Abraham Fairbanks Doremus was George F. Richards’s cousin-in-law. He was born on 24 May 1849 to Henry I. Doremus and Harriett Fairbanks in Salt Lake City, unincorporated territory. He was married to Pauline Richards. Doremus was an engineer who, among other things, was the state engineer of Utah and chairman of the Board of Public Works. He owned the ranch in Tooele, Utah, that George F. Richards managed from 1888–1896. Doremus died on 10 May 1933 in Salt Lake City.[1]
Abraham Fairbanks Doremus
A. F. D.; A. F. Doremus
24 May 1849 — 10 May 1933
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[1] “A. F. Doremus,” Sketches of the Inter-Mountain States (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune, 1909), 115; Abraham Fairbanks Doremus, death certificate, 10 May 1933, “Utah Death Certificates, 1904–1964,” database with images, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67KW-4W8; Life of George F. Richards, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1965), 10–11, 21.