Descriptive SummaryMSS 2358George Facer Family Organization Collection,
1885-2001George Facer Family OrganizationL. Tom Perry Special Collections4 boxes (2 ln ft.)George Facer was an early
LDS Church member and a convert from England. The George Facer Family
Organization was formed in 1928 and was suspended in 2001.Contains diaries, books, and other
documents related to the Facer family, life in 19th and early-20th century
Utah, and the LDS Church.ProvenanceThis collection was retained by the Facer family until donated to BYU
in 2001. The final family members holding this material were the donors.
AccessMicrofilm copies are openwithout restriction. Access to original
materials with permission from the supervisor of reference services (boxes 3-4
open without restriction).
Conditions of UseIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from George Facer
Family Organization Collection, 1885-2001 must be obtained from the
Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Board of Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation: MSS 2358; George Facer
Family Organization Collection, 1885-2001; 20th & 21st Century Western and
Mormon Americana; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library,
Brigham Young University.
Following Citations:MSS 2358, LTPSC.
Biographical HistoryGeorge Facer was an early LDS Church member and a convert from
England. The George Facer Family Organization was formed in 1928 and was
suspended in 2001.
Scope and Content NoteIncludes the farm accounting ledgers of George Facer and his son
Joseph Facer, family genealogical information, and personal diary entries of
George and his wife Mary Jarvis Facer. George Facer’s account documents farm
life and economy in Utah in the second half of the 19th century. The collection
also contains the minutes of the George Facer Family Organization along with a
transcript of the minutes, Facer family historical and genealogical information
(including the family names of Prior, Jarvis, Brown and others from
Huntingdonshire, England), a family Book of Remembrance, a newspaper article,
and a Temple Record book kept by Mary Prior Facer. The latter contains family
genealogical data and the dates that LDS Temple work was completed for each
ancestor. The records include references to polygamist marriages. The
collection documents the family living in Willard City, Utah; Cache County,
Utah; Brigham City, Utah; and the Salt Lake Valley.
Notes on ArrangementThe collection is arranged in the following series:
1. Facer Family Records
2. Newspaper Articles
3. George Facer Family Genealogical Information
4. Family Books
Alternate Formats AvailableMicrofilm copy available for boxes 1 and 2.
Subject TracingsInstitutionsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMormon Church--Missions--Southern StatesPeopleNavaho Indians - ArizonaPlacesWillard City (Utah)Cache County (Utah)Brigham City (Utah)Salt Lake Valley (Utah)FloridaNorth CarolinaSt. Joseph (Arizona)TennesseeGenre/FormDiaryBookTypescriptSubjectChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints--MissionariesMormons--PolygamyChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--HymnsTemple work (Mormon Church)Container ListFacer Family RecordsFacer Family Records,
1776-2001BoxFolderContents
11George Facer Record Book, Willard City, Box Elder
County, Utah, May 2, 1971. Contains 35 pages of genealogical records of George
Facer and his family as well as personal statements by George Facer.12Diary of George Facer, October 25, 1891 until April 28,
1894, [14]p. Also contains a diary of Mary Harris Facer Chandler, January 7,
1900 through January 14, 1900, [2]p.13Farmer’s Daybook and Ledger kept by George Facer, spans
May 1, 1886 to December 31, 1910, [29]p. Also includes account kept by Joseph
Facer, April 1, 1897 through November 18, 1898, pp. 117-120.14Minutes of the George Facer Family Organization, April
8, 1928 to June 25, 1977, [136]p. Includes a list of addresses in the
back.15Minutes of the George Facer Family Organization, June
24, 1978 to June 29, 1996, [45]p. Also includes a transcript made by Pearl
Facer Williams taken from the original Family Organization Minutes, spans
1928-1980. Loose papers included with the record book contain the minutes for
the Organization from June 28, 1997 to June 5, 2001. Also includes a program
from one family reunion.16Temple Record Book kept by Mary Prior Facer, Willard
City, Utah. List of family members (1776-1926) and temple work completed, [4]p.17George Facer’s Posterity as of
Summer 1989 and an agenda from the George Facer Family Reunion held
August 19, 1989, Crystal Springs, Utah. The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints Individual Ordinance Summary for Joseph Elmer Facer (b.
1914). 18Letter to Aunt Mary (Prior Facer) from Emily Jane Bath,
High Street, Boxworth, North Cambridge, Old England, n.d., [4]p.Newspaper ArticlesNewspaper Articles,
1952BoxFolderContents
19Newspaper article from the Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday,
August 10, 1952. Concerns the Brigham City Tabernacle on which George Facer
worked during its construction.George Facer Family Genealogical InformationGeorge Facer Family Genealogical InformationBoxFolderContents
21Facer Family Book of Remembrance researched and compiled
for genealogical purposes.22Copy of Facer Family Book of Remembrance. Includes the
family data for the Prior, Jarvis, Brown and other family names from
Huntingdonshire, England.23Genealogical information for John Kenny Richards (file
14073) and Agnes Hill (file 1949) from the Nauvoo Church Library.24Genealogical information for Alexander Hill Sr. (file
19819) and Elizabeth Curry (file 25338) from the Nauvoo Church
Library.25Copies of genealogical information about Joseph Hill
Richards and Mary Willie Richards including a portrait pedigree chart, regular
pedigree charts, and brief life stories.Family BooksFamily BooksBoxFolderContents
26James E. Talmage, The Articles of
Faith, sixth ed., ca. 190927Abbott’s Popular Modern
Dictionary: Vest Pocket Dictionary, ca. 194528Franklin D. Richards, A Compendium
of the Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Liverpool: 185729Edgar A. Guest, Why I Go To
Church, Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1929210John A. Widtsoe, A Rational
Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Salt Lake City, 1932211Latter-Day Saints’ Sunday School
Treatise, 2nd ed., The Deseret Sunday School Union: Salt Lake City,
189831Facer family Bible, ca. 189041Charles Mackay, The Mormons, or
Latter-day Saints: A Contemporary History, 4th ed., London:
185642Dr. Daniel B. Hill Richards, Hill
Family History, Salt Lake City: 192743Orson Pratt, Doctrines of the
Gospel, Salt Lake City: 188444Parley P. Pratt, Key to the
Science of Theology, 5th ed., Liverpool: 188345George S. Tanner and J. Morris Richards,
Colonization on the Little Colorado, Flagstaff:
1977