Julia Almira Farnsworth
Born 2 Dec. 1874 in Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah Territory.[1] Daughter of Philo T. Farnsworth and Julia P. Murdock.[2] Attended Beaver Stake Academy, Brigham Young Academy, and University of Utah, earning a bachelor of arts degree.[3] Attended the World’s Congress of Women in Chicago, representing young women; delivered an address, 1893.[4] Appointed state chair of correspondence for Utah at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Denver, spring 1898.[5] With EBW, charter member and recording secretary of Utah Daughters of the Revolution, 16 Dec. 1898; regent, 1917.[6] Represented the Utah State Society of the Daughters of the Revolution in Philadelphia, 1899.[7] Married Henry Cornelius Lund, 20 Sept. 1899, in Salt Lake City; seven children.[8] Member and secretary/treasurer of the Relief Society general board, 1921–1939.[9] Secretary and vice president of the Utah University Alumni Association, 1921.[10] Board member of the Salt Lake County Red Cross, spring 1925.[11] Appointed educational director of the Women’s Civic Center Association, Oct. 1927.[12] Died 25 June 1960 in Salt Lake City.[13]
[1] “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956, Indexes, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. A, 1893–1900, p. 290, no. 10382, Julia Almira Farnsworth, 20 Sept. 1899, microfilm 184067, DGS 5271181 (restricted access), FHL. May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21.“Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Apr. 2021), Julia Almira Farnsworth (KWJ6-HX6).
[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956, Indexes, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. A, 1893–1900, p. 290, no. 10382, Julia Almira Farnsworth, 20 Sept. 1899, microfilm 184067, DGS 5271181 (restricted access), FHL. May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21. 1880 U.S. Census, Beaver City, Beaver Co., UT, ED 1, p. 25, Julia Farnsworth.
[3] May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21. University of Utah, Catalog of the University of Utah (Territorial University, Formerly University of Deseret) for 1893–94, with List of Students for 1892–93 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1893), 63. Annual of the University of Utah including the Utah State Normal School, Salt Lake City, Announcements for 1897–98 with Catalogue of Students for 1896–97 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1897).
[4] May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21.
[5] May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21.
[6] EBW, Diary, 16 Nov. 1898. “State Society Daughters of the Revolution,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 22 Dec. 1917, 17.
[7] May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21.
[8] Salt Lake Co., UT, County Clerk, Marriage Records, 1887–1965, Marriage Licenses, vols. H–J, 1897–1900, p. 495, no. 8587, microfilm 429057, DGS 4624217, image 523/797, FHL. “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. A, 1893–1905, p. 169, no. 3036, Henry Cornelius Lund and Julia Almira Farnsworth, 20 Sept. 1899, microfilm 186206, DGS 5266109 (restricted access), FHL. 1910 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 133, p. 2A, Julia A. Lund. 1920 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 121, p. 6B, Julia F. Lund.
[9] History of Relief Society, 1842–1966 (Salt Lake City: General Board of Relief Society, 1966), 54. “Authorities Sustained,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 8 Oct. 1928, 6.
[10] “Utah University Alumni to Meet,” Ogden (UT) Standard Examiner, 1 June 1921, 3.
[11] May Booth Talmage, “Julia A. Farnsworth Lund, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Society,” Relief Society Magazine 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1929): 19–21.
[12] “Utah Organizes for Adult Education, Civic Center Plans Course for Women,” Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 1927, 18.
[13] “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 21 Sept. 2021); Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 60 18/1524 (1960), Julia Almira Farnsworth Lund.