Franklin Dewey Richards

April 2, 1821–December 8, 1899

1 Born at Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; son of Wealthy Dewey and Phinehas Richards. Baptized, 1838. Ordained a seventy, 1840. Married Jane Snyder, 1842; participated in plural marriage. Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. Ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1849. Settled at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, 1869; served as president of the Weber Stake, 1869–1877. 2 Served as church historian, 1889–1899. Served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve, 1898–1899. Died at Ogden. 3 (See Document 3.26, 3.28, 4.11, 4.20)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (http://josephsmithpapers.org/reference, accessed Jan. 2015), Franklin Dewey Richards.

  2. [2] Franklin D. Richards, Discourse, July 19, 1888, in “Memorial Anniversary. Report of the Relief Society Meeting Held in the Ogden Tabernacle, July 19th, 1888,” Woman’s Exponent 17, no. 7 (Sept. 1, 1888): 52–54. William G. Hartley, “The Priesthood Reorganization of 1877: Brigham Young’s Last Achievement,” BYU Studies 20, no. 1 (Fall 1979): 6.

  3. [3] “People of the Time,” database, Franklin Dewey Richards. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 6, 2016), Franklin Dewey Richards KWNN-566.