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Show WPA Worker Offers Data Pertaining to Settlement of Co. Davis count yis second only to Salt Lake county in point of age, as it was settled In the Jail of 1847 by Peregrine Sessions, in what is nowknown as Bountiful. That section' of the country was known for a considerable length of time as Sessions settlement. Silver, gold, copper, lead and mica have been found m the county, coun-ty, at different times ,and considerable consid-erable development work has been done to develope mining, but not enough to justify any especial note of this esource. Farming-ton, was settled in 1813 by D. A. Miller, Thoraa3 Grover, W. Smith and Allen Buck, who were followed by several more in 1849 when an ecclesiastical ward of the L. 11. S. fhureh vra sorgan-ized sorgan-ized with Joseph S. Robinson, as ! bishop. In le4 f arraington had ony one church, Mormon, of which J. M. Secrist was bishop; six schools and schoolhouses, five district and one mission school. The only place of amusement was the social hall, which was used for dances, theatricals, theatri-cals, concerts, and other recreational recreation-al activities. The societies of Farmington, in 1884, were all religious and consisted con-sisted of Relief society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' mutual improvement association, and Primary Pri-mary association. |