Person:Brigham Young (5)

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Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley. He founded Salt Lake City and served as the first governor of the Utah Territory. Young also worked to establish the learning institutions which would later become the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. A polygamist, Young had at least 55 wives and 56 children. He instituted a ban prohibiting conferring the priesthood on men of black African descent, and defended the Utah saints in the Utah War waged by the United States.

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Brigham Young (1801–1877), second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early Latter Day Saint movement, marrying a total of fifty-six wives during his lifetime. He stated that upon being taught about plural marriage by Joseph Smith, "It was the first time in my life that I desired the grave." By the time of his death, Young had fifty-seven children by sixteen of his wives; forty-six of his children reached adulthood. In 1902, only 25 years after Young's death, The New York Times established that Young's direct descendants numbered more than 1,000.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Utah, United States. Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   Name: Brigham Young
   Event Date: 29 Aug 1877
   Event Type: Death
   Event Place: Ward 18, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
   Gender: Male
   Birth Date: 01 Jun 1801
   Birth Place: Windham Vermont
   Father's Name: John Young
   Document Type: Death Register
   Source Reference: Pg 199, Ln 7952