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Lorenzo Dow Young


Birth19 October 1807Sherburne, Chenango, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895), memorial #19394693.

    Davis County Clipper, Davis County Clipper (Bountiful, Utah: Clipper Pub. Co., 1892-1988), "Utah News," 29 November 1895, p. 2, column 1.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Lorenzo Dow Young (21 November 1895); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Utah, Salt Lake County death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," image 41, p. 20, entry 737; DGS 4139834.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 10.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Death of Lorenzo D. Young," 22 November 1895, p. 5, column 5.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), "Vol. B1 1855-1856," p. 49; FHL microfilm 183394.

    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), "Lorenzo Dow Young," 30 November 1895, p. 741, column 1-2.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Lorenzo Young, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 2, line 10.

    Nauvoo Temple (LDS), Endowments of the living, 1845-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1974), p. 61.

    Lorenzo Dow Young, Lorenzo D. Young Papers 1846-1894, "Diary and reminiscences, 1881 December-1888 December," p. 168, 177, 189.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 49, 579-580; FHL microfilm 183374.
Death21 November 1895Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895), memorial #19394693.

    Davis County Clipper, Davis County Clipper (Bountiful, Utah: Clipper Pub. Co., 1892-1988), "Utah News," 29 November 1895, p. 2, column 1.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Lorenzo Dow Young (21 November 1895); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Utah, Salt Lake County death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," image 41, p. 20, entry 737; DGS 4139834.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Death of Lorenzo D. Young," 22 November 1895, p. 5, column 5.

    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), "Lorenzo Dow Young," 30 November 1895, p. 741, column 1-2.
Burial24 November 1895Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895), memorial #19394693.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Lorenzo Dow Young (21 November 1895); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Utah, Salt Lake County death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," image 41, p. 20, entry 737; DGS 4139834.
FatherJohn Hayden Young
MotherAbigail Nabby Howe
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   • Persis Goodall
Married26 June 1826Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lorenzo Dow Young and Persis Goodall, ID: KWJC-JQP and ID: KWJY-19X.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638; and p. 648, footnote 307.
          Children:
               William Goodall Young
               Joseph Watson Young
               Lucy Ann Young
               Harriet Maria Young
               John Ray Young
               Franklin Wheeler Young
               Lorenzo Sobieski Young
               Lucius James Young
               Lucia Jane Young
               Francis Elizabeth Young


   • Harriet Page Wheeler
Married9 March 1843Ohio, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lorenzo Dow Young and Harriet Page Wheeler, ID: KWJC-JQP and ID: KWJH-9Q2.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638; and p. 642, footnote 98.
          Children:
               John Brigham Young
                Young
               Lorenzo Dow Young Jr.

   • Susan Ann Ashby
Married26 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 494-496; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 579-580, FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Electa Jane Lee
Married22 November 1855Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), "Vol. B1 1855-1856," p. 49; FHL microfilm 183394.

   • Eleanor Jane Jones
Married24 November 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 49; FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Harriet Page Young
               Edward Jones Young
               George Edwin Young
               James Jones Young


   • Hannah Ida Hewitt
Married29 April 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lorenzo Dow Young and Hannah Ida Hewitt, ID: KWJC-JQP and ID: LKVB-39P.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638.
          Children:
               Perry LeGrand Young
               Brigham Willard Young
               Josephine Harriet Young
               Feramorz Little Young
               Clara May Young


   • Christiana Nelson
Married13 September 1862Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lorenzo Dow Young and Christiana Nelson, ID: KWJC-JQP and ID: LZP2-27X.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638.

   • Johanna Augustsson Larson
Married18 April 1863Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lorenzo Dow Young and Johanna Augustsson Larson, ID: KWJC-JQP and ID: KWJC-JQR.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 638.
          Children:
               Harry Augustus Young
               Francis Marion Young
               Albert Francis Young

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• 1840Scott County, Illinois, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870E. T. City, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusScott County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census18th Ward Gt. Salt. Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusE. T. City, Tooele, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City 1st Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
• Lorenzo Dow Young CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure20 May 1850
       Arrivalearly Sept 1850

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