Person:Lorenzo Young (1)

Name	Lorenzo Dow Young
Gender	Male
Alt Birth`^?`	19 Oct 1805	Smyrna (town), Chenango, New York, United States
Birth`^?`	19 Oct 1807	Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States
Marriage	Jun 1826	New York, United States`^{Citation needed}` [1st wife] to Persis Goodall
Marriage	9 Mar 1843	Ohio, United States`^{Citation needed}` [2nd wife] to Harriet Page Wheeler
Marriage	26 Jan 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States`^{Citation needed}` [3rd wife] to Susan Ann Ashby
Marriage	22 Nov 1855	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States`^{Citation needed}` [4th wife] to Electa Jane Lee
Marriage	29 Apr 1856	`^{Citation needed}` [5th wife] to Ida Hannah Hewitt
Marriage	24 Nov 1856	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States`^{Citation needed}` [6th wife] to Eleanor "Ellen" Jones
Marriage	13 Sep 1862	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States`^{Citation needed}` [7th wife] to Christiana Nelson
Marriage	18 Apr 1863	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States`^{Citation needed}` [8th wife] to Johanna Larsen
Death`^?`	21 Nov 1895	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Burial`^?`	24 Nov 1895	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Reference Number		Q28284906 (Wikidata)

Research Notes

Brother to Brigham Young
Member of first wagon train to SLC with 2nd wife
Departure: 14 April 1847 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 21-24 July 1847 Company Information: The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.
Led Lorenzo Dow Young Company in 1850 with 2nd wife
Lorenzo D. Young was the father of the first white male child native to Salt Lake valley. This child, the son of his wife Harriet, was born September 20, 1847, and was named for his father, Lorenzo Dow Young. He died March 22, 1848.

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