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Eighteen of Young's wives and their children traveled to Utah with the Brigham Young Company in 1848. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Young would often attend cultural events and public gatherings with his wives, usually only one, and his children.
Young also led the foundings of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Young was a polygamist, marrying a total of 55 wives, 54 of them after he converted to Mormonism. [1] The policy was difficult for many in the church.
Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm / BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) [4] was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
LDS Church president Brigham Young had 51 wives, and 56 children by 16 of those wives. [ 61 ] LDS Church apostle Heber C. Kimball had 43 wives, and had 65 children by 17 of those wives.
The Mormon doctrine of plural wives was officially announced by one of the Twelve Apostles, Orson Pratt, and church president Brigham Young in a special conference of the elders of the LDS Church assembled in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on 28 August 1852, and reprinted in the Deseret News Extra the following day. [2]
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