burton, farnsworth, burton, kent, farnsworth, march, 1890, september, 1945, director, secondary, education, utah, leader, church, jesus, christ, latter, saints, church, farnsworth, born, beaver, utah, territory, from, 1909, 1912, church, missionary, samoa, aft. Burton Kent Farnsworth March 6 1890 September 27 1945 was a Director of Secondary Education of Utah and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church Farnsworth was born in Beaver Utah Territory From 1909 to 1912 he was a LDS Church missionary in Samoa After his mission he obtained education degrees from Utah State Agricultural College and a doctorate from the University of California Berkeley He was a professor of education at Utah State and from 1934 until his death was the Director of Secondary Education of Utah In the LDS Church Farnsworth was a bishop in Fillmore Utah from 1928 to 1931 and from 1937 until his death was the second assistant George Q Morris the general superintendent of the Young Men s Mutual Improvement Association YMMIA He had joined the general board of the YMMIA in 1935 Farnsworth died in Seattle Washington and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery Farnsworth s papers are housed at the Harold B Lee Library of Brigham Young University in Provo Utah He was married to Mabel Pearce and was the father of six children References editAndrew Jenson Latter day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia vol 4 pp 237 38 External links editMabel Pearce and Burton K Farnsworth papers Brigham Young University Burton K Farnsworth at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Burton K Farnsworth amp oldid 1133216720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
