John Willard Young
Birth Date
On 1844 October 1 (Born)
Death Date
On 1924 February 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1844 October 1
Mother
Mary Ann Angell
Father
Brigham Young
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 3)
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 45)
Jemima Angell (Age 43)
Clarissa Ross (Age 33)
Louisa Beman (Age 33)
Susannah Snively (Age 32)
Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter (Age 30)
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
On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Baptized
1853 (Age 8)
Ordained an Apostle
1855 November 22 (Age 11)
Ordained an apostle by Brigham Young. Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Married
Lucy Maria Canfield
1864 February 16 (Age 19)
Married
Clara Lucinda Jones
1865 March 26 (Age 20)
Served in
British Mission
1866 February 4 – 1867 June 29 (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Date Details
On 1866 February 4
Set Apart
On 1866 February 7
Departed from Home
On 1866 April 14
Arrived in Field
On 1867 June 29
Departed from Field
On 1867 September 24
Arrived at Home
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Missionaries at the Paris Exposition
Traveled in
Leonard G. Rice Company (1867)
1867 August 11 – October 5 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
On 1867 August 11
Joined Company
On 1867 October 5
Company Arrived
Married
Elizabeth Canfield
1867 November 2 (Age 23)
Married
Luella Lucy Cobb
1877 September 18 (Age 32)
Married
Adolphine Bertha Christine Damke
1879 January 2 (Age 34)
Died in New York City, New York, United States
1924 February 11 (Age 79)
Media
John Willard Young (1844 - 1924) Profile
John Willard Young (1844 - 1924)
Missionaries at the Paris Exposition
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Salt Lake County, Utah.
LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson
"John Willard Young", LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, 1, Page 42.
Transcript for Andrew Jenson, "Young, John Willard," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901), 42
Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family
"Jens Hansen Diary", Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family, (June).
Transcript for Hansen, Jens, Diary, in Geneva Frost Gilbert, comp., Our Danish Heritage and Our Temple Work on the Peter Frost Family, 1899-June 1987 [1988], 54
SALT Lake Telegram
"Meeting Held to Plan Rites for Pioneer", SALT Lake Telegram, (12 February 1924), Page 2.
Mission
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
"John W Young", KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, Page 34.
Millennial Star
"Departures", Millennial Star, 27, (6 July 1867), Page 426-427.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 2 March 1864, Vol. 1, Page 5, Line 195.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 2 March 1864, Vol. 2, Page 5, Line 195.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 4 February 1866, Vol. 2, Page 8, Line 313.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 4 February 1866, Vol. 1, Page 8, Line 313.
Pioneer
Brigham Young Jr. journals and papers
Brigham Young Jr. journals and papers, November, Vol. 8.
Transcript for Young, Brigham, Jr., Journal Nov. 1866-Dec. 1867, vol. 8, box 2, fd. 1
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (June), Page 1-6.
Improvement Era
"Fox, Ruth May, 'From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867'", Improvement Era, 38, (July), Page 406-409, 450.
Transcript for Fox, Ruth May, "From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867," Improvement Era, July 1935, 408-9, 450
William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890
William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890, Vol. 2,3.
Transcript for William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890, vol. 2, 73-74 and vol. 3, 198
