Joseph Young (1797 - 1881)

Born 7 Apr 1797 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Adeline (Bicknell) Young — married 18 Feb 1834 in Geneseo, Livingston Co., New York

Husband of Lydia Caroline (Hager) Young — married 1846 in Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Huntley) Young — married 6 Feb 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

Husband of Sarah Jane (Snow) Young — married 7 Apr 1868 (to 16 Jul 1881) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1881 at age 84 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

Joseph became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Joseph Young was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Joseph had a number of wives.

He married Mary Ann Huntley, widow of James Lewis Burnham, daughter of Allen and Sally (Hitchcock) Huntley, on 6 Feb. 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.^[1]

Children of Joseph and Mary Ann Huntley

1. Almira Young. b. 15 Feb. 1848 married Robert Hephi Russell.
2. Clementine Young. b. 30 July 1850 married Jasper Conrad.^[2]

Birth: Apr. 7, 1797 Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA^[3]

Death: Jul. 16, 1881 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA^[3] Elder brother of Brigham Young. When young, he began to preach for the Methodist sect until his brother Brigham brought the glad tidings of the restored gospel. He accompanied Zion's Camp in 1834. Perhaps because of his faithfulness in answering this call, he was ordained one of the seven Presidents of First Quorum of Seventy under the hands of the Prophet, and later Joseph became the senior or seventh president.

Elder Young served a mission to New York, then, returning to Kirtland, he participated in dedication of Kirtland Temple. After having received his blessings in the Temple at Kirtland, he accompanied his brother Brigham to the East. This mission occupied several months, and subsequently many of their relatives and friends came into the Church.

He arrived at Haun's Mill and just two days later he witnessed Haun's Mill Massacre. He became a member of Council of Fifty, then went on a mission to Ohio to campaign for Joseph Smith as president of United States until he found the Prophet had been martyred.

A polygamist, he encountered the continuing persecutions and he fled with the rest of the Saints eventually settling in Salt Lake City.

He served a final mission to the British Isles 1870. "Uncle Joseph," as he was familiarly called, died as he quietly fell asleep, and his last days were devoid of pain.

Son of John Young and Abigail Nabby Howe

Married Jane Adeline Bicknell, 18 Feb 1834, Geneseo, Livingston, New York

Married Lucinda Allen, 16 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Married Lydia Caroline Hagar, 16 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Married Mary Ann Huntley, 6 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Married Elizabeth Stevens, 28 Nov 1866, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Sarah Jane Snow, 7 Apr 1868

Family links: Parents: John Young (1763 - 1839) Abigail Howe Young (1765 - 1815)

Spouses: Jane Adeline Bicknell Young (1814 - 1913) Mary Ann Huntley Burnham (1816 - 1903) Lydia Caroline Hager Young (1797 - 1859)* Lucinda Allen Young (1824 - 1920)* Sarah Jane Snow Young (1838 - 1910)* LeGrand Young (1840 - 1921)* John Calvin Young (1842 - 1843)* Mary Lucretia Young (1844 - 1844)* Julia Ann Vilate Young (1845 - 1928)* Phineas Howe Young (1847 - 1868)* Almira Young Russell (1848 - 1934)* Chloe Eliza Young Benedict (1848 - 1932)* Clarentine Young Conrad (1850 - 1882)* Isaac Fleming Young (1850 - 1920)* Fannie Young (1851 - 1936)* Rhoda Young Mackintosh (1851 - 1920)* John Corbin Young (1851 - 1910)* Henrietta G Young (1853 - 1944)* Josephine Malissa Young Free (1854 - 1873)* Caroline Lydia Young Playter (1854 - 1886)* Brigham Bicknell Young (1856 - 1938)* Augusta Adams Young (1857 - 1864)* Children: Jane Adaline Young Robbins (1834 - 1907)* Joseph Bicknell Young (1836 - 1859)* Seymour Bicknell Young (1837 - 1924 LeGrand Young (1840 - 1921)* John Calvin Young (1842 - 1843)* Mary Lucretia Young (1844 - 1844)* Julia Ann Vilate Young (1845 - 1928)* Phineas Howe Young (1847 - 1868)* Almira Young Russell (1848 - 1934)* Chloe Eliza Young Benedict (1848 - 1932)* Clarentine Young Conrad (1850 - 1882)* Isaac Fleming Young (1850 - 1920)* Fannie Young (1851 - 1936)* Rhoda Young Mackintosh (1851 - 1920)* John Corbin Young (1851 - 1910)* Henrietta G Young (1853 - 1944)* Josephine Malissa Young Free (1854 - 1873)* Caroline Lydia Young Playter (1854 - 1886)* Brigham Bicknell Young (1856 - 1938)* Augusta Adams Young (1857 - 1864)* Willard Lorenzo Young (1860 - 1923)* Charles Edward Young (1871 - 1899)* Harriett May Young (1876 - 1883)*

Siblings: Nancy Young Kent (1786 - 1860)* Fanny Young Murray (1787 - 1859)* Rhoda Young Greene (1789 - 1841)* John M. Young (1791 - 1870)* Susannah Young (1795 - 1852)* Joseph Young (1797 - 1881) Phineas Howe Young (1799 - 1879)* Brigham Young (1801 - 1877)* Louisa M. Young Sanford (1804 - 1833)* Lorenzo Dow Young (1807 - 1895)* Edward Young (1823 - 1894)**

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Church Ordinance: Baptism on April 6, 1832 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, officiated by Daniel Bowen (Reference: Family Group Sheet-self; LDS Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson, 1951, Volume: 1 Page: 187-188; Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies by Davis Bitton, RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog; Revelations of Joseph Smith by Lyndon Cook, 1981, Page: 281).

Elder of the Church: April, 1832, officiated by Ezra Landon (Reference: RLDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Jenson, Andrew. 1951 Volume: 1 Page: 187-188; Revelations of Joseph Smith. Cook, Lyndon. 1981 Page: 281; RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog)

Quorums of the Seventy: February 28, 1835 officiated by Joseph Smith (Reference: LDS Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson, 1951, Volume: 1 Page: 187-188; RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog; Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46) Joseph was one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1835 to 1881.

Joseph went in company with Presidents Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1834, to Missouri, as a member of Zion's camp, returning to Kirtland with the Prophet and others, in the fall. He was chosen and ordained one of the firsts seventies in the church February 28, 1835, under the hands of Joseph Smith and others, and the next day (March 1, 1835) he was ordained a president of Seventies, a position which he honorably filled during the remainder of his life. In 1835 he filled a mission to the States of New York and Massachusetts, in company with Burr Riggs; they traveled and preached in many places, sowing the seed as they journeyed along. In 1836, after having received his blessings in the Temple at Kirtland.

Agreeable to the Prophet's instructions, he accompanied his brother Brigham to the East, to visit among their relatives and friends; they preached the gospel to them and bore testimony of the latter-day work. 'This mission occupied several months, and subsequently many of their relatives and friends came into the Church.

July 6, 1838, Joseph and family left Kirtland, in company with many of the saints, and went to Missouri, arriving at Haun's Mill on October 28th; he remained until Tuesday, the 30th, and witnessed the horrid massacre at that place, during which he was miraculously preserved. In the winter of 1838-39 he together with the rest of the Saints, was driven out of the State of Missouri, under the exterminating order of Governor Boggs. He arrived at Quincy, Illinois in May, where he engaged in farming during the season, and in the spring of 1840 removed to Commerce, afterwards called Nauvoo, where he followed the occupation of painting and glazing, and attended to his labors as senior president of the quorums of Seventies.

In the spring of 1844 he went to Ohio to lay before the people General Joseph Smith's views of the power and policy of the government of the United States. After hearing of the massacre of the Prophet and Patriarch, he returned to Nauvoo. When the Saints, in 1846, were compelled to leave their beautiful city, and Temple, Joseph Young again became an exile and started for the great and unknown west. He remained at Winter Quarters and at Carterville, Iowa, until 1850, when he crossed the plains with his family with ox teams, and settled in salt lake City, where he resided until his death. He traveled and preached extensively in the Territory, and in fulfillment of a prediction by the Prophet Joseph he visited the British Isles in 1870, and thus preached in the old world.

Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Plot: b-5-11

Created by: Chad Stowell Record added: May 25, 2002

Sources

1. ↑ Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 1. p. 194. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.
2. ↑ Children page 194 Huntley and Find A Grave.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Joseph Young - Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Young,

See also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6446870http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6446870
• Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints 1830-1848, Volume XLVIII, YER—ZEN Compiled by Susan Ward Easton, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5412458
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church History, Early Mormon Missionaries, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/joseph-young-1797?lang=eng

Acknowledgements

Young-19512 was created by Linda Green through the import of Wikitree_my ancestors.GED on Jul 14, 2016.