Mary Ann Angell

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Mary Ann Angell Young was the second woman married to LDS church leader Brigham Young. They were married in 1834, and she bore him six children.[1] One of these children was Brigham Young, Jr., who was ordained an apostle by his father in 1864, but was not placed in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until 1868. John Willard Young, another one of her sons, was the first counselor in the First Presidency at the end of Brigham Youngs administartion. Another was Joseph Angell Young who was ordained an apostle in 1864 but never became a member of either the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency.

Mary Ann Angell was the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman Angell.

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  1. ^ Brigham Young's Wives and his divorce from Eliza Ann Webb
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