List of Brigham Young's wives

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.[1][2] 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."[3] By the time of his death, Young had fifty-seven children by sixteen of his wives; forty-six of his children reached adulthood.[4] In 1902, only 25 years after Young's death, The New York Times established that Young's direct descendants numbered more than 1,000.[5]

  1. ^ Johnson, Jeffery Ogden (1987). "Determining and Defining 'Wife': The Brigham Young Households" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 20 (3): 57–70. doi:10.2307/45225560. JSTOR 45225560. S2CID 254339939.
  2. ^ Jessee, Dean C. (2001). ""A Man of God and a Good Kind Father": Brigham Young at Home". Brigham Young University Studies. 40 (2): 23–53. ISSN 0007-0106. JSTOR 43042842.
  3. ^ "Polygamy and the Church: A History". The Mormons: People & Events. WGBH Educational Foundation. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  4. ^ Young, Brigham (2021). Smith, George D. (ed.). Brigham Young, colonizer of the American West : diaries and office journals, 1832-1871 (First ed.). Salt Lake City: Signature Books. ISBN 978-1-56085-274-2. OCLC 1204268147.
  5. ^ "Descendants of Brigham Young to Hold Annual Mass Meetings" (PDF). The New York Times. 22 June 1902.

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