Clarissa Ross
Alternate Names
Clarissa Young (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1814 June 16 (Born)
Death Date
On 1857 October 10 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Northville, Cayuga, New York, United States
1814 June 16
Mother
Phebe Ogden (1794 - 1872)
Father
William Ross
Date Details
Occurred On 1814 June 16
Married
Brigham Young
1844 September 10 (Age 30)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Alice Young (Age 8)
Phoebe Ann Morton (Age 62)
Luna Caroline Young (Age 5)
Brigham Young (Age 47)
Mary Ann Angell (Age 44)
Jemima Angell (Age 43)
Louisa Beman (Age 33)
Susannah Snively (Age 32)
Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter (Age 30)
John Willard Young (Age 3)
Zina Diantha Huntington (Age 27)
Lucy Ann Decker (Age 26)
Martha Bowker (Age 26)
Emily Dow Partridge (Age 24)
Emeline Free (Age 22)
Margaret Maria Alley (Age 22)
Diana Severance Chase (Age 20)
Brigham Heber Young (Age 2)
Edward Partridge Young (Age 2)
Oscar Brigham Young (Age 2)
Ellen Rockwood (Age 19)
Lucy Bigelow (Age 17)
James Valentine Young (Age 15)
Joseph Angell Young (Age 13)
Rachel Maxfield Young (Age 13)
Brigham Young, Jr. (Age 11)
Mary Eliza Young (Age 1)
Alma Burtts Young (Age 0)
Alvah Beman Young (Age 0)
Ella Elizabeth Young (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1857 October 10 (Age 43)
Media
Clarissa Ross Young (1814 - 1857) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 10 October 1857.
Jessee, Dean C., "Brigham Young's Family: The Wilderness Years," in The Exodus and Beyond [1980], 48
Jessee, Dean C., "Brigham Young's Family: The Wilderness Years," in The Exodus and Beyond [1980], 48.