Brigham Young

Brigham Young

By Kate B. Carter

Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Mormons and Mormonism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Description: Brigham Young was born 1 June 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. His parents were John Young and Nabbie Howe. He married Miriam Works 8 October 1824 in Cayuga County, New York. Miriam died and he married Mary Ann Angell in 1834. They had six children. They settled in Utah in 1847. He had twenty-five more wives and a total of fifty-six children. He was President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until his death in 1877.

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