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To: Old Mountain man

Wives of Brigham Young

(Columns are defined below.)
                                     WAM  BAM   NWM   CBY  Notes           Birth Date      Marriage Date         Death Date

Brigham Young                                           57                   June 1, 1801                           August 29, 1877
 1. Miriam Works                     ?18    22     1     2                           1806      October 8, 1824    September 8, 1832
 2. Mary Ann Angell                   30    32     1     6                   June 8, 1803    February 16, 1834        June 27, 1882
 3. Lucy Ann Decker                   20    41     2     7                   May 17, 1822        June 15, 1842     January 24, 1890
 4. Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell   18    42    ?3     1               November 7, 1824     November 2, 1843     November 5, 1898
 5. Augusta Adams                    ?41    42    ?4                                 1802     November 2, 1843                 1886
 6. Clarissa Decker                   15    42     5     5                  July 22, 1828          May 8, 1844      January 5, 1889
 7. Clarissa Ross                     30    43     6     4                  June 16, 1814   September 10, 1844     October 17, 1858
 8. Emily Dow Partridge               20    43     7     7   *JS        February 28, 1824      September, 1844            Dec, 1899
 9. Susan Snively                     29    43     8                        October, 1815     November 2, 1844    November 20, 1892
10. Olive Grey Frost                  28    43     9         *JS            July 24, 1816       February, 1845      October 6, 1845
11. Emmeline Free                    ?19    43    10    10                           1826       April 30, 1845        July 17, 1875
12. Margaret Pierce                  ?22   ?44    11     1                 April 19, 1823                 1845     January 16, 1907
13. Maria Lawrence                          44    11         *JS                                 January, 1846                 1847
14. Ellen Rockwood                   ?16    44    12                                 1829        January, 1846      January 6, 1866
15. Martha Bowker                     23    44    13                     January 24, 1822     January 21, 1846   September 26, 1890
16. Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter      24    44    14                       March 20, 1821     January 26, 1846                 1909
17. Zina Diantha Huntington           25    44    15     1   *JS         January 31, 1821     February 2, 1846      August 29, 1901
18. Louisa Beaman                    ?31   ?45    16     5   *JS         February 7, 1815                 1846         May 15, 1850
19. Margaret Maria Alley              20    45    17     2              December 19, 1825     October 14, 1846     November 5, 1852
20. Lucy Bigelow                      16    45   ?18     3                October 3, 1830          March, 1847     February 3, 1905
21. Mary Jane Bigelow                 19    45   ?19         *S-1851     October 15, 1827       March 20, 1847   September 26, 1866
22. Eliza R. Snow                     45    48    19         *JS         January 21, 1804        June 29, 1849     December 5, 1888
23. Eliza Burgess                    ?23    49    19     1                           1827      October 3, 1850            Aug, 1915
24. Harriet Barney                   ?25    54    18     1                           1830       March 14, 1856    February 14, 1911
25. Harriet Amelia Folsom             24    61    18                      August 23, 1838     January 24, 1863    December 11, 1910
26. Mary Van Cott                     22    63    19     1               February 2, 1844      January 8, 1865     January 15, 1884
27. Ann Eliza Webb                    23    66    18         *D-1876   September 13, 1844        April 6, 1868       

(Column Descriptions)       WAM: Wife's Age at Marriage.
                                          BAM: Brigham Young's Age at Marriage.
                                                NWM: Number of Wives after Marriage.
                                                      CBY: Children of Brigham Young.
                                                             *D: Divorced Brigham Young.
                                                             *S: Separated from Brigham Young.
                                                             *JS: Married Joseph Smith (Martyred in 1844).

50 posted on 04/21/2008 8:25:32 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe

Very good. I can see that you can tell the difference between 27 and 50, unlike others here.


56 posted on 04/21/2008 8:39:15 AM PDT by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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Where did this come from? I am only asking because years ago I read the book written by Ann Eliza Webb- she filed for divorce from BY- anyway she claimed to be his 19th wife and some LDS historians said she was his 17th. I guess with all the marriages it was possible for everyone to lose track.LOL


87 posted on 04/21/2008 9:44:20 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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