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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 112 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young letter to Dan Jones

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292793]
Identifier: Vault MSS 704
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated March 15, 1861 and addressed to Dan Jones. The item expresses condolences on Jones' recent bereavement and tells him not to worry about his present financial obligations to the Church.

Dates: Broadcast: 1861 March 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to Dan Jones

Brigham Young letter to David Evans

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294328]
Identifier: Vault MSS 692
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter addressed to David Evans, a bishop in Lehi, Utah, dated March 2, 1866. The letter instructs Evans not to collect tithing from Thomas Taylor, a merchant heavily in debt from service to the poor. Only the signature on the letter is in Young's handwriting.

Dates: 1866
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to David Evans

Brigham Young letter to Eliza Cooper

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489986]
Identifier: MSS 613
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 9 March 1877 and addressed to Eliza Cooper of Monroe, Utah. The item was composed in St. George, Utah. Young responds to a number of questions dealing with clothing to be worn in LDS temples, how the bodies of dead children are to be dressed, to whom the children belong when their mother has been sealed to two men, what women should do when they have a husband that is not strong in the faith, and the veracity of being married outside of a...
Dates: 1877 March 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to Eliza Cooper

Brigham Young letter to George Reynolds

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287454]
Identifier: Vault MSS 208
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter in pencil, dated 5 Nov. 1876, and addressed to George Reynolds, an apostle in the Mormon Church. Young writes from Beaver, Utah, about business matters.

Dates: 1876 November 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to George Reynolds

Brigham Young letter to Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell Young

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284808]
Identifier: Vault MSS 64
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated March 25, 1846 and addressed to Harriet Cook Young, one of Brigham Young's wives. Brigham Young writes about the prospects of the Mormons migrating to the West.

Dates: 1846 March 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell Young

Brigham Young letter to J. William Anderson

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343409]
Identifier: MSS 898
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated November 7, 1864, and addressed to J. William Anderson of Newburgh, New York. Young writes to tell Anderson where he could acquire books that explain Mormon beliefs.

Dates: 1864 November 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to J. William Anderson

Brigham Young letter to James Burton

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287504]
Identifier: Vault MSS 222
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 April 1858, and addressed to James Burton, a teamster. Young gives Burton a pass to go safely through southern Utah on his way to California.

Dates: 1858 April 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to James Burton

Brigham Young letter to John R. Young

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 780
Scope and Contents Material contains a handwritten and signed letter dated March 1, 1857, addressed to John R. Young in Honolulu, Hawaii. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young encourages John, his nephew, and his fellow missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii by making comparisons between the "quiet and purity that prevail in Utah" and the "gross darkness" that covers the other people of the Earth. He comments on the missionary work of the Church in...
Dates: 1857 March 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to John R. Young

Brigham Young letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231237931]
Identifier: MSS SC 979
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letters

Brigham Young letters to Thomas L. Kane

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4096
Scope and Contents

Letters were handwritten by Brigham Young to Thomas L. Kane on October 30, 1854. In the letters Young asks Kane to serve as Utah's territorial delegate to Congress. The two letters are identical and were sent separately to ensure delivery. Collection also includes photocopies of the letters.

Dates: 1854 October 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letters to Thomas L. Kane

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