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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 368 Collections and/or Records:

John R. Haslam notes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334713]
Identifier: MSS 1180
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed receipt and notes for orders. The items are dated 13 Jan. 1875, 14 Dec. 1877, and 188? The materials relate to orders including financial transactions with Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1875 - 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John R. Haslam notes

Hatch & Hatch photographs of Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239265249]
Identifier: MSS P 322
Scope and Contents

Collection includes eight copy prints of Brigham Young printed by the studio of Hatch & Hatch. One image also includes his wife, Amelia Folsome Young. Dated approximately 1840-1879.

Dates: approximately 1840-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hatch & Hatch photographs of Brigham Young

Hauling of base to Brigham Young Monument

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233616140]
Identifier: MSS SC 3063
Scope and Contents

Color photocopy of a photograph, and two copy prints of the same image. The photograph that Ann Olson brought in was reported to be a picture of the stone for the Brigham Young Monument base being hauled, by wagon, from the quarry to Salt Lake City. Photo Archives made a color photocopy as well as copy negatives of the photograph.

Dates: approximately 1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hauling of base to Brigham Young Monument

Joseph Leland Heywood diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 179
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C. on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison, Kansas. The remainder of the volume discusses political troubles in Washington, D.C. In volume 2, after resolving his affairs in Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Massachusetts, Heywood returned to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri....
Dates: 1855-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Leland Heywood diaries

Nelson Higgins certificates

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318294]
Identifier: MSS SC 1974
Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten and printed certificates, applications, correspondence, patriarchal blessings, and miscellaneous items. Most of the materials relate to Nelson's militia activities in Nauvoo, Illinois and in Utah. They include certificates relating to his various military appointments and applications for pensions relating to his military service. A few items relate to the "Walker War" (1853-1854) with the Ute Indians. A few of the materials were signed by the Mormon Church leaders...
Dates: 1836-1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nelson Higgins certificates

A historical and linguistic study of the nineteenth century Mormon attempts to reform English orthography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233139]
Identifier: MSS SC 74
Scope and Contents

Typewritten student paper prepared for the Brigham Young University Honors Program. Contains a study of the Deseret Alphabet, its origin, problems, use and failure in Utah society during 1850-1877.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A historical and linguistic study of the nineteenth century Mormon attempts to reform English orthography

History of the life of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310663]
Identifier: MSS SC 1297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Stephen Markham by Julina Markham Crow. The item gives an account of Stephen Markham's personal life as well as his involvement in the early history of Mormonism. This includes his close association with the Mormon Prophets, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), his participation with the initial Mormon pioneer company of 1847, and his involvement in the settlement of Utah.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of the life of Stephen Markham

Home of Brigham Youngs' wives, Salt Lake City

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233623419]
Identifier: MSS 2652
Scope and Contents

1 silver gelatin sepia tone postcard photograph.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Home of Brigham Youngs' wives, Salt Lake City

Oliver Boardman Huntington autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321108]
Identifier: MSS SC 2219
Scope and Contents

Handwritten unsigned, autobiographical account believed to have been written by Huntington. The author writes of being called by Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells to go with an expedition to Carson Valley and tell the Mormons there to return to Utah to meet the United States army, known as "Johnston's Army" in 1857. Huntington gives and account of this expedition and mentions those who participated in it.

Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver Boardman Huntington autobiography

In the pioneer group to the Iron Co. Mission, was another great leader, Anson Call, who became a great colonizer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329770]
Identifier: MSS SC 3079
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm reproduction of a typed manuscript. The item is a biography of Anson Call by an unnamed author. The date of composition is uncertain. Anson Call was born in Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont on 13 May 1810. Call married Mary Flint and later joined the Mormon Church. "He was closely associated with the Prophet Joseph [Joseph Smith, 1805-1844], and with the saints was driven from his home. He had a great love the the Prophet and did all he could to protect him...
Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / In the pioneer group to the Iron Co. Mission, was another great leader, Anson Call, who became a great colonizer

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