth  1861-1922 
  7. Joseph Farnsworth  1869-1944 
  8. Eliza Jane Farnsworth  1872-1952 


Notes about Eliza Jane Esther Lewis

The following was taken from the writings of Eliza Jane F. Gilbert, one of her daughters.

Eliza Lewis Farnsworth was born September 21, 1832 at Stamford, Delaware, New York. Her mother Jemina Sydam died when she was a very small child so her father got the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife to take care of her until he married again.

Her father Nathan Lewis married Rebeckah W. Johnson on November 6, 1838 at Far West, Missouri when Eliza was seven years old. They migrated to Pleasant Grove, Utah about September 1853. Eliza was old enough to remember the Prophet because he made a great impression on her young life. She told us how he used to take her on his lap and call her his girl. She could always remember what a wonderful personality he had, and she learned to love him like a father. At his death, she was thirteen years of age. She was able to remember some of the things that took place before the Prophet's death.

She was big-hearted and took care of more than one person without a home and would treat them just like one of her own family. People sent for her from far and near to take care of the sick. I don't think there was ever a time when people came for her that she didn't leave everything and go do what she could to help out, never thinking of charging a cent.

She always used home raised herbs to doctor the sick. I can't remember when she didn't raise a generous supply of saffron, catnip and summer savory. In the summer, she would gather a root she called Ollyinvita or "Indian Root" which she used for breaking up fevers. Another root she gathered which she called "Crows Foot" she used for dysentery. She was always successful in her nursing.

She was one woman who gave her life in service of others. She was loved and respected by all who knew her and died a faithful Latter-day Saint. She died September 18, 1899, just three days before her 67th birthday.

Family Members
Parents
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Nathan Lewis
1808–1875

Spouse
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Stephen Martindale Farnsworth
1808–1885 (m. 1854)

Children
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Franklin Wallace Farnsworth
1855–1929

Clarinda Farnsworth
1857–1857

Alva Washington Farnsworth
1859–1937

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Viola Farnsworth Shelton
1861–1922

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Milford Bard Farnsworth
1863–1939

Curtis Bradford Farnsworth
1865–1927

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Olivia Driggs Farnsworth Powell
1867–1947

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Joseph Farnsworth
1869–1944

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Eliza Jane Farnsworth Gilbert
1872–1952

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Benjiman Farnsworth
1875–1925

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Sources

  1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
  2. Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 February 2021, 05:45), entry for Stephen Martindale Farnsworth (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJZ-X72 ); contributed by various users. PersonID KWJZ-X72
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  4. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Joseph, Sevier, Utah; Roll: 1338; Family History Film: 1255338; Page: 505A; Enumeration District: 070
  5. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1831

  • The temperature on September 21, 1831 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • August 23 » Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
    • September 1 » The high honor of Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
    • September 8 » William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • October 9 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
    • October 29 » Riots in the city of Bristol as part of the 1831 reform riots against the second reform Bill of the Reform Act 1832 begin.
    • December 31 » Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.

Day of marriage May 30, 1854

  • The temperature on May 30, 1854 was about 12.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
    • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
    • June 10 » The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
    • July 13 » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
    • August 19 » The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
    • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

Day of death September 18, 1899

  • The temperature on September 18, 1899 was about 15.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
    • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
    • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
    • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Day of burial September 20, 1899

  • The temperature on September 20, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
    • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
    • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
    • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
    • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.


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