Brigham Young Biography

Brigham Young biography

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NAME: Brigham Young
OCCUPATION: Missionary
BIRTH DATE: June 01, 1801
DEATH DATE: August 29, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH: Whitingham, Vermont

PLACE OF DEATH: Salt Lake City, Utah

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Brigham Young was an American Mormon leader and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West.

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Brigham Young was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) in 1832. In 1834, he joined in the march to Missouri to help dispossessed Mormons regain their lands. Young next selected Salt Lake City as a gathering place for the Mormons and remained there for the rest of his life, dispatching missions to California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming.