- Joseph Angell Young
:"For the brother of
Brigham Young and presiding president of theFirst Quorum of the Seventy in the LDS Church, seeJoseph Young ."LDSApostleshipinfo
English name = Joseph Angell Young
birth_name=Joseph Angell Young
birth_date=birth date|1834|10|14
birthplace=Kirtland,Ohio
death_date=death date and age|1875|08|05|1834|10|14
deathplace=Manti,Utah Territory
president_who_called=Brigham Young
apostledate=death date and age|1864|02|04|1834|10|14
ordination_reason=Brigham Young's discretion [Brigham Young ordained three of his sons in 1864 without adding them to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Joseph Angell Young was never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency.]
end_date=death date and age|1875|08|05|1834|10|14
end_reason=Death
reorganization=None [Since Young was not a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency, no one was called to the apostleship as a replacement after he died.]Joseph Angell Young (
October 14 ,1834 –August 5 ,1875 ) was an apostle ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Young is one of the fewLatter-day Saint s in history to have been ordained to the office of apostle without ever becoming a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency of the church. [David Whitmer was an ordained apostle but was never a member of either quorum. Some have also suggested that Martin Harris was an ordained apostle. See Brigham Young, "Journal of Discourses " 6:320 and Heber C. Kimball, "Journal of Discourses" 6:29.]Young was born in Kirtland,
Ohio , the eldest child ofBrigham Young andMary Ann Angell . He was baptized into the church in Kirtland by his father at the age of eight. In 1847, Young travelled with his family and a group ofMormon pioneers fromNauvoo ,Illinois to theUtah Territory .Young was a missionary for the LDS Church in
England from 1854 to 1856, working inLiverpool ,Manchester , andBradford . Upon his return toUtah Territory , Young married Margaret Whitehead, a native of England.In 1864,
Brigham Young ordained three of his sons to the priesthood office of apostle—Brigham Young, Jr. ,John Willard Young , and Joseph Angell. Unlike his two brothers, Joseph Angell would never become a member of the First Presidency nor, like Brigham Jr., a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Joseph Angell was active in territorial politics and was a member of the Utah Territory's House of Representatives in its 6th, 11th, and 12th sessions and was a member of the territory's senate in its 14th through 19th sessions.In 1872, Young was called to preside over the Sevier District of the church in present-day central
Utah . He became the firststake president of the Sevier Stake when it was organized in 1874. Young served only a few months before dying unexpectedly in Manti, Utah Territory at the age of forty. Young is the father ofRichard Whitehead Young , who was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Territory of thePhilippines Supreme Court between 1899 and 1901.Notes
References
*Jenson, Andrew. "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia". Vol. 1. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901.
*Warnock, Irvin, and Lexia Warnock, eds. "Our Own Sevier". Richfield, Utah: Sevier County Commissioners, 1965.
*Young, Brigham. "Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons". Edited and with an introduction byDean C. Jessee . Salt Lake City:Deseret Book , 1974.
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