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 m TRUE AND CORRECT STATEMENT OF THE BIRTH, LIFE AND DEATH OF 
 PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE 
 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 
 AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF HIS TWENTY- 
 SIX WIVES, AND NAMES AND NUM- 
 BER OF CHILDREN BORN 
 TO THEM. 
 
 James H. Crock well, Publisher, Salt Lake City, Utah* 
 
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 This is to certify that, with the consent and approval of the Presidency and the eldest son now 
 living, Brigham Young, we heartily endorse the proposition of James H. Crockwell publishing a 
 souvenir work, representing the family of the late President Brigham Young, in order to correct the 
 great wrong done, not only the family of President Young, but the pclygamist families of all the 
 Latter-day Saints. The biographies, introduction, etc. to be under the supervision of Andrew Jensen > 
 formerly editor and publisher of the Historical Record. 
 
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 This is to certify that, with the consent and approval of the Presidency and the eldest son now 
 living, Brigham Young, we heartily endorse the proposition of James H. Crockwell publishing a 
 souvenir work, representing the family of the late President Brigham Young, in order to correct the 
 great wrong done, not only the family of President Young, but the pplygatnist families of all the 
 Latter-day Saints. The biographies, introduction, etc. to be under the supervision of Andrew Jensen 
 formerly editor and publisher of the Historical Record. 
 
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 President Brigham Young whose names appear above. 
 
 With due appreciation for all favors, I am, Respectfully, 
 
 JAMES H. 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 Our apology for the four advertisements in the back of this booklet, is, that 
 they are there for the interest of all people who may become interested in our 
 state also our Church. That of Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Co., gives you a list of 
 our principal Church works. The Bear River Irrigation and Ogden Water Works 
 Co., to tell you of one of a number of land and irrigation enterprises. How homes 
 may be secured on very reasonable terms. And our railroads showing the most 
 feasible and interesting routes to our Beautiful Country. 
 
 Agencies of this Booklet: THE ART ADVERTISING SUPPLY CO., 
 JAS. H. CROCKWELL, PRESIDENT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH; GEO. Q. CANNON 
 & SONS CO., SALT LAKE CITY and OGDEN; McCARPNEY & CO , OGDEN CITY, 
 
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INTRODUCTORY, 
 
 IN the year 1847, a heroic band landed in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, 
 now teeming with an industrious and thrifty people. They sought this, at that 
 time, barren section of country to found a home where they might worship God 
 without molestation. They desired to promulgate a faith that should comprise 
 the broadest principles of Christianity, and that should be established as the uni- 
 versal religion of the world. 
 
 In the broad and picturesque valley that lay before them, washed by numerous 
 rivers and lakes, and surrounded by towering mountains, they saw the necessary 
 environment for an ideal civilization. The valleys would produce the necessaries 
 of life in abundance, and the mountains would bring forth vast and varied resources 
 sufficient to make a great and growing commonwealth. 
 
 Educated in humble homes, and acquainted with hardship and privation, the 
 pioneers had received lessons that were to be invaluable to them in the ordeals 
 they were destined to endure in the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 The commonwealth they would found must rest upon love of country, justice, 
 and equality; and true and correct Christian principles must be its cornerstone 
 and superstructure. 
 
 In all great emergencies, and in every crisis in which the fate of a nation or 
 
6 INTR OD UC TOR Y. 
 
 people may hang in the balance, an allwise Providence raises up a leader into 
 whose hands, to a great extent, is committed their destiny. After the death of 
 Joseph Smith, the mantle of leadership fell upon the shoulders of Brigham 
 Young, and with what consummate ability, foresight, and God-fearing spirit he 
 performed the duties of his high office, the testimony of a giateful people abundantly 
 attests. In his forceful personality was embodied the qualtities that constitute, 
 in an eminent degree, superior leadership. The duties he assumed were of a 
 Herculean nature, and in the migration of his people, and the establishing of 
 homes, his great powers were called into full requisition. Homes being estab- 
 lished, his genius shone forth in organizing schools and establishing churches, 
 rearing temples, inducing capitalists to build railroads, establish telegraph lines, 
 and, in fact, to introduce the essential agencies of modern civilization. As the 
 years rolled by, the fruition of his hopes were in a great degree realized, and 
 when death came, his work had been well done. 
 
 In none of his relations did his grandeur of character more strikingly manifest 
 itself tnan in his home. His well executed plans commanded the admiration of 
 his family; his kindness and indulgence challenged their deepest gratitude and 
 affection. His hopes and purposes, joys and sorrows, were generally shared by 
 his family, and with them, he enjoyed the most cordial relationship. His provi- 
 dent management secured for them comfortable homes, and ample provision for 
 future needs, and to his happy domestic relations is ascribed much of his success 
 in life. 
 
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 His work remains among his people, and by those who understood his motives 
 and appreciated his genius, he is remembered as one of the greatest characters 
 of modern times. His life is a legacy to his family, and to his people. 
 
 In the souvenir herewith presented, may be found portraits and biographies 
 of this wonderful man, and of leading members of his family. 
 
 Imperfect indeed would be this introduction to the inner life of President 
 Young, were not mention made of 1 the devoted wives and mothers who graced the 
 household, and of the sons and daughters who have now grown to manhood and 
 womanhood, and who are Utah's honored citizens. His wives came from homes 
 of culture and thrift, and brought to the duties of their high station those qualities 
 of womanhood that adorn the ideal home. In their relations with each other, 
 there was generally speaking, a deferential courtesy that won for them the re- 
 spect of their friends, and the regard of society. In fact, their relations were 
 based upon the ethics of a common sisterhood. They were ladies who were an 
 honor alike to themselves and to society. 
 
 His sons and daughters have now reached an age in which the responsible 
 duties of citizenship are assumed. Several of the sons now occupy positions of 
 honor and trust in the city and State, and nearly all the daughters are the wives 
 of leading citizens, all honoring the name of Utah's most distinguished citizen 
 and devoted friend Brigham Young. 
 
PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG. 
 
 Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, June 
 1st, 1801. In 1804, his parents moved from Vermont to Sherburne, Chenango 
 County, New York. At the age of sixteen, by his father's permission he began 
 engaging in business for himself. Though trained by his parents, who were 
 Methodists, to lead a strictly moral life, he made no profession of religion until 
 he was in his twenty-second year, when he also joined the Methodists. 
 
 October 8th, 1824, he married Miriam Works, and resided in Cayuga County, 
 New York, until the spring of 1829, following the occupation of carpenter, joiner, 
 painter and glazier. He removed to Mendon, Monroe County, New York, in the 
 spring of 1830. He first saw the Book of Mormon, which was brought there by 
 Samuel H. Smith a brother of Joseph Smith the Prophet. In the fall of 1831, 
 Elders Alpheus Gifford, Elial Strong and others came to that place to preach the 
 Gospel as taught by Joseph Smith. Brigham Young heard and believed, and after 
 careful and prayerful reflection upon the principles revealed in the Book of Mor- 
 mon, he was baptized April 14th, 1832, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ 
 of Latter-day Saints, and was ordained an Elder immediately after confirmation, 
 Eleazer Miller officiating in each instance. 
 
 Three weeks after his wife was also baptized. During the following summer 
 he preached the Gospel in the regions adjacent to Mendon, baptizing many, and 
 
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 organizing branches. His wife died September 8th, 1832, leaving him two little 
 girls, one two years and the other seven years o*f age. In the fall of 1832, 
 he visited Kirtland, Ohio, in company with Heber C. Kimball and his brother 
 Joseph Young, and made the acquaintance of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and 
 spent the evening there. After he had left, the Prophet Joseph said: "The time 
 will come when brother Brigham Young will preside over this Church." 
 
 In company with his brother Joseph he spent a portion of the winter of 
 1832-3 in and around West Saboro, Canada, preaching, baptizing and organizing 
 branches. He spent most of the spring and summer of 1839, in missionary 
 labors in Canada and northern New York. In July, he conducted a small com- 
 pany of Saints to Kirtland, removed his family there in the fall, and labored at 
 his trade, preaching as cpportunities were offered. 
 
 In February, 1834, he married Mary Ann Angel) who took charge of his chil- 
 dren and kept house for him faithfully. He was selected and ordained one of 
 the quorum of the Twelve Apostles on February 14th, 1835. Brigham Young 
 attended the Hebrew school at Kirtland in the winter of 1835-6, and from 
 February 22nd, to March 27th, 1836, he superintended the painting and finishing 
 of the Temple. On the 18th of April he left Quincy for Far West to assist with 
 a majority of the Twelve in fulfilling a revelation given by the Prophet Joseph 
 Smith, July 8th, 1838, which was accomplished April 26th, 1839, notwithstand- 
 ing the mob had declared, that that revelation should not be fulfilled. He returned 
 to Quincy on the 2nd of May, and on the third visited Brothers Joseph and 
 
10 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 Hyrum Smith, his first interview with them after their escape from their enemies 
 in Missouri. 
 
 On May 16th, he started for Commerce, since called Nauvoo, Hancock County, 
 Illinois. And on the 23rd, moved across the Mississippi river to Montrose, Iowa, 
 opposite Nauvoo. September 14th, he started on a mission to England. He 
 sailed from New York on the 9th of March 1840, and arrived in Liverpool, 
 England, April 6th. In Preston on the 14th of April, at the first council held 
 in a foreign land by a majority of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he was 
 unanimously chosen President of that quorum. In May he took steps for select- 
 ing the hymns and publishing 3,000 Hymn Books, 5,000 copies of the Book of 
 Mormon, and a periodical entitled "The Latter-day Saints Millennial Star," of 
 which P. P. Pratt was appointed editor. Brother Young organized the first 
 company of emigrating Saints, numbering forty-one souls, who sailed from 
 Liverpool June 6th. His faithful and diligent labors in England in behalf of 
 the Gospel were signally blessed. In the short space of a year, between 7,000 
 and 8,000 persons were baptized into the Church. Branches were organized in 
 all the principal cities of the land, a permanent shipping agency was established 
 and over a thousand souls emigrated. 
 
 On April 21st, 1841, Brigham Young and others of the Twelve sailed from 
 the river Mersey, and on July 1st, arrived in Nauvoo, where he was cordially 
 received and welcomed by the Prophet Joseph Smith, by his family, and the 
 Saints generally. On July 10th, the Prophet Joseph Smith requested the Twelve 
 
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 to take the burden of the Church in Nauvoo, and attend to selling its lands, to 
 locating and advising the immigrating Saints, and to transact other business, 
 which request President Young energetically complied with. He continued his 
 labors as before, was often in council with Joseph and the Twelve, preached 
 frequently jn Nauvoo and the neighboring settlements, and on the 21st of May 
 again went on a mission to the East. 
 
 Receiving information of the assassination of the Prophet Joseph, and Patri- 
 arch Hyrum Smith, in Carthage Jail, while under the pledged protection of 
 Thomas Ford, then governor of Illinois; President Young returned to Nauvoo 
 on the 6th of August. On the 8th at a meeting of all the authorities of the 
 Church in Nauvoo, the Twelve Apostles were sustained as the presiding quorum 
 of the Church. It was on this occasion that the spirit of the departed Joseph 
 rested down upon Brigham Young in so powerful a manner as to convince all the 
 Saints assembled that he vas the man chosen to lead Israel. Amid threats, house 
 burnings, plunderings, whippings, murders, and the fury of mob violence, he 
 stood firm in the steady performance of the many and arduous duties devolving 
 upon him, in caring for, and defending the rights of the Saints; planning and 
 directing the organizations and operations preparatory to vacating Nauvoo, and 
 forwarding the Temple to completion, and laboring therein. February, 1846, he 
 crossed the Mississippi River to the camp of the emigrating Saints, a few miles 
 west of Montrose, Iowa, and in March began with them a toilsome journey in 
 quest of a location where they would be free to worship God according to His 
 commandments. 
 
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 Having established two settlements, Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, as 
 resting and recruiting points for such as could not well keep pace and for others 
 who would follow, he reached, with the main camp, the Missouri River, near 
 Council Bluffs in June. From this point at the request of the government of the 
 United States, he sent over 500 volunteers (the Mormon Battallion) to. aid in the 
 war with Mexico, who raised and sustained the flag of the Union in Mexico and 
 California until the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo. 
 
 In April, 1847, with a company of 142 men, who elected him their leader, he 
 started to pioneer a location which the Saints could build up and inhabit in peace, 
 and on July 24th arrived at where now stands Salt Lake City and unfurled the "Stars 
 and Stripes" on Mexican soil. 
 
 August 26th, he started on his return to Winter Quarters, where he arrived 
 on the 31st of October, having met nearly 2,000 of the Saints on their way to 
 Salt Lake City, where they arrived in good season. December 5th, 1847, Brig- 
 ham Young was elected President of the Church by the unanimous vote of the 
 quorum of the Twelve, and also, on the 27th. by the unanimous vote of all the 
 authorities, and members assembled in a conference held at Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
 with Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards as his Counselors. On the 26th 
 day of May, 1848, he stared from Winter Quarters, with his family for Salt Lake 
 City, leaving his houses, mills and other property (this being the fifth time he 
 had left home and property for the Gospel's sake). 
 
 During the thirty years in which he resided in Utah, he labored indefatigably 
 
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 for the welfare of all who love truth, liberty and equal rights; he engaged in, and 
 encouraged agriculture, the erection of mills, and factories, the manufacture and 
 importation of machinery and labor saving implements, the opening cf roads and 
 the construction of bridges and public edifices; pursued a conciliatory policy with 
 the Indians, wisely deeming it not only cheaper but much more humane to feed 
 than to fight them, and instituted the. perpetual emigration fund for gathering 
 the poor, by which thousands upon thousands were brought from poverty to the 
 acquisition of pleasant homes and the comforts of life. 
 
 President Brigham Young had a strong desire to live to dedicate a Temple 
 to the most High God in the Rocky Mountains, and set in order the Priesthood 
 and organize the various Stakes of Zion, according to the pattern revealed from 
 heaven. He saw the Temple at St. George fully dedicated and prepared for the 
 administration of the ordinances for the living and the dead. He arranged and 
 explained the duties of the various quorums of the Priesthood. And the Sunday 
 preceding his death the organization of the different Stakes of Zion was com- 
 pleted. His desire had thus been fulfilled, when he, after several days' illness, 
 departed this life, August 29th, 1877, at his residence in Salt Lake City. The 
 last words he uttered that were distinctly understood were, "Joseph, Joseph, 
 Joseph, Joseph." About 30,000 people were present at his funeral, which took 
 place on the following Sunday, September 2nd. 
 
 President Young was the head of a numerous family and laid the foundation 
 for a kingdom and a glory which will increase thoughout eternity. He was the 
 
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 father of fifty-six children, and left seventeen wives, sixteen sons and twenty- 
 eight daughters, when he died. The marks of the genius of this great man are stamped 
 on the history and travels of the whole Church, on Salt Lake City, which he 
 loved so dearly, and on the towns, and settlements with their canals, railroads 
 and telegraph lines, private and public buildings, and the many witnesses to his guid- 
 ing hand and counseling voice over five hundred miles of country redeemed from a 
 desert. They have uttered his fame with a voice that has penetrated to the utter- 
 most parts of the earth. 
 
 The above sketch of the work and travels of Brigham Young is copied from 
 the Historical record published by Andrew Jensen in 1886. 
 
 MIRIAM WORKS- 
 
 Miriam Works, first wife of Brigham Young, was a daughter of Asa and Jeru- 
 sha Works, residents of Aurelius, Cayaga County, New York. Miriam was mar- 
 ried to Brigham Young October 8th, 1824. Both were attendants of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 In the spring of 1829, Miriam removed with her husband to Mendon, Monroe 
 County, where the principles of the everlasting Gospel were first made known to 
 them. These were gladly received by both husband and wife, and on the 14th 
 day of April, 1832, the husband received the ordinance of baptism, and Miriam 
 his beloved wife was baptized about three weeks later; it being early in May, 
 
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 MARY ANN ANGEU,. 
 
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 1832. She soon became much devoted to her religion, receiving and rejoicing 
 in every principle made known to her. She was a most estimable woman, an 
 affectionate wife and loving mother, a kind and faithful friend to all who had the 
 honor of her acquaintance. She was the mother of two children both girls. She 
 died of that dreaded scourge, consumption, September 8th, 1832, at the house of 
 Heber C. Kimball at Mendon, New York. At the time of her demise there were 
 five persons at her bedside, namely, her beloved husband and her two little girls 
 Elizabeth and Vilate, with their sympathizing friends Heber C. Kimball arid his 
 wife Vilate. In her last moments the dying wife and mother clapped her hands 
 and gave praise to the Lord, and called on brother Kimball and all around her 
 to also praise the Lord. Thus ended in this life the career of the loving and 
 devoted wife and mother Miriam Works Young, first wife of Brigham Young the 
 great leader of those destined to be the greatest, and most renowned people on 
 the earth. Her children with her grand and great grand children are still living, 
 and are residents of Utah and Arizona, associated with the people their father 
 loved so dearly. 
 
 Elizabeth was born Sepember 25th, 1826. Vilate was born June 1st, 1830. 
 
 MARY ANN ANGELL. 
 
 The second wife of Brigham Young was Mary Ann Angell, daughter of James 
 and Pheobe Morton Angell. She was born June 8th, 1803, at Seneca, Ontario 
 County, New York, and was married to Brigham Young February 18th, 1834. 
 
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 When very young her parents moved from her birth place to Providence R. I. 
 
 Mary Ann was always religiously inclined, her family was of the old Puritan 
 stock, and she became a member of the Free Will Baptists and was also a Sun- 
 day School teacher. Her study of the Scriptures, especially the prophecies, so 
 engrossed her mind, that she confidently looked for their fulfillment, in conse- 
 quence of which she resolved never to marry until she should meet "a man of 
 God," one in whom she could confide, and with whom her heart could unite in 
 the active duties of a Christian life. Thus it was that she remained single until 
 nearly thirty years of age. 
 
 In the year 1830, she saw and prayerfully read the Book of Mormon loaned 
 her by Thomas B. Marsh. After this she went to southern New York where she 
 and her parents were baptized. Mary Ann set out alone for Kirtland, Ohio, the 
 gathering place of the Saints. Here she met and was married to Brigham Young, 
 and for forty-five years she was a devoted wife to him. She was also kind and 
 loving to his two little daughters by his first wife, Elizabeth and Vilate. 
 
 Every one of President Young's wives loved mother Young, as Mary Ann 
 was fondly termed; and she was indeed a mother to her husband's family, courte. 
 ous and obliging to all she came in contact with; and those who were privileged 
 by an acquaintance with her, pronounced her a lady, sister, and a friend. She 
 was a very gifted and intelligent woman, highly cultivated, yet humble and 
 meek, ever ready to help the poor and needy, or assuage the sufferings of the 
 afflicted. She passed through great trials and privations, but through all she 
 
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 was the faithful wife and exemplary mother, and Latter-day Saint, in whose 
 heart native goodness and benevolence abounded. Her latest expressed wich was 
 that a strong testimony of her faith in Mormonism should be borne, also of the 
 righteousness of her husband in carrying out the revelation given through Joseph 
 Smith, in regard to plural marriage, as the word and will of the Lord to His people. 
 
 Sister Young came to Salt Lake Valley with her family in 1848. She gave 
 her husband other wives because she knew the principle was true. She bore six 
 children, three boys and three girls, namely, Joseph A., born in fall 1834; Brigham 
 and Mary Ann, twins, December 18th, 1836; Alice born September 4th, 1839; 
 Luna, August 20th, 1841;*John W., born October 1st, 1844. 
 
 Mother Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 27th, 1882. She was a 
 cousin on her mother's side to the Hon. Levi P. Morton of the United States 
 Senate. Her eldest living son Brigham Young is a member of the quorum of 
 the Twelve Apostles and actively engaged in the duties of his high and holy calling. 
 
 LUCY DECKER. 
 
 Lucy Decker, Brigham Young's third plural wife, was a daughter of Isaac 
 Perry and Harriet Page Wheeler Decker; was born May 17th, 1822, at Pheps, 
 Ontario County, New York. She embraced the Gospel when quite young, fully 
 believing the message Joseph Smith brought, and was baptized. She moved to 
 Nauvoo where she was married to Brigham Young, June 15th, 1842. 
 
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 Sister Lucy was of fair complexion, medium height, and quite nice looking. 
 She was a kind loving mother, a devoted wife, of a charitable disposition, and 
 true in every particular to her religion, her husband, and friends. She came 
 to Salt Lake, with the rest of her husband's family in 1848, and was always diligent 
 and energetic, attentive to every duty reposed on her, and was beloved by all 
 who knew her. She died January 24th, 1890. She bore seven children as follows: 
 Heber, born June 19th, 1845; Fanny, born January, 25th, 1849; Ernest I, born 
 April 29th, 1852; Chemira, born March 21st, 1854; Artie De Christa, April 
 1855; Feramorz, born September 16th, 1856; Clarissa H., July 23rd, 1860. 
 
 HARRIET ELIZABETH COOK CAMPBELL. 
 
 Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell, daughter of Archibald Cook and Elizabeth 
 Moshier Campbell was born November 7th, 1824, at Whitesborough, Oneida 
 County, New York. 
 
 She received the Gospel and was blessed by John P. Green in 1835, but 
 through the opposition of her family was not baptized until May 1st, 1842. She 
 gathered to Nauvoo in June, 1843, and was married to Brigham Young, November 
 2nd, 1843, the Prophet Joseph Smith officiating, moved to Salt Lake Valley, with 
 the family and arrived there September 20th, 1848. 
 
 Sister Harriet is a tall, fine looking woman of fair complexion, and is an 
 educated and intelligent lady, having studied from books and nature a great deal 
 
LUCY DECKER. 
 
 HARRIET ELIZABETH COOK CAMPBELL. 
 
AUGUSTA ADAMS. 
 
 CLARA DECKER. 
 
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 during her life. She can converse intelligently on the aims and duties of man- 
 kind. Sister Harriet is the mother of one son, Oscar B., born February 10th, 
 18 16. She still resides at Salt Lake Citv, and is honored and respected as a 
 widow of Utah's great friend and scatesman, Brigham Young. 
 
 AUGUSTA ADAMS. 
 
 Augusta Adams was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1802. After embracing 
 the Gospel she moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and was married to Brigham Young, 
 November 2nd, 1843. Sister Augusta was tall and dignified, yet sociable and 
 kind in disposition. Her complexion was fair, her features finely formed, and 
 she was high toned in sentiment, most devotedly attached to her religion, firm 
 and unwavering in defense of the faith she had embraced, and never shrank from 
 any hardships she was called to endure. She died in Salt Lake City in 1886, 
 sincerely mourned by her family and friends but left no issue from her marriage. 
 
 CLARA DECKER. 
 
 Clara Decker, daughter of Isaac Perry and Harriet Page Wheeler Decker, 
 was born July 23rd, 1828, at Pheps, Ontario County, New York. She was 
 married to Brigham Young May 8th, 1844. 
 
 Having joined the Church when very young she was devout in her profession 
 of faith, for she sincerely believed the revelations of God, given through Joseph 
 
Smith the prophet. Sister Clara came to Salt Lake Valley as one of the three 
 pioneer women in 1847. And from that time she resided in the Territory of Utah 
 until her demise. 
 
 She was small in btature, of medium complexion, and prepossessing in 
 appearance, a loving wife and devoted mother, and a faithful friend to all needing 
 her friendship. 
 
 She was the mother of five children born as follows: Jeanette R., born 
 December 14th, 1849; Nabby "Howe, born March 22nd, 1852; Jedediah, born 
 January 18th, 1854; Albert Jeddie, born January 21st, 1858; Charlotte Talula, 
 born March 4th, 1861. 
 
 Sister Clara died in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 5th, 1889. 
 
 LOUISA BEMAN. 
 
 Louisa Beman, daughter of Alva and Betsy Burtt Beman, was born in Livonia, 
 Livingston County, New York, February 7th, 1815, removed with her parents to 
 Ohio, and afterwards to Missouri, where she suffered in the persecutions and 
 mobbings until driven with the Saints out of that State. She afterwards lived 
 in Nauvoo, Illinois, where she became acquainted with the Prophet Joseph 
 Smith, who taught her the principle of plural or Celestial marriage. 
 
 Sister Louisa asked the Lord in fervent prayer for a testimony concerning 
 the principle. The Lord heard her supplication and granted her request, and 
 
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 after being convinced that the principle had emanated from God, she accepted it, 
 and was married to the Prophet Joseph Smith April 5th, 1841, Elder Joseph 
 B. Noble her brother-in-law, officiating. She was the first woman in this dispen- 
 sation who was married according to the revelation of God in the order of plural 
 or Celestial marriage. Sister Louisa was a kind, gentle and affectionate woman, in- 
 telligent, and refined in manner and greatly beloved by all who knew her. After the 
 death of her beloved husband she was sealed for time to Brigham Young. She bore 
 him four children namely, Joseph, Hyrum Moroni, Alvia and Alma twins, the 
 last two were born shortly after her arrival .in Salt Lake Valley. She was taken 
 sick with a cancer and died May 15th, 1850, in Salt Lake City. 
 
 CLARA CHASE ROSS. 
 
 Clara Chase Ross, daughter of William and Pheobe Ogden Ross, was born 
 June 16th, 1814, in the State of New York and received the Gospel in the early 
 days of the church. She came to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she was married to Brig- 
 ham Young September 10th, 1844, and came to Salt Lake Valley in 1848. She 
 was of medium height, had dark hair and brilliant dark brown eyes and withal 
 bright and intelligent. She was devoted to her children, but was not allowed to 
 enjoy their society long, as she was called away to that great beyond from whose 
 bourne no traveler returns. 
 
 She died in Salt Lake City, October 17th, 1858, after bearing four children 
 
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 whose names are as follows: Mary Eliza, born June 8th, 1846; Maria, born 
 December 10th, 1849. Willard, born April 30th, 1851; and Pheobe, born August 1st, 
 1854. Three of these are still living and are actively engaged in the benevolent work 
 of improving the condition of those around them, and are highly respected by the 
 people of Utah. 
 
 EMILY DOW PARTRIDGE. 
 
 Emily Dow Partridge, daughter of Edward Partridge and Lidia Clisbee 
 Partridge, was born in Painesville, Geauga, (now Lake County) Ohio, February 
 28th, 1824. Her parents joined the Church when she was about seven years old, 
 and removed to Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. Sister Emily was 
 baptized when about eight years old, and with the baints passed through all the 
 persecutions and mobbings in Jackson, Clay and Caldwell Counties, Missouri. 
 In 1839, she moved with the rest of her father's family to Illinois. 
 
 She lived at Quincy, Pittsfield, and other places; then removed to Commerce, 
 Hancock County, there they found temporary shelter in a tent. They suffered 
 much through sickness and privation, and the father died May 27th, 1840. While 
 in the depths of poverty the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife Emma offered 
 Emily and her sister Eliza a home with them, and treated them with great 
 kindness. 
 
CLARA CHASE ROSS. 
 
 EMILY DOW PARTRIDGE. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 23 
 
 After having resided with them about a year, the principle of plural, or Celestial, 
 marriage was made known to them, and Emma Smith wife of the Prophet Joseph 
 Smith, selected Emily and Eliza as wives in the Celestial, or plural, order of 
 marriage, and gave them to her husband Joseph Smith. They were married to 
 him in the year 1843, Elder Heber C. Kimball officiating in performing the cere- 
 mony. Emma Smith gave her full and free consent for them to be wives to Joseph. 
 
 After the Prophet Joseph's death, sister Emily was sealed for time to Brig- 
 ham Young, September, 1844. In 1846, when she was twenty-two years old she 
 with the rest of the Saints left Nauvoo. After crossing the Mississippi river she 
 was again a wanderer without home or shelter, and on one occasion she sat for 
 several hours on a log with a young babe three months old, exposed to the piti- 
 less blast of a blinding snow storm, cold and hungry; but the Lord tempered 
 the elements and preserved her life and that of her little one. 
 
 She lived one winter at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, another at Winter Quarters, 
 Nebraska, and left for Salt Lake Valley in the spring of 1848. She bears a strong 
 testimony to the power of God, and the truth of the Gospel as revealed from 
 heaven to Joseph Smith the Prophet of this dispensation. Sister Emily has 
 done and is still doing a great work for her dead in the Temple where she is 
 laboring, when her health permits. She is rather slim in person, but tall in 
 stature, is of dark complexion, but good looking, and very intelligent. She is 
 the mother of seven children who rank in age as follows: Edward P., born Oc- 
 
24 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 tober 30th, 1845; Emily Augusta, March 3rd, 1849; Caroline, born February 1st, 
 1851; Joseph Don Carlos, May 6th, 1855; Miriam, born October 13th, 1857; 
 Josephine, born February 21st, 1860; Lura, born April 2nd, 1862. 
 
 Sister Emily enjoys the evening of life surrounded by her children, grand 
 and great grandchildren and a host of friends. 
 
 SUSAN SNIVELY. 
 
 Susan Snively, daughter of Henry and Mary Havener Snively, was born 
 at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, October ,1815. She received the 
 Gospel in 1836 or 7, moved to Springfield, Illinois, lived there with her sister 
 for rive years, then moved to Nauvoo where she and her sister built them a house, 
 or had one built, which they paid for from their own earnings. She was married 
 to Brigham Young, November 2nd, 1844, Parley P. Pratt officiating. 
 
 Sister Susan was a little above medium height and of dark complexion, bright 
 and intelligent, energetic and industrious, and ever ready to render aid in every 
 way possible to the needy, or those in distress. Aunt Susan as she was fondly 
 termed was faithful unto her death which occurred in Salt Lake City, November 
 20th, 1892. She was a woman of strong will power positive and determined in her 
 general bearing yet kind and accommodating. She lelt no issue, never having 
 been a mother. 
 
SUSAN SNIVEI,Y. 
 
 EMMEUNE FREE. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 25 
 
 OLIVE GREY FROST. 
 
 Olive Grey Frost, a daughter of Aaron and Susan Grey Frost, was born in the 
 town of Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, July 24th, 1816. She was religiously 
 inclined from childhood, and in her youth would often retire to some secret place 
 with a chosen companion to pour out her soul in earnest fervent prayer to God. 
 Frequently she was ridiculed by those who were not religiously inclined; when 
 about eighteen years old, she and her friend, Louisa Foster learned the tailoress 
 trade, and went to work together from place to place among their acquaintances. 
 While thus engaged in the town of Dixfield, Elder Duncan McArthur visited the 
 place and preached the Gospel as taught by the Latter-day Saints in .such plain- 
 ness that she readily believed and was baptized. She endured much opposition 
 in consequence. 
 
 In 1840, Olive went to England with her sister who had married Elder Parley 
 P. Pratt, and did quite a missionary work in that land. On her return she was 
 taken sick with the measles while a passenger on a steamer going up the river. 
 Her health had never been of the best, and the English climate affected her lungs. 
 She arrived in Nauvoo April 12th, 1843. 
 
 The next summer she rejoiced at the arrival at Nauvoo of her father and 
 mother, and two more of her sisters, thus making six of her family who had re- 
 ceived the Gospel. Sister Olive was an earnest worker for the benefit of the 
 poor; her heart was always drawn out to the sufferings of those around her. She 
 
26 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 readily accepted the principle of plural or Celestial marriage, and was sealed for 
 time and all eternity to Joseph Smith. After the death of the Prophet she was 
 married for time to Brigham Young in February. 1845. Sister Olive died in Nau- 
 voo, October 6th, 3845, of pneumonia. She left no issue from either of her 
 marriages. 
 
 EMMELINE FREE. 
 
 Emmeline Free was a daughter of Absolom and Betsy Strait Free. 
 
 She embraced the Gospel when quite young and came to Nauvoo with her 
 father's family prior to 1845, and suffered in common with many others the hard- 
 ships and privations forced upon the Saints through the cruelties of a merciless mob. 
 
 Sister Emmeline was married to Brigham Young, April 30th, 1845. She was 
 above medium height, very fair and of fine appearance, she was the mother of 
 ten children, who were born in the following order: 
 
 Ella, born August 31st, 1847; Marinda Hyde, 1849; Hyrum S., born January 
 2nd, 1851; Emma, February llth, 1853; Louisa, October 31st, 1854; Lorenzo 
 D., born September 22nd, 1856; Alonzo, born December 30th, 1858; Ruth, born 
 March 4th, 1861; Daniel H., born February 9th, 1863; Delia, October 26th, 
 1864. 
 
 Sister Emmeline died in Salt Lake City, July 17th, 1875. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 27 
 
 MARGARET PIERCE. 
 
 Margaret Pierce, daughter of Robert and Hannah Harvey Pierce, was born 
 April 19th, 1323, at Ashton Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The 
 sound of the Gospel as revealed by the Lord and His Son Jesus Christ, through 
 His servant Joseph Smith, the Prophet of this dispensation, reached tier ears in 
 1838; which was believed and gladly received by her. She was baptized April 
 5th, 1840. Emigrated with her parents and family to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1841, 
 and married Morris Whitesides, July 23rd, 1844. In a short time he was called 
 beyond the vail, his death occurring at Nauvoo. 
 
 She was married to Brigham Young in 1845, Heber C. Kimball officiating. 
 
 Sister Margaret is a little above the medium height, fair complexion and 
 bright, active and intelligent, has been an earnest, faithful worker in cooking and 
 caring for her husband's workmen, millhands and others, with the assistance of 
 others of his family, she was also actively engaged for about two years in raising 
 silk from the worms. 
 
 During the past ten years she has been working in the Temples for the re- 
 demption of the dead. She has also been engaged in the Relief Societies for the 
 benefit of the poor and distressed. 
 
 To President Young she bore one son, namely, Brigham Morris Young, who 
 is Brigham Young's fiftieth child, born January 18th 1854. Sister Margaret is 
 yet living, and is hale and active, still working in the Temple, respected and 
 loved by all her associates. 
 
28 BRIG HAM YOUNG 
 
 NAAMAH KENDEL JENKINS CARTER. 
 
 Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter, daughter of Billings and Betsy Law Carter, 
 was born at Wilmington, Massachusetts, March 20th, 1821 ; removed with her 
 parents to Sharon, New Hampshire, and from there to Peterborough, in the same 
 State; was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 
 3rd, 1842; went to Nauvoo in March 1845, where she became acquainted with 
 John Saunders Twiss, to whom she was married May 30th, 1845; President Brig- 
 ham Young officiating. 
 
 Brother Twiss died September 10th, 1845; and Sister Twiss was married to 
 Brigham Young for time January 26th, 1846. She moved with the rest of the 
 President's family to Salt Lake Valley, 1848, where she still resides. 
 
 Sister Naamab has done a great work for the redemption of her dead, having 
 worked in all the Temples in Utah, and is still engaged in that noble work. She 
 is also treasurer for the Relief Society of the eighteenth ward, in which she resides, 
 and is honored and respected by all who know her. She is rather small in stature 
 of fair complexion, kind and affectionate, genial in disposition, and devoted to 
 the principles of the Gospel as revealed through Joseph Smith and confirmed by 
 the Lord, in the life of her husband Brigham Young. 
 
MARGARET PIERCE. 
 
 NAAMAH KENDEUy JENKINS CARTER. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 29 
 
 ELLEN ROCKWOOD. 
 
 Ellen Rockwood, daughter of Albert P., and Nancy Haven Rockwood, was 
 horn at Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1829. She embraced the 
 Gospel when quite young, late in 1837, together with her father's family; she 
 moved from Holliston, with her Uncle Jesse Haven, and hei Aunt Elizabeth, in 
 1838, and went to Far West, Missouri, with the Saints. She was married to 
 Brigham Young in January 1846, and arrived in Salt Lake Valley with the family 
 in September, 1848. 
 
 Sister Ellen died in Salt Lake City January 6th, 1866. She was tall and 
 slim, of fair complexion, had a cheerful countenance, and was devoted to her re- 
 ligion, to her husband and his family. She died in full faith of the Gospel, but 
 
 childless. 
 
 i 
 
 MARIA LAWRENCE. 
 
 Maria Lawrence, daughter ol Edward and Margaret Lawrence, was a native 
 of Canada, embraced the Gospel and emigrated to Illinois with her parents in 
 1838, and was married to Joseph Smith in 1843. After the death of the Prophet 
 she was married to Brigham Young in Januar}, 1846. 
 
 Sister Maria was prepossessing in her appearance, a little above medium 
 height, rather dark complexioned, and was a woman of sterling integrity. She 
 died in Nauvoo, and left no issue from her marriages. 
 
30 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 MARTHA BOWKER. 
 
 Martha Bowker, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Atkins Bowker, was born 
 at Mount Holley, New Jersey, January 24th, 1822, embraced the principles of life 
 and salvation as taught by Joseph Smith. Moved to Nauvoo, prior to 1845, and 
 was married to Brigham Young, January 21st, 1846, Heber C. Kimball officiating. 
 
 Sister Martha was a prudent, good woman, faithful to her husband and friends. 
 She was an invalid for some years, but her faith never wavered. She always bore 
 a faithful testimony to the work of God. Sister Martha descended from the 
 founders of Philadelphia, and was a Quakeress by birth. Personally she was of 
 medium height, and of fair complexion. She came to Salt Lake Valley in 1848, 
 with the rest of her husband's family, and died in Salt Lake City, September 26, 
 1890, highly respected. She never was a mother. 
 
 MARGARET M. ALLEY. 
 
 Margaret M. Alley, daughter of George and Mary Symonds Alley, was born 
 December 19th, 1825, at Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, removed with her 
 father's family to Nauvoo, Ilhnios, in 1842, having embraced the Gospel in their 
 native place. She'was married to Brigham Young, October 14th, 1846, to whom 
 she bore one son, and one daughter, namely, Mahonri M., born November 16th, 1847, 
 and Eva, born July 30th, 1850. 
 
MARTHA BOWKER. 
 
 I,UCY BIGEI.OW. 
 
AND'^HIS WIVES. 31 
 
 Sister Margaret died in Salt Lake City, November 5th, 1852. She was 
 a woman of small stature, and medium complexion, intelligent, energetic and 
 faithful to all her trusts true to her religion, her husband and her friends, also 
 much devoted to her children. 
 
 LUCY BIGELOW. 
 
 Lucy Bigelow, daughter of Nahum and Mary Gibbs Bigelow, was born October 
 3rd, 1830, near Charleston, Cools County, Illinois. Her parents joined the Church 
 in April, 1838, whilst she was but a child, at the age of eight or about that time. 
 She was baptized and moved with her family to Hancock County, Illinois, where 
 she passed through all the mobbings, and hardships in common with the rest of 
 the members of the Church. After the assassination of the Prophet and Patriarch, 
 she attended the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple, left Nauvoo in 1846, at the 
 time of the general exodus of the people. 
 
 When between sixteen and seventeen she was married to President Brigham 
 Young in March, 1847. Arrived in the valley with the rest of the family in Sep- 
 tember, 1848. 
 
 Sister Lucy moved in the Lion house in 1855, before it was finished, and re- 
 mained there until President Young moved her and her family to St. George in 
 November, 1870, where she remained until 1892. She attended the dedication of 
 the St. George Temple, and worked faithfully and continuously during her re- 
 
32 BRIQHAM YOUNG 
 
 sidence there for the redemption of the living and the dead. Sister Lucy has also 
 done considerable missionary work in the Sandwich Islands, and other places, and 
 at the present time is actively engaged in the Salt Lake Temple, for the salvalion 
 of her kindred dead. 
 
 Sister Lucy is of fair complexion with brown hair and blue eyes, a little above 
 the medium height and rather stout, of a lively disposition and intelligent. She 
 is the mother of three daughters named as follows: Dora, born May 12th, 1852; 
 Susa born March 18th, 1856; Rhoda Mabel, February 22nd, 1863. 
 
 Sister Lucy is living at Salt Lake respected by all who know her. 
 
 ZINA DIANTHA HUNTINGTON. 
 
 Zina Diantha Huntington, a daughter of William and Zina Baker Huntington, 
 was born January 31st, 1821, at Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Her 
 father was a direct descendant from Simon Huntington, the Puritan emigrant who 
 sailed for America in 1633. 
 
 The Huntingtons embraced Mormonism at Watertown, and Zina D. was 
 only fifteen years old when she was baptized by Patriarch Hyrum Smith, August 
 1st, 1835. Soon after that she went to Kirtland, Ohio, with her father's family. 
 In this year she received the gift of tongues. On one occasion in the Kirtiand 
 Temple she heard a whole invisible choir of Angels singing, till the house seemed 
 filled with numberless voices. At Kirtland she received the gift ot interpretation, 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 33 
 
 and was a member of the Kirtland Temple choir. She experienced the persecu- 
 tions of Missouri and Illinois, during which her mother died from fatigue and 
 privation. Sister Zina was married to Henry Jacobs in Nauvoo, and had two 
 sons, but this not proving a happy union she subsequently separated from her 
 husband. Joseph Smith taught her the principle of marriage for eternity, and she 
 accepted it as a divine revelation, and was sealed to the Prophet Joseph for time 
 and eternity, October 27th, 1841, her broth'er Dimick Huntington officiating. 
 
 Sister Zina was a member of the first organization of the Relief Society at 
 Nauvoo; after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith she was united in marriage for time 
 to Brigham Young and with others of the Saints she left Nauvoo February 9th, 
 1846, crossing the Mississippi river on the ice. Arriving at Mt. Pisgah, her father 
 was called to preside over the branch of the Church organized at that place, and 
 Zina D., with her two little boys remained with him temporarily. Sickness visited 
 the camp, and deaths were so frequent that help could not be obtained to make 
 coffins. Many were buried with logs at the bottom of the grave and brush at the 
 sides. Her father was taken sick also, and in eighteen days he died. 
 
 After these days of trial she went to Winter Quarters, and was welcomed 
 into the family of Brigham Young. With them she in May, 1848, began the journey 
 to Salt Lake Valley, arriving there in September following. On the journey she 
 walked, drove teams, cooked beside campfires; and lived in tents and wagons till 
 log houses could be built. When the Relief Society was reorganized in Utah, 
 Sister Zina was one of the first identified with that work as treasurer; and when 
 
34 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 Sister Eliza R. Snow was called to preside over all the Relief Societies, Sister 
 Zina was chosen as her first Counselor after which, she traveled very extensively 
 through the settlements of the Saints in Utah, and surrounding territories organiz- 
 ing relief societies and other associations, and speaking and counselling her sis- 
 ters in the faith. 
 
 In 1879, she visited the Sandwich Islands, and in 1881, visited the State of 
 New York and other parts of the Union. Since the death of Sister Eliza R., in 
 1887, she has presided over all the Relief Societies in the Church. Sister Zina 
 had one child by President Young, a daughter, Zina, born April 3rd, 1850. 
 
 ELIZA ROXEY SNOW. 
 
 Eliza Roxey Snow, a daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Pettibone, was 
 born in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, January 21st, 1804. She was 
 the second in a family of se^en children and was of unmixed Puritan stock, all 
 lines of her ancestry running back through pure streams of New England blood. 
 During her infancy, her parents removed to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio. Her 
 father was a farmer by occupation, but much of his time was devoted to public 
 business, and he was under the necessity of enlisting her services as secretary, a 
 species of employment for which her natural capabilities rendered her well adapted. 
 She was also well skilled in household accomplishments, but she possessed a 
 literary talent which was destined to eclipse all commonplace acquirements. In 
 
ZINA DIANTHA HUNTINGTON. 
 
 ELIZA ROXEY SNOW. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 35 
 
 early life she began to write poems for various publications. In the beginning of 
 1835, her elder sister visited the Latter-day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, and was 
 deeply impressed with their teachings. Sister Eliza made a thorough investigation' 
 of the principles taught by the Saints, and at length was baptized April 5th, 1835. 
 In the following December she removed to Kirtland and became an inmate of the 
 Prophet Joseph's household, boarding with his family and teaching a select schoot 
 for young ladies. Her intimate association with Joseph the Seer ripened into a. 
 holy consummation, and she finally became his wife, June 29th, 1842. She was one 
 of the first women in the Mormon Church to enter the order of plural marriage. 
 She generously gave her patrimony for the completion of the Kirtland Temple, 
 and when the Saints under the pressure of persecution removed westward she 
 accompanied them, locating first at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, and 
 afterwards at Adam-ondi-Ahman. 
 
 Afterwards she shared in the exodus of the Saints to Illinois, and resided in 
 Nauvoo from 1839, until the expulsion of the Saints from that place in 1846. 
 During those years a lofty and prophetic, as well as poetical inspiration, seemed 
 almost constantly to rest upon her. In the first organization of a Relief Society 
 effected in Nauvoo under the personal supervision of the Prophet Joseph Smith in 
 1842, Sister Eliza was chosen secretary, and after the Church had located in the 
 Rocky Mountains she took a very active part in the organizations of those same 
 beneficent institutions in the various stakes and wards of the Church. On July 
 17th, 1880, she was set apart by President Taylor as President of all the Relief 
 
36' BRIG HAM YOUNG 
 
 Societies. In connection with her labors among the Relief Societies, she was long 
 and actively engaged in organizing the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement and 
 Primary Associations, taking almost if not quite as prominent a part in the work 
 of their establishment, as in that of the Relief Societies. 
 
 By the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet in Carthage jail, June 27th, 
 1844, she became a widow, and early in February, 1846, she crossed the Missis- 
 sippi river to come West. She traveled with the family of Colonel Stephen 
 Markham, a staunch friend of her late husband's, and certain incidents and mis- 
 fortunes occurred to the party which rendered it necessary for Sister Eliza to drive 
 an ox team from Mt. Pisgah to the Missouri river. At Winter Quarters she 
 suffered terribly from exposure and sickness, and at one time lay nigh unto death. 
 Early in June, 1847, she started from Winter Quarters with the family of Robert 
 Pierce, and in the company led by Jedediah M. Grant, on the weary journey to 
 Great Salt Lake Valley, following closely in the wake of the pioneers. She arrived 
 at her journey's end early in October. President Brigham Young provided her 
 a home with his family the next year, and she thereafter continued an inmate of 
 his household, being married to him for time on June 29th, 1849. 
 
 Among the prominent events in the life of Sister Eliza, was her visit to 
 Europe and Palestine, in company with President George A. Smith, Apostle 
 Lorenzo Snow and other prominent brethren in 1872-73. On Monday morning 
 December 5th, 1887, Sister Eliza passed quietly away. She died at her apartments 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 37 
 
 in the Lion House, Salt Lake City, aged eighty-three years, ten months and four- 
 teen days. She never had children. 
 
 Sister Eliza was slightly above medium height, and of slender build; her 
 bearing was at once graceful and dignified. She had a noble countenance, the 
 forehead being unusually high and expansive, and the featuies, of a slightly He- 
 brew cast, exquisitely cut as those of an artistic specimen of the sculptor's art, the 
 most striking features of all were her wonderful eyes, deep, penetrating, full of 
 meaning and intelligence often illuminated with poetic fire. Her conversation was 
 charming, every word being distinctly articulated, while her sentences were ad- 
 mirably constructed. In speech and action she was thoughtful and deliberate. 
 When she left this mortal sphere it was the universal expression of her people that 
 the spirit of one of the noblest, best and purest women that ever graced the earth 
 had passed away to the Paradise of God. 
 
 ELIZA BURGESS. 
 
 Eliza Burgess, another wife of Brigham Young, is a native of England and 
 emigrated with her parents to Nauvoo, Illinois, before the Saints left that State. 
 She came to Salt Lake Valley in 1849, and was married to Brigham Young Oct. 
 3rd, 1850. The only issue of that marriage was a son Alfales, who was born in 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 3rd, 1853. Sister Eliza is yet alive, and is a resident 
 of the Twentieth Ward, Salt Lake City. 
 
38 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
 HARRIET BARNEY. 
 
 Harriet Barney was a daughter of Royal and Sarah Eastabrook Barney. Sister 
 Harriet embraced the Gospel in connection with the rest of her father's family, in 
 the early days of the Church, and accepted all the principles thereof. She was 
 united in marriage when quite young with a man she thought worthy of her love 
 and confidence, but who proved entirely unworthy. After suffering for some years 
 she separated from her husband. 
 
 Sister Harriet is tall and stately in appearance, refined and intelligent, of fair 
 complexion and has finely formed features. After an acquaintance with President 
 Brigham Young, she recognized in him a faithful servant of God, and was married 
 to him. Sister Harriet is the mother of five children, three sons and two daugh- 
 ters, four of her children were by her former marriage, one died in infancy, she 
 bore one son to Brigham Young named Phineas Howe. Her other children two 
 sons and one daughter have been adopted to Brigham Young since his death, they 
 are some of the most respected citizens of Salt Lake City and are named as fol- 
 lows: Royal B., born November 1st, 1851; Joseph O., born December 15th, 1853; 
 Sarah E., born 1855; Phineas H., born February 15th, 1863. 
 
 Sister Harriet still resides in Salt Lake City, honored and respected, but she 
 has been an invalid for several vears. 
 
HARRIET BARNEY. 
 
 HARRIET AMELIA FOLSOM. 
 
AND HIS WIVES. 39 
 
 HARRIET AMELIA FOLSOM. 
 
 Harriet Amelia Folsom, daughter of William H. and Zeruiah Clark Folsom, 
 was born August 23rd, 1838, in Buffalo, New York. Her father and family em- 
 braced the Gospel 1841, and removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, soon afterwards. In 
 the year 1846, when the Saints were driven from Illinois, they moved to Keokuk, 
 Iowa, and afterwards to Council Bluffs. Early in 1860 they started across the 
 plains for Salt Lake Valley, arriving in Salt Lake City in October 1860. Amelia 
 was then twenty-two years old. She was tall, stately and queenly in appearance, 
 of fair complexion, bright and intelligent. She became acquainted with President 
 Brigham Young in I860, and was married to him January 24th, 1863. 
 
 Sister Amelia has been, and is still very popular with the friends of President 
 Young and his family. She is firm in the defence of the principles of the Church 
 of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is yet a resident of Salt Lake City, honored 
 and respected in connection, with the rest of the widows of the great Mormon 
 leader Brigham Young. 
 
 MARY VAN COTT. 
 
 Mary Van Cott, daughter of John and Lucy Sackett Van Cott, was born 
 February 2nd, 1844, at Elmira, New York. Her father and family embraced the 
 Gospel and emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. From there they came to Utah in 1847. 
 
 Sister Mary was married to Brigham Young, January 8th, 1865. She was a 
 
40 BRIGHAM YOUNG 
 
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 ANN ELIZA WEBB. 
 
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 Young April 6th, 1868. 
 
 Becoming dissatisfied also with her second marriage she entered suit against 
 President Young in 1875. The case was finally settled and she was excommuni- 
 cated from the Church. For many years she spent most of her time lecturing 
 through the country against Mormonism. She is now living in the East. 
 
MARY VAN COTT. 
 
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