Brigham Young Biography

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NAME: Brigham Young
OCCUPATION: Missionary
BIRTH DATE: June 01, 1801
DEATH DATE: August 29, 1877
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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Born on June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont, 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. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 29, 1877.