Alfred Douglas Young

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

Age at departure: 40

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Birth: Apr. 13, 1808 Springfield Robertson County Tennessee, USA

Death: Mar. 17, 1889 Kanab Kane County Utah, USA

Son of Jacob Young and Mary Boren

Married Malinda Talbert McIntosh, 17 Mar 1827, Madison County, Tennessee

Married Anna Mundine Chappell, 1 Dec 1831, Union County, Illinois

Married Rhoda Byrne Jared, 1 Jan 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Jane Watson Sanford, 17 Feb 1853, Kanab, Kane, Utah

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Parents:

• Jacob Young (1774 - 1842)
• Mary Boren Boren (1784 - 1848)

Spouses:

*Melinda Talbert McIntosh Young (1808 - 1829)

• Anna Mundine Chappell Young (1809 - 1881)
• Jane Watson Sanford Young (1830 - 1863)
• Rhoda Bryne Jared Young (1820 - 1899)*

Children:

*John William Young (1828 - 1891)*

• Malinda Jane Young Ivie (1833 - 1904)*
• Jacob Young (1834 - 1884)*
• Sarah Emily Young Ivie (1841 - 1926)*
• Alfred Douglas Young (1853 - 1910)*
• Celestia Young Strong (1853 - 1924)*
• Jared Young (1855 - 1898)*
• Fanny Young Noble (1857 - 1876)*
• Squire Dagbert Young (1859 - 1905)*
• Adolphia Young (1859 - 1894)*
• Joseph Chancelor Young (1863 - 1905)*

Burial: Kanab City Cemetery Kanab Kane County Utah, USA

Created by: SMS Record added: Dec 11, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16992815

There is a biography of Alfred Douglas Young at this link https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/464989

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 24 2017, 5:01:24 UTC
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Other sources to add NAUVOO CITY TAXES YEAR 1842 HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY PAGES 431, 537 MORMONS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS MARVIN WIGGINS PROVO 1ST WARD RECORDS

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!1. Kanab Ward (Utah) GS 26,061 2. 1st Ward of Provo 1968 records 3. Orangeville Utah Ward 6436 pt 1 4. Correspondance with family members

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Where Alfred is buried In the Gazebo of the Kanab, UT Cemetery, there is a book with the names of those buried listed in alphabetical order. Alfred is buried in Blk 67 Lot 4.

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!NOTE! There is also a record at hand of a daughter Ethlina or Ethalinda Bap 19 jan 1959 and End 12 Feb 1959 sealed to parents 27 Jan 1960 Salt Lake but we understand that there was no daughter born to this couple. She is listed as having been born abt 1829 which was the same year the youngest son was born. Is it possible she could have been a twin and died at birth???? SEALED- To Parents, 24 Nov.1852 Salt Lake Temple, IGI Batch # M 183393, Film #1851-1854 CENSUS- 1880 in Kanab, Utah listed a Alfred D. Young as a Farmer, Stockman. History of Alfred Douglas Young Page 2 My brother, John, born between my brother William and myself died when small perhaps when 5 or 6 years of age. The apparent accidental seperation of my father and mother took place before I was born and I was about 1 year old when she went to the state of Illinois with her father where as before stated she married Willis Boren. We lived there until I was about 12 years of age and our family moved to Kentucky. There theylived about 2 years and moved into Madison Co. Tennessee. I was raised a farmer and was married in the 19th year of my age. My wife's name was Melinda T. McIntosh and a sister of the man who after wars baptized me into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By her I have 2 sons, John William now (1887) living and Darius B. Young. I moved my family to Union Co., Illinois; there Darius B.Young died at the age of about 6 months. The mother died on the 3rd of August 1829 or 30. There in Union Co. Ill I married my 2nd wife Anne Chapel who died in the town of Provo, Utah the 14th of Feb 1882. After living in Union Co. Ill for 6 years I moved to Gibson Co. Tennessee. Before I embraced the Gospel I moved into Henry Co in the same State and about 50 miles from my former residence. WhileI was on a journey to the State of Mississippi and in the place of my former residence, Gibson Co, I met with Elders McIntosh and Timmons at my step fathers (Willis Brown) house. There I hea rd the Gospel for the 1st time. I be lieved it with all my heart and was immediatley baptized. At the same time my older brother William and the widow of my oldest brother who had died sometime before was also baptized.

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!BIRTH-PARENTS: FHL film 183395; EH book A, page 31; NOTE: "Alfred Douglas Young; born 13 Apr 1808 Springfield, Robison Co Tennessee; parents Jacob & Mary; baptized 18 Jul 1841; ordained 16th quorum 70's; endowed 6 Mar 1852, Presidents office, Salt Lake City." RESIDENCE 1842: Alfred D. Young; NAUVOO DAILY LOG OF PERSONS; FHL book 977.343/N1 K2n, page 121; NAUVOO RECORD OF MEMBERS, page 8, Alfred D. Young listed as a priesthood leader; FHL film 007,706, item 3, page 210, Hancock County Illinois Tax List; AD Young, cattle $125, horses $50, wagons $40, clocks $4, watches $10, money loaned $200, other $20, Net of personal property $245. RESIDENCE 1851: FHL film 025540; State of Deseret (Utah) Census; Salt Lake County; family number 560; Alfred D. Young, age 42, occupation farmer, personal property $250, born Tennessee; Anna, age 42, born Tennessee; Jacob, age 15, born Illinois; Mary, age 14, born Tennessee; Nancy, age 10, born Tennessee; Sarah, age 9, born Tennessee; Martha, age 6, born Tennessee. RESIDENCE 1852: BOOK OF JARED; Church History Dept book 24389, page 53; Anna Ross Young Duke, daughter of Adolphia Young wrote: "We were about three months making the trip and arrived in SaltLake the 23rd of September 1852. When we got in sight of the Great Salt lake, I was spell-bound with the grand sight. The houses were so few then that it looked just like a nest of houses. It seemed almost impossible to think we had arrived. For after my father died we felt as though we would never arrive at our destination. We got down into the city late in the afternoon and went to a family by the name of Vance, who were cousins of my mother. They had just moved into a new home and let us live in their old one. We had only been there a few days when President Brigham Young called to see us.He was in a buggy and had one of his wives with him. She was Emmeline Freeman. She engaged my mother to do sewing for her as she had four little girls. My mother earned a living for us in this way. Iremember once of seeing Brigham Young bring a sack of flour and vegetables and things to pay for the sewing. Then we went to Cottonwood, ten miles from Salt Lake, to my father's cousin. It was AlfredYoung, who had brought the Gospel to my father in Tennessee. We stayed at Cottonwood and worked on the farm. We girls helped with the farm work and mother later married Alfred Young." RESIDENCE 1855:BOOK OF JARED; Church History Dept book 24389, page 54; Anna Ross Young Duke, daughter of Adolphia Young wrote: "In 1855 we moved to Provo. He (Alfred D. Young) bought a place after selling our team and wagon. We gathered nuts and ground cherries for our winter fruit. It was made sweet to us like the raw meat was to the Children of Israel. We spun and wove our own cloth and my mother made our clothes." RESIDENCE 1861: BOOK OF JARED; Church History Dept book 24389, page 35; NOTE: "In the semi-annual Conference held October 1861, Alfed Dougas Young heard his name called as one chosen to participate in the 'Muddy Mission,' a location similar in climate to the Dixie from which he came." RESIDENCE 1870: BOOK OF JARED; Church History Dept book 24389, page 36; NOTE: "Kanab, then the newest mission, was opened in an effort to understand and tame the Indians. Many friends of the Young family from Cottonwood, Provo, and the Muddy were going there where free land was still to be had if they could get it away from the Indians. That is the place the Youngs decided to live. They made their last home there." NOTE: Alfred Douglas Young's mother-in-law (Jane Sanfords' mother) was Louisa Young of Vermont. BIOGRAPHY: FHL book 979.2 D3Ut, GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE STATE OF UTAH, National Historical Record Co, Chicago, 1902: Alfred Douglas Young was born in Tennesee, in 1808, andthere, early in life became converted to Mormonism. He went to Missouri, and to Nauvoo, Illinois, participating in all the sufferings and persecutions to which the saints were heirs. He made the tripacross the plains with one of the trains in 1847 and throughout the rest of his life remained a staunch defender of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For some years he was one of the Presidents of the Seventies Quorum of Utah Stake, and active in all lines of Church work. He spent most of his life in Provo, his later years being passed in Kane County, where he died in 1889, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, after a most useful career, in which he did much for the subduing and civilization of the new country. His wife, Jane (Sanford) Young, died in 1864, leaving four children, of whom Alfred D. was the oldest. The others are -- Jane, who is now (1902) dead; Squire D., and Joseph, both living in Orangeville, Emery County. "PORTRAIT, GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORDOF THE STATE OF UTAH, NATIONAL HISTORICAL RECORD CO, CHICAGO, 1902, OGDEN GENEALOGICAL lIBRARY #979.2 D3Ut"

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! Alfred Douglas Young had four wives. (1) Malinda Talbert McIntosh, whose first son was John William Young, my Great Great Great Grandfather. With
this first wife, he only had three children. She died in child birth along
with her son. He then married (2) Anna Mundine Chappell about 1831. Seven
children were born to this couple. Six boys and one girl, from 1832 to 1847.
He then married (3) Jane Watson Sanford, 4 children were born to this union,
three boys and one girl. from 1853 to 1863. His fourth wife, Rhoda Byrne
Jared, married him in December 1852. He was her second husband. She was first
married to Adolphia Young, the second son of John Young and Matilda Gibson,
that John being the brother of Jacob young who were both sons of William Young
and Elizabeth Huff. Apprently these last two wives were poligamist wives and
their children four to each wife, were born very close to the same year.

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1809: Mary separated from Jacob Young and took the children with her to Union County Illinois, where her father Bazel Boren was living. Alfred Young later wrote (caps added): "I was born in Springfield, Robison [Robertson] County, Tennessee on the 13th of April 1808. My father's name was Jacob Young. My mother's maiden name was Mary Boren... MY FATHER HAD A SON NAMED SQUEIR [Squire] who lived long enough to have a large family. HE ALSO HAD A DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH, who was the next younger child then Squeir who died when about eighteen years old and before marriage. My brother WILLIAM... THE OLDEST CHILD OF MY MOTHER... raised a large family and died in the town of Washington in southern Utah.
My brother John, born between my brother William and myself died when small; perhaps when five or six years old...

My father was an excellent mechanic and went from home for a considerable distance to labor on a large job and was not heard from for many years.
My mother's father persuaded her to go with him to the state of Illinois. There she lived for several years single, without hearing from her husband.
My father returned to the place where he had left his family and married a Polly Wough [Huff]. I went to Tennessee in the spring of 1842 where I saw my stepmother who was a widow, my father having died. By his second [third] wife he left two children, a boy Jacob and a girl whose name I think was Susan.
While among my friends in Tennessee in 1842, I baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, three of my father's brothers and their families...
The apparent accidental separation of my father and mother took place before I was born and I was about one year old when she went to the state of Illinois with her father where as before stated she married Willis Boren. We lived there until I was about twelve years old when the family moved into the state of Kentucky. There they lived about two years and moved into Madison County, Tennessee."

Alfred was sent on a church mission back to Tennessee.

Meanwhile, William's brother, Alfred Young, was assigned along with his son, John William Young, to serve in the "Muddy Mission", helping to settle the area that later became known as Las Vegas Nevada. Alfred gathered up the needed luggage and tools and traveled south to Santa Clara where he met up with John & Ethalinda Young's family, and then on to their destination in the desert wasteland. Alfred's wife, Rhoda Jared Young and children accompanied them. Before leaving Washington County, Alfred certainly would have visited with his brother William and family.

Ethalinda Margaret (Malinda) Young later wrote that her husband, John, "was a missionary companion of Jacob Hamblin at Santa Clara Utah. They had been called to the Muddy Mission which is present-day Las Vegas Nevada, so he had to be away. He returned to Santa Clara and moved the family down, where they lived until the mission was dissolved" (FHL book 979.2H25PW, vol 4, page 3499). Alfred & his son John helped survey the land, set out waterways & farms and began building homes, planting crops, and cotton.

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Blake Young's entry Conversion :) Page 18 in the Young's history says that he was in his log cabin he had just built with his four litttle daughters when two missionaries knocked on their door. AlfredDouglas and John D Lee. Alfred Douglas was Adolphia's cousin. They loved the message and decided to just back up and move to Nauvoo to follow the saints. They went at the worst time when the most persecution was there. I'm so thankful for Adolphia and Rhoda's decision. They are my great great great great grandparents :)

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A New Husband to Care for Rhoda and Family (Alfred Douglas Young 1808-1889) (taken from pages 31-41 of the book History of Brigham Lawrence Young, by Eleanor McAllister Hall, published year 2000): Anna (Rhoda and Adolphia's daughter) writes, "We stayed at Cottonwood and worked on the farm. We girls helped with the farm work, and mother later married Alfred Douglas Young." ...later...Alfred marriedanother widow with several children, who was also in a distressed family condition and in much need of help. She was Jane Watson (Sanford) Howe, the niece of the Prophet Brigham Young and the widow of Samuel Wilton Howe. Something must be said for the unselfishness and generosity of Alfred. He took upon himself the rearing of many step-children. Surely there will be some kind of honor and reward especially made for Alfred Douglas Young, for the many children he sheltered, loved, and provided for. Much of Alfred's farm in Cottonwood, contained poor rocky soil. Feeding his now large family became difficult, at best. Almost all the older children were girls, who worked the soil like men; but their labor was vital to them having any success in raising the crops they needed to sustain life. One spring day, Rhoda took the younger children to the foothills looking for Sego Lily roots, dandelions, pig-weeds or any green shoots, to augment their meager rations. After a long and fruitless search, they started back. Suddenly, little Brigham shouted out, " Look, Maw, there's something green over there!" The children ran to the spot but chagrined to find only rough sunflower-like bushes. When Rhoda dug down she discovered bulb like tubers with succulent looking knobs all over them. She wouldn't allow any tasting until she knew they were not poisonous, but they did fill every available container and headed back home. They met a neighbor who exclaimed, "Artichokes, where did you find them?" Needless to say the family had a wonderful feast. With the stony ground that just refused to grow a plentiful crop, Alfred and family were very glad to receive a mission call to remove to a community now being established near Utah Lake. It was called Provo, after one of Father Escalante's group of explorers named, Provost. Move to Provo, Utah After the family received their call to help settle Provo, Utah, they prepared to sell their home and farm in Cottonwood. By March, 1865, "Alf" had soldhis farm and they were on their way, using Rhoda's oxen and wagon as transportation. Alfred selected a fine city lot near the center of the new settlement. He also selected some rich loam pasture andmeadow land down to the west, near Utah Lake. Alfred had to sell Rhoda's oxen and wagon for the down payment on the needed large home. This made Rhoda's family very sad, because to them, they were like selling a cherished member of the household. Those oxen had suffered the hardships of the plains right along with them, and the children thought they should be allowed to graze in their lush new fields, for the remainder of their lives; but the Young family needed a home large enough to accommodate their now large family so...the deed was done. Two non-graded schools were available. Our BrighamLawrence began attending school. There was the primary school for the younger children, and a secondary school for the older children. The secondary school, which Brigham Lawrence attended, was taught by Karl G. Maiser, a master teacher and an important founder of of "Brigham Young University". Brigham was influenced by a classmate, Heber J. "Jeddy" Grant, who later became President of the Church. Jeddy being small and uncoordinated was passed over when baseball teams were selected. Undaunted, he stayed after school day after day throwing a baseball at a certain brick until he was accurate from all distances. He made the team. Once when he was reading a particularly moving passage, it made him cry. The teacher invited him to sit down, saying, "You don't have to finish it." "Yes, I do," hesaid, mastering his tears, and did so. ***** Another story Brigham's grandchildren liked to hear, involved his teacher, Karl G. Maiser. Maiser was called from class one day for a lengthy period of time. Some of the older boys finally brought a donkey in from outside and tethered (tied) it to the teacher's desk. When he returned, the teacher said, "That's right, boys, when I'm gone, always have one of your group come up and take charge." ***** Alfred Douglas and Rhoda had four children. They were Celestia Melinda born on October 18, 1853, and Jared, born on December 1, 1855, both in Cottonwood. Their last two children were born in Provo and were Adolphia, born on November 22, 1859, and Rhoda Eunice, who was born on October 15, 1863. On September 9, 1864, Eunice died. She was not quite a year old. For twelve years the Young family prospered in the Provo settlement. They enjoyed the well-built commodious house with a garden growing, fruit trees producing, and vineyards that surrounded it. Rhoda planted some of the black walnuts she had brought from Tennessee, and they were thriving. The fields produced hay for the animals as well as their wheat and corn. They were well supplied with horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. There were plenty of potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets, etc., to be put into their storage pits for winter use and the schools kept the children busy and learning. Rhoda and the older girls wove cloth and mead beautiful clothes. Rhoda and the older girls wove cloth and made beautiful clothes. Everyone worked in building up the church and best of all they were unmolested by the mobs. Alfred served on the City Council for several years and was one of the Presidents of the 52nd Quorum of Seventy. But these prosperous, and happy years of living in Provo, with its educational opportunities were soon to come to an end. In the October 1863, semi-annual conference held in Salt Lake City, Alfred heard his name called as one of the men chosen to participatein the "Muddy Mission". The climate was similar to that of Alfred's native Dixie, and they needed Saints with the knowledge of how to grow cotton. The purpose of this mission would be to raise the necessary crops that would make the Utah people independent. President Brigham Young had an ideal of having his people self sufficient, and not dependent on their far distant neighbors. Also the Civil War was raging back home, and cotton goods were not to be had at any price. ...There was a visionary Prophet, far out-west, in the remote Utah territory, and he said, "We'll call our 'Southern Saints' to the far-away, warm country to the south. They can grow our clothing needs, and help defend our colonies from invading Indians at the same time. Thus the "Cotton Mission" was formed. Meanwhile, Alfred and Rhoda, now enjoyed considerable comfort in the Utah valley, but would they refuse a call? "No!". So a family meeting was called.... At this meeting it was decided that Alfred's wife, Annie, whowas eleven years Rhoda's senior, would stay. She would see to the older children who wished to remain there. Some of her children were now married and she wanted to stay with them. Those still in school wanted to be able to finish. Brigham Lawrence chose to accept an offer his sister, Frances, had extended to him - to come and live with her and her husband, Brigham Hamilton Young, a nephew of theProphet Brigham Young. They lived in Salt Lake City. This would allow him to finish the schooling he had begun (at Deseret University). Brigham's sisters, Annie and Martha, who had married brothers, Robert and John Duke, now lived up the Provo River in the pretty and prosperous town of Heber. Matilda was engaged to be married to Joseph Smith Strong. They were married in Provo before her parents left for Southern Utah. Celeste also married William Strong, Joseph's brother, but this was shortly after their departure. So it was arranged. Alfred and Rhoda would take Rhoda's two youngest, and Jane's four children to raise in their new southern home. Jane died in December, 1863, when her last child Joseph "Jode" Young was less than a year old. Rhoda raised them as her own.) Land priced in Provowere in a depressed state, and they simply could not get an acceptable price for their beautiful home and fields. This was a severe blow to the family. After selling and dividing their property up, Alfred and Rhoda once again found themselves in short supply. Alfred, who was now sixty years of age, and Rhoda, who was forty-eight, knew they now would be faced with a rigorous challenge with very meager resources. They also knew that many of their close family ties would be severely stretched. Alfred and Rhoda, with six children between the ages of six and thirteen years, found themselves plodding along, once more behind oxen drawn wagons that held all their earthly goods. Somehow they found the courage to go into another unconquered wilderness, to start once again and build another new home. Their greatest asset was an unquestioning obedience to the "Will of our Father," directed through his chosen servants. Quote from the Deseret News October 23, 1861. "Those going to the 'Cotton Mission' from this city are among the most energetic and enterprising citizens; and if they fail in turning that part of the Territory into fruitful fields, it may be considered an impossibility, so far asindustry, ingenuity, and perseverance can be made subservient to that end." Alfred knew why he, in his advanced age, was called to this mission. The Civil War was raging and no cotton could be raisedthere, and even if it could be, there were no factories or people left that weren't in the war to process it. It was thought that Southern Utah had the right climate. It even had a river running through the middle of the area. It was thought they could raise the needed cotton, at least they hoped to be able to supply their own needs. Alfred had the knowledge of how to raise cotton and knew what would need to be done, but the highly alkaline soil and dry atmosphere were so different from the Southern States. The southern emigrants were found to be, if anything, more helpless than those with noprevious experience at all on how to grow the cotton plant. The irrigation problem had to be conquered, a practice which was entirely new to them. Most said, "It just can't be done." The conditions they met upon reaching "The Muddy" is best described by Andrew Karl Larson in The Biography of Erastus Snow, on pages 431-432. LIVING IN A WAGON Alfred, Rhoda, and family lived out of their wagon box and a tent for the first year, putting all of their efforts into a dam and irrigation system, trying to raise their food crops, etc. It was very discouraging to watch their dam efforts wash out and then to have to begin again. The droughts and floods mad farming a precarious enterprise at best. The Virgin River was a stingy stream. In the hot summer, the precious water would disappear into the sandy earth, forbidding even a drink of water for tired cattle, or for a struggling people. Then without warning, a summer storm, many miles away high in the cliffs over Zion Canyon, would send a flood down the Virgin River that would roar through the dry channels and rip out their hard-earned dams. As if these conditions weren't bad enough. There were other problems besides the arid, hard land and floods. The people of the Muddy and in Meadow Valley were worried about the possibility of acquisition by Nevada, and as a consequence of this acquisition the assessment of much higher taxes. Worse thanthe taxes they were told they had to pay in gold, which was a rare commodity. They now faced a whole new set of harassments and persecution. The Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nevada, sent a summons to the settlers ordering them to appear at Wiko to pay their 1869 taxes. This was in 1870. If they didn't appear the Sheriff and his posse would come and force the payment, if necessary. Erastus Snow, thereligious leader responsible for the area, who was also a member of the Utah State Legislature, wired back to the settlers telling them to send an agent to Wiko wither Utah tax collection receipts. If this didn't satisfy the tax agents, they were to defend their property. The settlers followed the advise Erastus gave them, but it did not solve the problem, it only postponed the resolution of the difficulty. In August of 1870, the troubles flared again. In a letter signed in 1870, the Church Presidency told the Muddy Mission settlers that they could leave, if they so desired. The people were also advised of their alternatives, and they could decide for themselves whether to remain in the face of mounting troubles or choose to go elsewhere. After permission was given to leave, the evacuation from the Muddy was almost instantaneous.... ***** A new fort and settlement were in the process of being built on Kanab Creek, as a buffer against Indian trepidations; and the "Alfred Young's" signed on. After the hard work, poverty, and disappointment, of the Muddy Mission, the Alfred Young family chose Kanab, Utah, for their next destination. It was the newest frontier and warmer than their homes in the north, but not the blistering summer hear of the "Muddy." It was a place for them to go and make a new start. Here maybe they could support themselves. Kanab was designed to place a bulwarkbetween the Indians and the Southern Utah settlements. The year was 1869, and missionaries had been called to build a fort in Kanab. Alfred and Rhoda and the remaining children in their care, decided, yes, Kanab was the best place for them to go. A NEW SETTLEMENT, KANAB, UTAH ---"HOME" AT LAST--- The Alfred Young family's move to Kanab Fort coincided with a survey of the site. President Brigham Young visited Kanab in September of 1870, and the Kanab Ward was organized. Levi Stewart was called to be their Bishop. Originally the city blocks of five acres each were divided into four lots of 1 and 1/4 acres each. The plan was for a home to be built on each corner with corrals for their animals on the inside of the block. Brigham Lawrence (Brig) was the only one of Rhoda's children who was notmarried. The rest were in Northern Utah and doing well in their own homes. "Brig" was still living with his sister, Frances and her husband, Brigham Hamilton Young and attending school.

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Link to History of Brigham Lawrence Young by Eleanor (McAllister) Hall https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/21856-redir... The reason this link is so important as listed for Alfred Douglas Young, is so that others may read a more complete history of events surrounding his story. He is the father of Brigham Lawrence Young's half-brothers and half-sisters or step sisters (whatever it is called).

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BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES WILLIAM LEE Charles William Lee was born on 11 August 1862 in New Harmony, Washington,Utah Territory to John Doyle and Sarah Caroline Williams Lee. He was the tenth of sixteen children, six girls and ten boys. Seven of the children died at a very young age. His father John was born on 6 September 1812 in Kaskaskia, Randolph,Illinois. His mother Sarah Caroline Williams was bornon 24 November 1830 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 January 1842 at the age of eleven. She married John on 19 April 1844 in Nauvoo,Hancock, Illinois at the age of 13. They received their endowment on 20 January 1846 in the Nauvoo Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Sarah Caroline didn't have any children until they got to the Salt Lake valley . John was first married to Agatha Ann Woolsey on 23 July 1833. They had 13 children, six girls and seven boys. He also married Rachel Andora Woolsey on 19 April 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She was born on 5 August 1825 in Mercer, Kentucky. They had eight children, the oldest born on 3 February 1848 at Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska. They had four girls andfour boys. His family came to Great Salt Lake with the Brigham Young Company in 1848. John was 35 years old; his first wife Agatha Ann Woolsey was 34; Sarah Jane was 10; John Alma was 7; Mary Adelinewas 6; and Joseph Hyrum was 3. Three of their children died before they came west. They departed on 5 June 1848 with 1220 individuals in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. He brought with him a hive of bees but the heat melted down the beehive and destroyed nearly all the bees. When they got to the Elkhorn River, John was in charge of the ferry to get them across the swift current. John was a captain of the 1st fifty. He was also the clerk for Brigham Young. They made it to Chimney Rock by 16 July. By 21 August they had made it to Rocky Ridge. It was beginning to get cold in the nights. There was often frost and ice in the early mornings. They made it to Fort Bridger by 13 September. His wife Rachel Andora Lee fortunately escaped from being crushed by a wagon running over her.She, in trying to escape from the wheels, her clothes got hitched around the hub, which threw her feet between the spokes. Although the hub was almost against a bank 4 feet high, yet by continued exertion,she kept her Body above the bank by rolling with the wheel, until J. D. Lee ran and luckily pulled her out, unharmed, with the of a slight wound on herleft leg which caught between the hub & the bank as he drew her out. They made it to the valley 20-24 September 1848. The families settled in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, for a couple of years then moved down to New Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory by 1855. Sarah was John's fourth wife out of about nineteen that were sealed to him. Four of their children died at an early age. His father John D. Lee was involved in the Mountain Meadow Massacre. The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks began on September 7 and culminated on 11 September 1857, resulting in the mass slaughter of most in the emigrant party by members of the Utah Territorial Militia from the Iron County district, together with some Southern Paiute Native Americans.The death total was 120 and comprised of men, women and children. They did spare the lives of 17 children who were younger than seven. They quickly buried allthe bodies and their haste left the slightly exposed. John was a major of the Nauvoo Legion Territorial Militia and led them in the attack. Lee directed the murder of the wounded.He was later executed on 23 March 1877 by Utah officials. Harvey'smother Sarah Caroline lived with him from 1844 until 1877 when he was executed. After his execution she has her seal broken in the temple and was sealed to Brigham Young. Charles married Leah Armanda Young on 15 October 1879 in St. George,Washington, Utah Territory at age 17. He received his endowments on 28 October 1880 in the St. George Temple in St.George, Washington,Utah Territory at age 18. He was sealed to Leah on 20 January 1881 in the St. George Temple. Leah Armanda was born on 26 October 1858 in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah Territory to John William and Ethalinda Margaret Young. She was the second of twelve children, seven girls and five boys. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 January 1866 at the age of seven. She was 20 years old when they married. Her father came to the Great Salt Lake City with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. her grandfather Alfred Douglas was 40; his wife Anna Mundine was 38; John William was 20. John William was from his first marriage to Malinda Talbert McIntosh who died on 29 August 1829 in Union, Illinois. Malinda Jane was 14;Jacob was 13; Nancy Elizabethwas 9; and Sarah Emily was 6. They departed on 7 June 1848 with 699 individuals in the company when it began its journey from Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They arrived in Great Salt Lake City on 24 September 1848. Their family were first in Provo and then moved south to settle in Santa Clara, Washington,Utah Territory, and Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory. Charles and Leah had nine children, five girls and four boys. Charles William Jr. was born on 31 August 1881 in Antimony, Piute, Utah Territory and died the same day. They move to Arizona Territory where the next two were born. James Parley was born on 27 December 1884 in Central, Graham, Arizona Territory and Minda Caroline was born on 28 October 1886 and died 11 April 1888 in Pima, Graham,Arizona Territory. They moved back and settled in Teasdale, Wayne, Utah Territory where the next four were born. Margaret Gertrude was born on 29 June 1889;John Alphus was born on 31 March 1891; Delila Mae was born on 30 April 1895; and Walter Amon was born on 31 March 1896 and died in 1910 at age 14. The last two children were born in Torrey, Wayne,Utah. Margaret Jane was born on 15 March 1897 and Ruth was born on 25 October 1899. It is believed that they divorced but I could not find any records. Leah died on 3 February 1917 in Torrey, Wayne, Utah. He married Sarah Eleanor Cox on 12 July 1917 in Loa, Wayne, Utah. Sarah was born on 14 July 1902in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico to Philemon and Elizabeth Eleanor Durfee Cox. She was the second of six children, five girls and one boy. Her father died in 1911 in Mexico. Sarah was baptized into the Church on 7 August 1910 at the age of 8. She was 14 years old when they married. He was 54. They had five children, three girls and two boys, all born in Torrey, Wayne, Utah except for one. Charles Philemon was born on 31 March 1919 and died 1 July 1922; Joyce Eleanor was born 10 July 1921; Glenister Edmond was born on 30 October 1922;Phyllis Pearl was born on 28 December 1924 in Pocatello,Bannock,Idaho and died the same day; and Carma Kay was born on 6 March 1926. They must have divorced also. Sarah died on 6 March 1983 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He married Alice Ann Clark on20 November 1939 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah at the age of 77. Alice Ann was born on 25 January 1863 in Sugar House, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. She was 76 years old when they married. Charles died on 8 May 1941 in Torrey, Wayne, Utah at the age of 78. He was buried on 10 May 1941 in Torrey, Wayne, Utah. Alice Ann died on 15 October 1942 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah at the age of 79. She was buried on 24 March 2017.

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Their First Home (Adolphia and Rhoda) (Taken from pages 18-20 of the book History of Brigham Lawrence Young, written by Eleanor McAllister Hall, published in the year 2000.) ***** Their First Home ***** When Adolphia and Rhoda were first married, they made their home in Buffalo Valley, Putnam County, Tennessee. While they lived there, four children were born to them: Frances Gibson, born September8, 1837; Miriam Byrne, born November 16, 1838; Anna (Annie) Ross, born July 13, 1840; and Martha Vance, born February 8, 1842. Six years after that festive day, Adolphia and Rhoda were well established in the log home that Adolphia built. Adolphia was a carpenter by trade and Rhoda a professional seamstress. She made men's suits by hand, before the sewing machine was invented. It's fun to think that maybe the building effort included a few "log raising" parties that required the help of kind friends. They were happy and now had four lively, curly-headed little girls. In the year of 1842, theywere busy, happy and well content, when two Mormon missionaries knocked at their door. Adolphia opened the door and recognized his cousin, Alfred Douglas (later to become Rhoda's second husband) and his companion, John D. Lee. They were dressed in their Sunday best, although it was only Thursday. Adolphia had not seen his cousin, Alfred, since their boyhood days, and he was more than happy to welcome him and his traveling companion into their home. Adolphia and Rhoda were amazed to hear the message that the Mormon Elders brought to them. It was a story that no one living in their hill countryhad ever heard before. They told them about a young boy, Joseph Smith, and how he had received heavenly visitors. They told them that he was told by this messenger that the Church of Jesus Christ in its fullness was to be restored. This was in preparation for the second coming of the Savior. They told them how Jesus had promised His Apostles, when he left the earth, that in the Meridian of Time, he would return. The message rang true to them, and they embraced the newly restored Church with their hearts. They wanted to go the the gathering place for the Saints, (Nauvoo) and so they made theirpreparations to leave farm, friends and family to follow the first modern Prophet of the Lord. Soon they had to say their goodbyes to the members of their families they were leaving behind. Adolphia and Rhoda didn't know when, or if, they would ever see their families again. Tears flowed and hugs lingered. They moved with their four little girls in tow. The decision to move to Nauvoo was exciting. The children enjoyed the details of the journey, but the timing was disastrous. They arrived in Nauvoo at the very peak of the days when there was the greatest persecution. These were tumultuous days for the "Saints" (Saints means followers) as mobs were hunting for the Prophet and other Church leaders, with the intention of destroying the recently restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They felt that if they could destroy the Church leaders that the Church would not be able to continue. ***** Nauvoo City Beautiful ***** When the family arrived in Nauvoo, they lived in the basement (then called a cellar) of the John D. Lee home. He was one of the missionaries who came to their home and taught them the Gospel. Adolphia was building them a small two-room one-story home. The building was going quite slow because of the whole community's commitment to complete the Temple. They knew they would need the blessing they would receive there for the trek west, they had yet to face. Their leaders had made an agreement that they would leave Nauvoo peacefully when spring came, and they were able to sell their property and make the preparations necessary for the trip. [NOTE: Adolphia's brother David, had two daughters who married John Doyle Lee and eventually settled in Washington, Utah.] Adolphia and Rhoda's home was located on Warsaw Street, Block 6, Lot #25. A map of Nauvoo is on page 37.] Frances Gibson (Young) Young (Brigham Lawrence Young's sister) wrote many years later, "My sister, Martha, was a baby while father was building a house for us. We lived in the cellarof John D. Lee's house in Nauvoo. While there, I remember well one morning, just at daybreak, we were awakened by Hyrum Woolsey, John D. Lee's brother-in-law, who called through a knot-hole in the floor." He said, "Oh, Dolph and Rhoda! Joseph and Hyrum have been murdered." Aunt Annie Duke always talked in a hushed sense of awe that made her whisper when she described this event. "Four year old, Martha remembered being in her trundle bed, rising to her knees, and collapsing in tears as did everyone in Nauvoo that fateful day. She said, "There were bushels of tears shed in Nauvoo during those dark days." Two little boys, John and Robert Duke, were playing down by the Mississippi River when to their amazement the stream appeared to be turning to blood! [Annie and Martha later married these two boys, whom they had known as little children.] ********** Kenneth LeRoy Wagner also writes the following about their experience: "John Duke was a young boy in 1840 when his folks joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father, a brick mason, had to work along the way. While they were in Nauvoo, their father was called on a mission to Delaware. During his absence the Prophet Joseph Smith was killed. John and Robert were down by the Mississippi River, when to their amazement the stream appeared to be turning to blood. Shortly afterward a neighbor came along and informed them of the death of the Prophet. His father and mother were sick and were forced to remain in Nauvoo when the Saints were driven out. The mob came and told them they had to leave. The family talked to the mob and told them of the danger it would be to them to move them, but the mobsters replied, "That is good enough for a Mormon." Annie continues, "Porter Rockwell, rough, devoted, capable, and fearless bodyguard of their Prophet rode through the streets screaming, "They've killed them! They've killed Joseph and Hyrum." He was weeping like a child." The terrible news traveled like wild fire and the agony that accompanied it was nearly unbearable. Although it had been predicted, no one thought it could happen. Many experienced bitterness. ****************************** The Young family remained in Nauvoo for two years after the death of Prophet Joseph Smith. As I stated Adolphia was a carpenter by trade, but was able to do most any kind of work, and he worked desperately, along with his fellow Saints, to finish the Temple. Both Adolphia and Rhoda were among the Saints who received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple during those troubled last days. The Temple operated from December 10, 1845, to February 2, 1846, from early morning to very late at night. They were both in attendance at the meeting where Brigham Young took on the appearance of Joseph Smith, and the mantle of the Presidency fell upon him. Rhoda frequently told her children that they witnessed the transformation of Brigham Young. They said as he was speaking, he suddenly took on the image of Joseph Smith, with all of his physical features, even his voice. Those in attendance said that the Lord was making his choice manifest to all. They never doubted that he was to lead them to their refuge in the West. Adolphia and Rhoda named their next born son after their Prophet. They named him Brigham Lawrence. The Lawrence helped make the distinction between the two names much easier for us. The second name, Lawrence, was from his mother's family. In the Byrne family this was a common name and used for several generations. Their testimony of Brigham Young, as their Prophet, was always steadfast. During Adolphia and Rhoda's time in Nauvoo, their family was blessed with two more children, Samuel Smith, born February 24, 1844, and Adolphia Allen, born March 12, 1846, before the violence of the mobs finally forced them to abandon their home in Nauvoo, and flee with the other Saints to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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The Vision of Alfred Douglas Young The Vision of Alfred Douglas Young heaven Alfred Douglas Young, an early convert to the Church, was conversing with his brother on the morning of September 17, 1841,about the principles of the gospel, when he was constrained by the Spirit to go to some secret place to meditate. This is his story. "On the following morning September 17th about nine o'clock my brother and myself were sitting on the trunk of a tree in front of his house talking on the principles of the gospel. While conversing a spirit came over me which created a sensation as if a quantity of blood warm water was poured over me coming onto my head first. I was filled with light, peace and joy. I was impressed to retire into some secret place. As I arose to my feet I asked my brother if he would go with me. "As we walked he continued to speak on the principles of the gospel and the gifts that had been made manifest, but I had little to say as I was in deep meditation. When we had retired about 200 paces from the house into a piece of heavy timber I saw a light burst through the tops of the trees a little southeast of me. I was wrapped in a light which far exceeded the light of the sun. A personage appeared clothed in a white robe exceeding in brightness the light of the sun. Around his head this light gathered into a halo of brightness exceeding in intensity everything else around. He was dressed in white robes and his feet were bare. My nature could not bear the presence of this glorious person and I sank to the ground. "My brother, walking by my side, as he afterwards stated, saw my countenance change and that I was sinking to the ground. He took hold of my clothes at the breast and let me gently down. This much I do know that my spirit went out of my body and stood just over it, and gazed at it and my brother standing by it. Whether or not my spirit was commanded to come out of my body by the personage in whose presence I was, I know not. "The personage or angel said to me, 'Follow thou me.' He ascended upwards in the direction from whence he came and I followed him. He took me into the presence of God the Father and of His Son Jesus Christ, with the exceptionthere was a rail between us; but I saw Them seated on a throne. I had in my hands many sheaves of wheat of the purest white. There was an altar on my left hand and also one directly in front of me. The one on my left appeared to be about three feet in height; the one in front about eighteen inches. I laid the sheaves of wheat that were in my hands on the altar to my left as an offering to the Lord. I bowed myself on my knees on the altar in front of me which was also in front of the throne. I prayed God the Father in the name of His Son Jesus Christ to accept of the offering I had laid upon the altar. REPORT THIS AD REPORT THIS AD "While I prayed, the rail was removed and I stood upon my feet. Jesus arose and stepped from the side of his Father and came near where I stood. I was in their presence and I gazed upon their glory. "Jesus then said to me, 'Your offering is accepted and wouldst thou know the interpretation thereof?' I replied, 'Yes, Lord.' The angel, my conductor, said, 'Look,' and I saw as it were, an innumerable company that had come up from all nations, kindreds and peoples around the thrown[sic] of God and they fell down and worshipped him and gave glory to Him. Jesus then said, 'These are they; thou shalt be the means of bringing into my Father's kingdom and this is the interpretation of the offering thou hast laid upon the altar.' "Jesus continued to speak and shewed me many things pertaining to His Father's kingdom. One thing I am at liberty to tell; the others I am not. He told me to look. I looked and saw that there were neither sun nor moon to give light but the Father and His Son were the light that lighted all the kingdoms of the world. This is all of the vision of the celestial world that I am permitted to write. "The angel said again to me, 'Look.' I looked and beheld a lesser kingdom, typified by the moon. It received its light from the celestial kingdom and the inhabitants thereof seemed to exceed those of the celestial world, but the glory was not equal to that of the celestial. I saw many angels descending and ascending between the celestial and terrestrial worlds. I saw the angels descending and ascending between the terrestrial andtelestial worlds and administering to the inhabitants of the latter. The glory of the telestial seemed great but not of that of the terrestrial. "The angel said again to me, 'Look.' As I looked I beheld another world in which the inhabitants appeared to be less in number than in any of the other. It was neither one of light or of glory; but one of suffering. It was shaded with darkness. It appeared to be a pit; and a thick darkness of smoke ascended upwards as far as I could see. The inhabitants appeared to be suffering beyond anything I can describe. This passed from my vision. For a short time the angel withdrew from me and I was left alone."(Alfred Douglas Young, "Autobiographical Journal," 1808-1842, pp. 3-13.)

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Jane Watson Sanford Young, Fanny Young Noble-Mom/Daughteg Jane Watson Sanford Young Fanny Young Noble Mother and Daughter Jane Watson Sanford was born to Louisa Young and Joel Hubbard Sanford on the 12th of March in 1830 in Hector, Topkins Co., New York. Jane was the third of four children and the second daughter of two. Not much is known about her growing up years. Her mother was the sister of Brigham Young. The Young family brothers and sisters lived by each other in New York. They were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with the saints to Missouri, Illinois, and Utah. Her mother died when she was three years old. The oldest child Mary, went to live with her mother's sister Susannah Young Stilson. Jane must have stayed with her father Joel Sanford. He died in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1847. Jane was married to Samuel Milton Howe in New Hampshire, Connecticut, where two sons were born to them. Samuel Howe joined the L.D.S. church because his wifewas a member. They came to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. Here a baby girl, Louisa Howe was born. Samuel Howe was a good bookkeeper and provided well for his family. But he did not like the west. He asked his wife to return to the East, where he was raised. She refused, so he deserted her and the family and returned to the East. Jane said she would rather sacrifice her husband than her faith in the gospel and her God. Uncle Brigham Young asked her to bring her three children and live in the Lion House. The hardships were great for one alone. This she did for two years. While living in the LionHouse she met Alfred Douglas Young. They were married February 17, 1853 in Salt Lake City. Alfred Young a polygamist took Jane as his third wife. Their first child, Alfred Douglas Young Junior was born December 2, 1853 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah. Not long there after they moved to Provo, Utah. Their daughter Fanny was born in Provo, on September 22, 1857. Two sons were added to this union, Squire Dagbert in October of 1859 and Joseph in May of 1862. Jane became ill with crippling inflammatory rheumatism, she was so bad, someone in the family had to stay with her all the time.Her oldest two sons from her first marriage to Samuel Howe, had work that took them from state to state. On one of these trips they were molested and killed by the Indians. This was more than Jane could bear not knowing where the bodies of her sons were. She pinned herself into a deeper illness. Louisa Howe, Jane's oldest daughter, was at home. Night and day she labored to care for her ailing mother and four younger siblings. On September 20, 1862, Louisa, exhausted, feel into a deep sleep. She was awakened by the baby Joseph crying, so she went to get him. Her mother Jane, had died and was holding the baby tightly in her arms. Jane Watson Sanford Young was buried in the Provo City Cemetery in September of 1862. Louisa, probably no more than 12 years old and the oldest of Jane's living children, mothered her brothers and sister for three more years. Then she went to Salt Lake City to live with some relatives and work. Here she met and married William H. Brown. Their father's second wife Rhoda Byrne Young also cared for the children. When Alfred D. Young was called to help build up the "Muddy" in Nevada, he took his wife Rhoda, her children and Janes' boys, Alfred, Squire Dagbert and Joseph. After Brigham Young dissolved the "Muddy Mission," Alfred settled his family in Kanab, Utah. Fanny stayed in Provo with Alfred's first wife Annie Chapel Young. Fanny was raised to young womanhood in Provo. When she later joined her family in Kanab, Utah, she married Edward Alvah Noble. She was his second wife. Fanny was married in the Endowment House, April 10, 1873, in Salt Lake City at the tender age of fifteen. The story is told that on the way home to Kanab from her marriage in Salt Lake City, they stopped to see Fanny's sister Louisa Howe Brown in Provo. Fanny cried as she toldher sister in private, that her husband's first wife had come with them and had not let them have a moment alone. How hard that must have been, yet such a comfort to have a sister to console her. Fanny Young Noble bore her husband two daughters. Fanny Adeline Noble, a joy to her parents was born November 8, 1874. She was a blue-eyed darling. When "Addie," as they called Adeline, was sixteen months old and Eliza seven days old, they lost their most precious possession. They lost the love and gentle care of their mother. Fanny Young Noble died March 19, 1876 in Kanab. She had Just eighteen short years of life here on earth. Complied by Pearl Raynes Hart

• Residence: Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 1852-1853
• Residence: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States - 1860
• Residence: Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory, United States - 1880
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