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Lorenzo Dow Young, 18071895 (aged 88 years)

Name
Lorenzo Dow /Young/
Surname
Young
Given names
Lorenzo Dow
Family with parents
father
17631839
Birth: 6 March 1763 34 36 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 12 October 1839Quincy, Adams, Illinois
mother
17661814
Birth: 3 May 1766 30 23 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 11 June 1814Aurilius, Cayuga, New York, USA
Marriage Marriage31 October 1785Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
9 months
elder sister
17861860
Birth: 6 August 1786 23 20 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 19 September 1860Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
15 months
elder sister
17871859
Birth: 8 November 1787 24 21 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 11 June 1859Utah, USA
22 months
elder sister
17891840
Birth: 10 September 1789 26 23 Durham Greene, Chenango, New York, USA
Death: 8 January 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
21 months
elder brother
17911870
Birth: 22 May 1791 28 25 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 27 April 1870Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
23 months
elder sister
17931807
Birth: 22 April 1793 30 26 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 1807
2 years
elder sister
17951852
Birth: 7 June 1795 32 29 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 5 May 1852Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
22 months
elder brother
17971881
Birth: 7 April 1797 34 30 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 16 July 1881Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
23 months
elder brother
17991879
Birth: 16 February 1799 35 32 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 10 October 1879Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2 years
elder brother
18011877
Birth: 1 June 1801 38 35 Whitingham, Windham, Vermont
Death: 29 August 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
3 years
elder sister
18041833
Birth: 26 September 1804 41 38 Sherborn, Chenango, New York, USA
Death: 1 August 1833Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
3 years
himself
18071895
Birth: 19 October 1807 44 41 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, USA
Death: 21 November 1895Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Father’s family with Hannah Dennis
father
17631839
Birth: 6 March 1763 34 36 Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: 12 October 1839Quincy, Adams, Illinois
stepmother
Marriage Marriage20 August 1815Tyrone, Steuben, New York, USA
Family with Persis Goodall
himself
18071895
Birth: 19 October 1807 44 41 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, USA
Death: 21 November 1895Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
wife
1806
Birth: 15 March 1806Watertown, Wattertown, Jefferson, N.Y.
Marriage Marriage26 June 1826Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA
8 months
son
18271894
Birth: 21 February 1827 19 20 Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA
Death: 15 April 1894Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
10 years
son
18371931
Birth: 30 April 1837 29 31 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Death: 15 September 1931Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA
son
Family with Harriet Page Wheeler
himself
18071895
Birth: 19 October 1807 44 41 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, USA
Death: 21 November 1895Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
wife
18031871
Birth: 7 September 1803 Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New York, USA
Death: 23 December 1871Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Marriage Marriage9 March 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
18 months
son
18441844
Birth: 5 September 1844 36 40 Waynesville, Warren, Ohio
Death: 5 September 1844Waynesville, Warren, Ohio
3 years
son
18471848
Birth: 20 September 1847 39 44 Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: 22 March 1848
Isaac Perry Decker + Harriet Page Wheeler
wife’s husband
17991873
Birth: 29 November 1799Taghkanic, Columbia, New York, USA
Death: 13 June 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
wife
18031871
Birth: 7 September 1803 Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New York, USA
Death: 23 December 1871Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Marriage Marriage1820
6 years
stepdaughter
18261917
Birth: 13 March 1826 26 22 Phelps, Ontario, New York, USA
Death: 20 May 1917
-4 years
stepdaughter
18221890
Birth: 17 May 1822 22 18 Phelps, Ontario, New York, USA
Death: 24 January 1890
Birth
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Marriage of a parent
Marriage
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LDS baptism
September 1832 (aged 24 years)
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Burial of a sister
Marriage
Birth of a son
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LDS endowment
13 December 1845 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a son
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Marriage of a son
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Death of a sister
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Death of a brother
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Death
Burial
Unique identifier
914F7EB5E89EE54CAB0CB5C7F1BEC49F0F00
Last change
14 March 201401:10:39
Author of last change: Danny
Note

LORENZO DOW YOUNG'S LIFE OF DEDICATION
(Compiled and written by David Kenison,Orem, Utah, dkenison@xmi
ssion.com)
In two previous posts, we read about experiences of Lorenzo Do
w Young, brother of Brigham Young, in his early life which showe
d his spiritual sensitivity and preparation.
Lorenzo and his wife Persis learned about the restoration in 183
2 when they had a chance to read the Book of Mormon. They were q
uickly converted, and moved to Kirtland. Lorenzoassisted in th
e building of the Temple, "having charge of the outside plasteri
ng, which was pronounced a fine piece of workmanship." He also s
erved asa missionary.
The family moved to Missouri, where he purchased 160 acres of la
nd and built a log house. After working the land and bringin
g a good crop,he was driven from his home by the enemies of th
e Church, leaving almost everything behind. It was said he had "
a thousand bushels of corn ready to harvest" which he left, alon
g with his house, "three cows and a yoke of oxen; the latter bei
ng killed for beef to supply General Clark's mob militia." The
y escaped with only a light wagon and a team of horses, and a li
ttle bedding, andtraveled to Nauvoo to start over.
In Nauvoo, Lorenzo was ordained a Seventy and received his templ
e endowment. He also married a second wife, Harriet Wheeler, bef
ore again being forced to leave their home in the spring of 1846
.
The Youngs moved West with the Saints and were in Winter Quarter
s during thehard winter of 1846-47. When the first party was fo
rmed for the journey to the Great Salt Lake in spring 1847, Lore
nzo was a part of the group, along withhis wife Harriet (one o
f only three women included), his son Lorenzo, and his stepson I
saac Decker (the only two children in the first company).
Lorenzo's first deed in the valley was to plant some potatoes th
at he had brought across the plains with him. The first year's c
rop was barely successful, getting such a late start, but he wa
s able to save "a few small tubers for seed." Those were replant
ed the next year with better success, and Lorenzo was able to ha
ve the potatoes "dealt out in two-quart lots to some of his fell
ow settlers."
His wife Harriet bore a child less than two months after their a
rrival in the valley, the first white male child to be born ther
e- named Lorenzo Dow Young, like his father. The baby lived onl
y a few months. Persis and the rest of the family joined them th
e next year.
In 1849, Lorenzo and Harriet traveled east. In Missouri, they co
llected provisions: 500 sheep, 80 cattle, several horses. Durin
g the return trip, they had some difficulties with Indians:
"Near one of the Pawnee Indian villages, a young man of the trib
e rode inamong the sheep, and with the utmost [boldness] speare
d one of the lambs androde off with it. The Pioneer's blood wa
s up in an instant. The Indian was pursued, shot at, and, as hi
s fellows claimed, severely wounded in the leg by ayoung Irishm
an having charge of the sheep. As indemnity the savages demande
d five beeves, which the owner refused, at the same time agreein
g to give two beeves. The proffer was rejected and the Indians r
eturned to their village.At sunrise next morning hundreds of Pa
wnees, armed and in war paint, rode into the camp, where their c
hief reiterated the demand for five beeves. Again 'Uncle Lorenzo
' refused, reminding them that the young Indian was the aggresso
r and had deserved his fate; and while for peace sake he was wil
ling to part with two of his cattle, he was not willing to be ro
bbed and would not givemore. The chief's eyes snapped angrily a
s this bold answer was interpreted tohim, and he looked aroun
d significantly upon his assembled braves, who apparently wher
e only awaiting the signal to help themselves to the sheep and c
attle of the company. The sturdy pioneer also looked around; hi
s wife and little stepson were sitting in the wagon, listening