YOUNG, Brigham^[1]

1801 - 1877  (76 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	YOUNG, Brigham
  Birth	1 Jun 1801	Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1877	Mormon Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   [1, 2]
  Death	29 Aug 1877	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   [1]
  	Religious Leader, Politician, Utah Territorial Governor. Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), also known as the Mormons. He is revered today by his followers for his wisdom and leadership in the building of the Mormon Church in Utah. He is controversial for his belief in plural marriage and his role in the late 1850s in a dispute with the Federal Government. Born the 9th child of 11 children to a poor farmer in Whitingham, Vermont, his father, John Young, moved his family to upstate New York, where Brigham became an itinerant carpenter and painter. Raised a Methodist, he married Miriam Works in 1824, and moved to Cayuga County, New York, where he plied his trade of carpentry and painting. In 1829, he moved to Mendon, Monroe County, New York, where he saw The Book of Mormon for the first time. He quickly joined the LDS Church, being baptized on April 14, 1832. After his wife's death on September 8, 1832, he became more convinced of the correctness of his new religion, and began preaching and converting others to the LDS faith. In the fall of 1833, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and married Mary Ann Angell, who took care of his two children from his first wife, and bore him several additional children. In February 1835, he was named one of the first 12 Apostles of the LDS Church. In the next several years, he performed missionary missions in New York and Missouri, and working as a carpenter and painter helping to build the Kirtland Temple. In 1839, he went to Missouri to help the Mormons there move to Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1840, he went to England to perform missionary work, returning to Nauvoo periodically. While in New York in 1844, he learned of the death of Joseph Smith, founder, first President and Prophet of the LDS Church, and he hurriedly returned to Nauvoo. Speaking powerfully to the dispirited people of Nauvoo, he rallied them and was quickly given authority as President of the Church. In 1846, the Mormons were forced from Nauvoo, Illinois, and Brigham Young determined to lead them to a better land where they would not be persecuted. He and 147 others arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24 1847. Young was ill, and when he saw the valley for the first time, he stated, "This is the Place." Salt Lake City was built with his guidance. In 1850, Salt Lake County was formed as one of the original Utah counties. From 1851 to 1858, he served as the first Governor of Utah Territory. While in Utah, he had a vision that God would allow the Mormons to have multiple wives. Before his death, he had 29 wives and 56 children, for which he was highly criticized by many people. From 1856 to 1858, relations between the Mormons and the Federal Government deteriorated, with the eastern press playing up popular fear that the polygamous Mormons were about to declare their independence from the United States. President James Buchanan ordered the United States Army to Utah, to reestablish Federal control. This force, under command of Colonel (and future Confederate General) Albert Sidney Johnston, remained in Utah until the outbreak of the Civil War. Brigham Young established the LDS Church firmly in the West, seeing to its expansion, growth and stability. He laid the groundwork for Utah's eventual entrance into the Union as a state, and was a political force throughout the latter half of the 1800s. It can be truly said that he helped to build and settle the West. His dying words were reportedly a call to the first LDS Prophet, "Joseph! Joseph!" Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson [3]
  Age	76 years
  Person ID	P2361	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family 1	CARTER, Naamah Kendel Jenkins           b. 20 Mar 1821, Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 5 Aug 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 88 years)  [1]
  Marriage	8 Oct 1824	Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 23 years and 4 months old - She : 3 years and 7 months old.
  Family ID	F5606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	ANGELL, Mary Ann           b. 8 Jun 1803, Seneca, Ontario County, New York, USA           d. 27 Jun 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 79 years)  [1]
  Marriage	31 Mar 1834	Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 32 years and 9 months old - She : 30 years and 9 months old.
  Family ID	F6120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family 3	MORTON, Phoebe (Phebe) Ann           b. 28 Mar 1786, Guilford, Windham County, Vermont, USA           d. 15 Nov 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 68 years)  [3]    Other partners: ANGELL, James Williams (m. 1802)
  Marriage	1846  [3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 44 years and 6 months old - She : ~ 59 years and 9 months old.
  Family ID	F6119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	ANGELL, James Williams           b. 15 Oct 1776, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA           d. 2 Nov 1850, LeRoy, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years) m. Abt 1802, Probably Oneida County, New York, USA
  Stepchildren	1 stepson and 1 stepdaughter
  1. ANGELL, Mary Ann           b. 8 Jun 1803, Seneca, Ontario County, New York, USA           d. 27 Jun 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years) ▻ YOUNG, Brigham   2. ANGELL, Truman Osborn           b. 5 Jun 1810, North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA           d. 16 Oct 1887, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 77 years) ▻ JOHNSON, Polly Ann
  Family ID	F6118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2023

  
  

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  		Birth - 1 Jun 1801 - Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA Marriage - 8 Oct 1824 - Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, USA Marriage - 31 Mar 1834 - Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA Burial - Aug 1877 - Mormon Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death - 29 Aug 1877 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  An American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. - My 5th Cousin 5X Removed [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 25 Apr 1998 Find a Grave Memorial #1137 [S50] Findagrave.com.