Brigham Young
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Born
On 1801 June 1
Died
On 1877 August 29
Birthplace
Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death Place
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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Born in Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
1801 June 1
Relationships
Father
John Hayden Young
Mother
Abigail Howe
Married
Miriam Angeline Works
1824 October 8 (Age 23)
Baptism
1832 April 14 (Age 30)
Performed By
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1832 December – 1833 (Age 31)
1832 December – 1833 (Age 31)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1833
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Widower
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Location Served
Canada
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Accompanied Joseph Young and Elder Kimball
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1833 April 1 – July 13 (Age 31)
1833 April 1 – July 13 (Age 31)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1833 July 13
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Widower
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Location Served
New York and Earnestown-Loughborough, Canada
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Accompanied his brother, Joseph; returned accompanying 20 or 30 brethren.Â
Married
Mary Ann Angell
1834 February 18 (Age 32)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1834 February 20 (Age 32)
1834 February 20 (Age 32)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Widower
Location Served
United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Labored without a companion.
Called as Apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1835 February 14 – 1847 December 27 (Age 33)
1835 February 14 – 1847 December 27 (Age 33)
Start Date Details
Called
Notes
He was called to the Quorum of the Twelve by the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon: Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris.
End Date Details
Ended 1847 December 27
New Assignment
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1835 May 4 (Age 33)
1835 May 4 (Age 33)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the twelve
Location Served
Pennsylvania, New York, and Earnestown, Canada.
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Also preached to several tribes of indians.Â
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1836 May 17 – September 15 (Age 34)
1836 May 17 – September 15 (Age 34)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1836 September 15
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and otherStates
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Started in companionship with Joseph Young and Elijah Reed, came back with Lyman E. Johnson and others coming to Kirtland. (Journal History)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1837 February 17 (Age 35)
1837 February 17 (Age 35)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1837
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quroum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Ohio
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Left with Dr. Willard Richards, later accompanied Phinehas and George Richards.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1837 July 28 – August 19 (Age 36)
1837 July 28 – August 19 (Age 36)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1837 August 19
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
Eastern States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Joined Joseph Smith for Fairport.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Central States Mission
1839 April 18 (Age 37)
1839 April 18 (Age 37)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Quincy, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
Far West, Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Brigham Young and others of the Twelve traveled to Far West, Missouri in fulfillment of a Revelation recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants.
Departed from Home as Missionary
British Mission
1839 September 18 – 1840 July (Age 38)
1839 September 18 – 1840 July (Age 38)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1840 July
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Commerce, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
Great Britain
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Sustained as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1840 April 14 – 1847 December 27 (Age 38)
1840 April 14 – 1847 December 27 (Age 38)
Start Date Details
Sustained
End Date Details
Ended 1847 December 27
New Assignment
Called as Mission President
British Mission
1840 July – 1841 April 21 (Age 39)
1840 July – 1841 April 21 (Age 39)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended 1841 April 21
Departed from The Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Location Served
Great Britain
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 124:127
1841 January 19 (Age 39)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Central States Mission
1842 September – November (Age 41)
1842 September – November (Age 41)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1842 November
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married
Susannah Snively
1842 November 2 (Age 41)
Married
Lucy Ann Decker
1842 November 2 (Age 41)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1843 July – October 22 (Age 42)
1843 July – October 22 (Age 42)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1843 October 22
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married
Harriett Elizabeth Cook
1843 November 2 (Age 42)
Married
Augusta Adams
1843 November 2 (Age 42)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1844 May – August 6 (Age 42)
1844 May – August 6 (Age 42)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended 1844 August 6
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Location Served
United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
Visited the different missions in the States. Joseph Smith was martyred while Brigham was on this mission.
Married
Clarissa Clara Decker
1844 May 8 (Age 42)
Married
Emily Dow Partridge
1844 September (Age 43)
Married
Clarissa Ross
1844 September 10 (Age 43)
Married
Louisa Beman
1844 September 19 (Age 43)
Married
Elizabeth Fairchild
1844 October 3 – 1845 (Age 43)
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1845
Divorced
Married
Clarissa Blake
1844 October 8 (Age 43)
Married
Olive Grey Frost
1844 November 7 (Age 43)
Married
Abigail Harback
1845 February 3 (Age 43)
Married
Emeline Free
1845 April 30 (Age 43)
Married
Margaret Maria Alley
1846 January 14 (Age 44)
Married
Olive Andrews
1846 January 15 (Age 44)
Married
Martha Bowker
1846 January 21 (Age 44)
Married
Ellen Rockwood
1846 January 21 (Age 44)
Married
Mary Elizabeth Rollins
1846 January 21 (Age 44)
Married
Margaret Peirce
1846 January 22 (Age 44)
Married
Cynthia Porter
1846 January 28 (Age 44)
Married
Abigail Marks
1846 January 28 (Age 44)
Married
Phoebe Ann Morton
1846 January 28 (Age 44)
Married
Jemima Angell
1846 January 28 (Age 44)
Married
Mary Eliza Nelson
1846 January 31 (Age 44)
Married
Rhoda Richards
1846 January 31 (Age 44)
Married
Zina D. H. Young
1846 February 2 (Age 44)
Married
Julia Cole
1846 February 3 (Age 44)
Married
Amy Cecilia Cooper
1846 February 3 (Age 44)
Married
Mary Ann Turley
1846 February 3 (Age 44)
Married
Mary Ellen De La Montagnie
1846 February 3 (Age 44)
Married
Eliza R. Snow
1846 February 3 (Age 44)
Married
Nancy Crisay
1846 February 6 (Age 44)
Married
Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter
1846 February 6 (Age 44)
Married
Diana Severance Chase
1846 February 7 (Age 44)
Married
Jane Terry
1847 February 10 (Age 45)
Married
Lucy Bigelow
1847 March 20 (Age 45)
Married
Mary Jane Bigelow
1847 March 20 (Age 45)
Appointed as Company Captain
Brigham Young Vanguard Company
1847 April 16 – July 21 (Age 45)
1847 April 16 – July 21 (Age 45)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended 1847 July 21
Organization Was Ended
Additional Information
Traveling Group
Clarissa Clara Decker (18)
Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
First Presidency
1847 December 27 – 1877 August 29 (Age 46)
1847 December 27 – 1877 August 29 (Age 46)
Start Date Details
Sustained
End Date Details
Ended 1877 August 29
Died in Position
Married
Sarah Malin
1848 April 18 (Age 46)
Appointed as Company Captain
Brigham Young Company
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 47)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 47)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Organization Was Ended
Additional Information
Traveling Group
Phoebe Ann Morton (62)
Mary Ann Angell (44)
Jemima Angell (43)
Clarissa Ross (33)
Louisa Beman (33)
Susannah Snively (32)
Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter (27)
Zina D. H. Young (27)
Lucy Ann Decker (26)
Martha Bowker (26)
Emily Dow Partridge (24)
Emeline Free (22)
Margaret Maria Alley (22)
Diana Severance Chase (20)
Ellen Rockwood (19)
Lucy Bigelow (17)
James Valentine Young (15)
Oscar Brigham Young (15)
Joseph Angell Young (13)
Rachel Maxfield Young (13)
Brigham Young, Jr. (11)
Alice Young (8)
Luna Caroline Young (5)
John Willard Young (3)
Brigham Heber Young (2)
Edward Partridge Young (2)
Oscar Brigham Young (2)
Alma Burtts Young (0)
Alvah Beman Young (0)
Ella Elizabeth Young (0)
Mary Eliza Young (0)
Married
Eliza Burgess
1852 October 3 (Age 51)
Married
Mary Oldfield
1852 December 16 (Age 51)
Married
Eliza Babcock
1853 September (Age 52)
Date Details
Started Before 1853 September
Married
Catherine Reese
1855 June 10 (Age 54)
Married
Harriet Emiline Barney
1856 March 14 (Age 54)
Married
Harriet Amelia Folsom
1863 January 24 (Age 61)
Married
Ann Eliza Webb
1868 May 7 (Age 66)
Married
Mary Van Cott
1868 June 8 (Age 67)
Married
Elizabeth Jones
1869 July 3 (Age 68)
Married
Lydia Farnsworth
1870 May 8 (Age 68)
Married
Hannah Tapfield
1872 December 8 (Age 71)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1877 August 29 (Age 76)