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20 Sept. 1811

Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, 19; Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, 21; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 4:91.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907.

Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. . . . 63 vols. New York: James T. White, 1898–1984.

–20 Oct. 1890.

Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, xxvi, 19; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 4:92.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. . . . 63 vols. New York: James T. White, 1898–1984.

Merchant, lecturer, scientist, inventor, dentist.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 4:91; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, xxiv; Black, “John Farnham Boynton,” 4; Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 266–268.

Comprehensive Works Cited

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. . . . 63 vols. New York: James T. White, 1898–1984.

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Black, Susan Easton. “John Farnham Boynton.” Nauvoo Journal 8 (Spring 1996): 3–6.

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Born at East Bradford (later Groveland), Essex Co., Massachusetts.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; “Boynton, John,” in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 4:91.

Comprehensive Works Cited

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. . . . 63 vols. New York: James T. White, 1898–1984.

Son of Eliphalet Boynton and Susanna Nichols.

Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, 21; Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, xix; Shipps and Welch, Journals of William E. McLellin, 422.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907.

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Shipps, Jan, and John W. Welch, eds. The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836. Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by JS, Sept. 1832, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91.

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Ordained an elder by JS, 16 Nov. 1832.

Minute Book 1, 16 Nov. 1832; Shipps and Welch, Journals of William E. McLellin, 422.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shipps, Jan, and John W. Welch, eds. The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836. Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Served missions to Pennsylvania, 1832, with Zebedee Coltrin; to Maine, 1833–1834, with Evan Greene; and to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio, Nov. 1834, with William E. McLellin.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; Shipps and Welch, Journals of William E. McLellin, 422; JS History, vol. A-1, 441–442.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shipps, Jan, and John W. Welch, eds. The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836. Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 15 Feb. 1835, in Kirtland.

Minute Book 1, 14–15 Feb. 1835; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91.

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Served mission to eastern states and Canada with Quorum of the Twelve.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91.

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Married first to Susannah (Susan) Lowell by JS, 20 Jan. 1836, at Kirtland.

JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1836; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, vol. C, p. 142, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, xx, 19.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Disfellowshipped from Quorum of the Twelve, 3 Sept. 1837.

Black, “John Farnham Boynton,” 4; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; Minute Book 1, 3 Sept. 1837.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton. “John Farnham Boynton.” Nauvoo Journal 8 (Spring 1996): 3–6.

Reinstated to church and membership in Quorum of the Twelve, 10 Sept. 1837.

Minute Book 1, 10 Sept. 1837; Black, “John Farnham Boynton,” 4.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton. “John Farnham Boynton.” Nauvoo Journal 8 (Spring 1996): 3–6.

Excommunicated, 1837.

“Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; Black, “John Farnham Boynton,” 4.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton. “John Farnham Boynton.” Nauvoo Journal 8 (Spring 1996): 3–6.

Practiced dentistry in vicinity of Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, early 1840s.

Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 266–268.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Graduated from St. Louis Medical College, 1845.

Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 268.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Settled at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, 1845.

Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 268.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Wife died, 7 Aug. 1859.

Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, 19.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Married second Mary West Jenkins, Nov. 1865.

Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 270–271.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Separated from wife, ca. 1869; divorced, 1880.

Shepard and Marquardt, Lost Apostles, 270–271.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Shepard, William, and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Married third Caroline Foster Harriman, 20 Jan. 1883.

Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, 19; Hale, Bishop Jonathan H. Hale, 11; Boynton, “Memorial of Dr. John Farnham Boynton.”

Comprehensive Works Cited

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

Hale, Heber Q. Bishop Jonathan H. Hale of Nauvoo: His Life and Ministry. Salt Lake City: By the author, 1938.

Boynton, Caroline Harriman. “A Memorial of Dr. John Farnham Boynton.” Syracuse, NY: By the author, 1891.

Died at Syracuse.

Boynton and Boynton, Boynton Family, xxvi, 19; “Boynton, John Farnham,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:91; “Boynton, John,” in National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 4:92.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Boynton, John Farnham, and Caroline Harriman Boynton, comps. The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Groveland, MA: By the authors, 1897.

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. . . . 63 vols. New York: James T. White, 1898–1984.

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