Lorin Farr (July 27, 1820 – January 12, 1909) was a

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and the first mayor of Ogden, Utah. Farr was born in Waterford, Vermont. He was a son o
Winslow Farr
and the brother o
Winslow Farr, Jr.
who later became the first Latter Day Saint

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of Colonia Dublán,

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. When he was eleven, Lorin Farr joined the

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after being introduced to it by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson. Farr's baptism was performed by Johnson. The Farr family moved to

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in 1837 and then to Missouri in 1838, and to Nauvoo, Illinois after that. In 1843 and 1844, Farr served as a

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in many states of the United States. During his sojourn at Nauvoo, his one-story red brick home was situated on Durphy Street just north of his father's home and south of the

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. Other neighbors living nearby included Stillman Pond and

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. Lorin went west with the body of the Latter Day Saints, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1847. In 1851, Farr was called as president of the newly formed Weber Stake, which required him to move to Ogden. He also served as the first mayor of Ogden, a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, and, from 1870 to 1871, served as a missionary in the British Isles. Farr was the father of many children. Among these was Sarah Farr, who was a wife of

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John Henry Smith and the mother of George Albert Smith, who became the eighth

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.''Lorin Farr, Friend of the Prophet''
/ref> He is the 3rd great-grandfather of Utah Senator

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Francis M. Gibbons Francis Marion ("Frank") Gibbons (April 10, 1921 – July 16, 2016) was the secretary to the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 to 1986 and a church general authority from 1986 until 1991.Pe ...

. ''George Albert Smith: Kind and Caring Christian, Prophet of God''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1990) p. 1 *
texts of historical marker about Farr
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