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    BornJune 1, 1801 · Whitingham, Vermont, U.S.
    DiedAugust 29, 1877 (aged 76) · Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S.
    Cause of deathRuptured appendix
    Spouse(s)56 (See List of Brigham Young's wives)
    Early life

    Young was born on June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail "Nabby" Howe. Young's father was a farmer, and when Young was three years old his family moved to u… See more

    LDS Church service

    At a conference on February 14, 1835, Brigham Young was named and ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. On May 4, 1835, Young and other apostles went on a mission to the east coast, spec… See more

    Migration west

    Repeated conflict in Nauvoo led Young to relocate his group of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley, which was then part of Mexico. Young organized the journey that would take the Mormon pioneers to Winter Quarters, N… See more

    Governor of Utah Territory

    The Utah Territory was created by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, and as colonizer and founder of Salt Lake City, Young was appointed the territory's first governor and superintendent of … See more

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