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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 56 wives during his lifetime.
Young did not live with a number of his wives or publicly hold them out as wives, which has led to confusion on the number and their identities. [179] Thirty-one of his wives were not connubial and had exchanged eternity-only vows with him.
Brigham Young married his first wife, Miriam Works, in New York in 1824. A few months after they were both baptized, Miriam died of tuberculosis. Brigham’s second wife, Mary Ann Angell, helped raise Miriam’s children as well as her own, cared for their household alone during Brigham’s frequent absences on missions, and accepted plural ...
While the number varies depending on how a wife is defined, it is commonly accepted that Brigham Young had 55 wives in total. Legal marriages: Miriam Works m. 8 Oct 1824 in Aurelius, New York . Elizabeth b. 1825 Vilate b. 1830 Mary Ann Angell m. 31 Mar 1834 in Geauga County, Ohio . Joseph Angell b. 1834 ; Mary Ann b. 1836
28 cze 2022 · Brigham Young didn't found the Mormon Church, but he was instrumental in shaping the society and its ideas about plural marriage. Here's how many wives he had.
According to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) historical records, Brigham Young was sealed to as many as 56 women. Many of the wives to whom Young were sealed were widows or elderly women for whom he merely cared or gave the protection of his name.
Chart of Wives. Chart of Brigham Young's wives. This was not a plural marriage, as Young was a widower at the time; 6 children; mother of Brigham Young, Jr., John Willard Young and Joseph Angell Young. Young later married her son's ex-wife, Mary Van Cott Cobb (No. 51 below). Grandmother of architect Henry Ives Cobb.
