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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1801 - 1877

Biography

Brigham Young (1801-1877) was a Latter-day Saint ecclesiastical leader and politician in Utah.

Brigham Young was born on June 1, 1801, in Witingham, Vermont. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, and moved to Kirtland, Ohio. He followed the migration of the Church from Ohio to Missouri to Nauvoo, Illinois. In February 1846, he led the "Mormon Exodus" to the West, and was sustained as the second president of the Church on December 27, 1847. Arriving in Utah, he settled in Salt Lake City, and in 1849 was appointed as governor of Utah Territory. Young passed away on August 29, 1877, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
Its Proclamation by the governor, 1853: t.p. (Brigham Young)

Webster's new biog. dict. (Young, Brigham, governor, 1849-1857)

Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: page 1650 (Young, Brigham, b. June 1, 1801, Whitingham, Vermont; d. Aug. 29, 1877, Salt Lake City, Utah; occupation: carpenter-glazier; President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dec 27, 1847-Aug 29, 1877; President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, April 14, 1840; Apostle, Feb. 14, 1835) pages 1601-1605 (Brigham Young, colonizer, territorial governor, and president of the Church of Jeus Christ of Latter-day Saints, moved to Auburn, New York in 1815; moved to Port Byron, New York in 1823; married Oct 5, 1824; after four years in Port Byron moved to Oswego; 1828 moved to Mendon; baptized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spring of 1832; 1833 moved to Kirtland, Ohio; 1834 Zion's Camp; 1838 moved to Caldwell County, Missouri; 1839 moved to Commerce, later renamed Nauvoo, Illinois; February 1846 left Nauvoo; arrived Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847) page 1605 (built home in Salt Lake City and eventually Provo and St. George) page 1607 (1849 established the perpetual emigrating fund)

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Philip Margetts photographs relating to the Salt Lake Theatre

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 240
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 45 photographs (including platinum, gelatin silver, and albumen prints), three tintypes, and two safety film copy negatives with images of the Salt Lake Theatre, early Utah actors, friends, and the Margetts family. Photographs were taken by Phillip Margetts. Photographs were taken between the 1860s and the 1910s.

Dates: approximately 1860-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Philip Margetts photographs relating to the Salt Lake Theatre

Newspaper clipping of Salt Lake City images

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227622260]
Identifier: MSS 3350
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a single page of the Illustrated Times newspaper, featuring images of Great Salt Lake City and the home of Brigham Young. Page was taken from the July 31, 1858 issue of the paper.

Dates: 1858 July 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newspaper clipping of Salt Lake City images

Photograph of Richard W. Young by statue of Brigham Young

 Digital Record
Identifier: UAP2_F243_p243topleft
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

C. R. Savage photographs and stereographs of Mormon historical sites

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197218623855]
Identifier: MSS 3791
Scope and Contents Collection contains eight stereographs, including images of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah, scenes on the Union Pacific Railroad, Devil's Gate, Ogden Canyon, the Salt Lake City Temple, and the interior of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. There are also photographs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints office in Liverpool, England, the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah, the interior of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle, and the Salt Lake City Temple with the Brigham Young...
Dates: approximately 1890-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / C. R. Savage photographs and stereographs of Mormon historical sites

Photographs of Brigham Young, date of production not identified

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231234383], Folder: 2-3
Identifier: UA 945 File 2
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 945, Photographs of Mormon prophets

Photographs of Brigham Young University

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197218624010]
Identifier: MSS 3799
Scope and Contents

Collection includes forty-two photographs of buildings on the campus of Brigham Young University, as well as a few photographs of its founders, Mormon leaders, and other scenes from around Provo, Utah. The range of years which the photographs cover clearly shows the development of the BYU campus over time. Some of the photos are of suggested campus development plans from the years 1948 and 1956. The collection also includes a campus map from 1961.

Dates: approximately 1896-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Photographs of Brigham Young University

Photographs of Church history sites and figures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 61
Scope and Contents

Collection includes glass negatives, lantern slides, metal plates, and a tintype of images related to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes images of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Native Americans, and other scenes.

Dates: approximately 1840-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of Church history sites and figures

Photographs of Salt Lake City

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233360]
Identifier: MSS 3260
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three photographs, ca. 1867-1892. Two photographs are of city scenes (Salt Lake City) from 1870 and 1872. The third is a collage of pictures that follow the construction of the temple and tabernacle in Salt Lake City from 1867-1892.

Dates: 1867-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of Salt Lake City

C. R. Savage photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227643522]
Identifier: MSS 3710
Scope and Contents This collection contains 14 various sized black and white photographs of scenes around Salt Lake City, Utah. Images include George Q. Cannon, the Salt Lake Temple, Brigham Young's grave, the Eagle Gate, the General Tithing Office, the Salt Lake Tabernacle, the Saltair Resort, Garfield Beach, and a few portraits of unidentified people. The majority of the photographs were taken by C.R. Savage, but others were taken by F.I. Monsen and Co., C.W. Carter, Ellis and Goodwin, B.B. Peterson, and G....
Dates: 1880-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / C. R. Savage photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah

Photographs of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under President John Taylor

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197227644025]
Identifier: MSS 3712
Scope and Contents This large framed photo montage consists of images of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1881. The photographs are arranged in order of seniority: President John Taylor, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, Franklin D. Richards, George Q. Cannon (1st Counselor), Joseph F. Smith (2nd Counselor), Brigham Young Jr., Albert Carrington, Moses Thatcher, Francis M. Lyman, and John Henry Smith. Around each photo is the man's age, stature...
Dates: 1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under President John Taylor

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