Francis Lyman Worden [SEP] place of death
Francis Lyman Worden
Francis Lyman Worden (October 15, 1830 – February 5, 1887) was a founder and prominent businessman of Missoula, Montana.
He was born in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont, on October 15, 1830.
Worden attended school in New York and worked as a clerk in various stores around the country. After moving to The Dalles, Oregon in the early 1850s, he participated in the Yakima Indian War. Afterward, in 1858, he moved to Walla Walla, Washington. and
Utah, "Named for a Book of Mormon prophet. It was chosen because its early pioneers had moved often, much like the scriptural prophet Lehi, who traveled from Jerusalem to the Americas."
Place names Lewiston.
- Lewiston, Utah in Cache County "Honors an early Latter-day Saint bishop, William H. Lewis, renamed after earlier being called Poverty Flat."
Place names Lyman.
- Lyman, Utah, in Wayne County, named for apostle Francis M. Lyman, as was Francis.
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