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Significant Dates and Events in the Lifetime of Brigham Young, Quotations from Brigham Young
'''Brigham Young''' (June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and the president of the [[LDS Church|Mormons]] (LDS church). After [[Joseph Smith]], the founder, was killed in 1844 by a lynch mob while awaiting trial for charges of treason in [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, Young was appointed the faith's new leader.
'''Brigham Young''' (June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was the second [[Prophet|prophet]] and the president of the [[LDS Church|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. After [[Joseph Smith]], the founder, was killed in 1844 by a lynch mob while awaiting trial for charges of treason in [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, Young was appointed the faith's new leader.
Young led a group from Nauvoo to [[Salt Lake City]] in what is now [[Utah]], where he established what the Mormons call [[New Zion]]. While in Salt Lake Brigham Young started a school ([[Brigham Young University]]) and a clothing store, [[ZCMI]] (Zion Cooperative Mercantile Exchange). ZCMI was later purchased by Meyer & Frank, and in 2006 was purchased by Macy's. Prior to the sale, ZCMI was solely owned an operated by the LDS church.
Young led a group from Nauvoo to [[Salt Lake City]] in what is now [[Utah]], where he established what the Mormons call [[New Zion]]. While in Salt Lake Brigham Young started a school ([[Brigham Young University]]) and a clothing store, [[ZCMI]] (Zion Cooperative Mercantile Exchange). ZCMI was later purchased by Meyer & Frank, and in 2006 was purchased by Macy's. Prior to the sale, ZCMI was solely owned an operated by the LDS church.
=Significant Dates and Events in the Lifetime of Brigham Young=
Church Membership 1844: 35,000 (est.) 1877: 155,000 (est.)<br>
1877 - [[Stakes]]: 20 [[Missions]]: 9 [[Temples]] 1<br>
U.S. Population, 1877: 48 million (est.)<br>
World Population, 1877: 1.3 billion (est.)<br>
US. [[Presidents_of_the_United_States|Presidents]] (1844-77): [[John Tyler]], [[James K. Polk]], [[Zachary Taylor]], [[Millard Fillmore]], [[Franklin Pierce]], [[James Buchanan]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
1801 Brigham Young was born in [[Whittingham]], [[Windham County]], [[Vermont]], June 1.
1815 Mother died; Brigham began to earn his own way in life, eventually becoming a [[carpenter]].
1822 Joined the [[Methodist]] Church, September.
1824 Married [[Miriam Works]], [[Aurelius]], [[New York]], October 8.
1829 Moved to [[Mendon]], New York, where his father and most of his brothers and sisters lived.
1830 [[Samuel H. Smith]], as a [[missionary]], left a copy of the [[Book of Mormon]] at the home of [[Phineas Young]], brother to Brigham; Phineas read the book and then Brigham read it.
1832 [[Baptism|Baptized]] into the Church by [[Eleazar Miller]], who [[ordained]] him an [[elder]], April 14. Brigham [[converted]] all his brothers and sisters, his father, and his wife. Brigham arrived in [[Kirtland]] with his brother [[Joseph Young|Joseph]] and [[Heber C. Kimball]]; they met with the Prophet Joseph Smith, September.
1832-33 Served mission to [[Canada]] and later led many [[converts]] to Kirtland.
1833 Moved to Kirtland with his two daughters.
1834 Married [[Mary Ann Angell]], February; joined in march of [[Zion's Camp]].
1834-35 Worked on [[Kirtland Temple]], supervising carpentry work.
1835 Ordained an [[apostle]] by [[Oliver Cowdery]], [[David Whitmer]], [[Martin Harris]], February 15; was a member of the original [[Quorum of the Twelve]] (age 33).
1836 Helped complete the Kirtland Temple; did missionary work in Eastern States.
1837 Fled to [[Missouri]] with Joseph Smith due to [[persecution]].
1838 Became senior member of the Council of the Twelve, directed the Church while Joseph Smith was in [[prison]]; led [[exodus]] from Missouri.
1839-41 Served mission to [[Great Britain]].
1840 Was [[sustained]] as [[President of the Council of the Twelve]], April 14, at age 38.
1843 Served short mission to Eastern States.
1844 [[Martyr|Martyrdom]] of Prophet Joseph Smith. Brigham spoke to the Saints on August 4 and was [[transfigured]] before them; the Saints accepted him as their leader.
1844-77 Missions were opened in [[Wales]], [[California]], [[France]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], the [[Sandwich Islands]], [[Australia]], [[India]], [[Malta]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Germany]], [[Europe]], [[South Africa]], [[Siam]], the [[Netherlands]], the Eastern and Southern States. and [[Indian Territory]].
''The following became states: [[Florida]], [[Iowa]], California, [[Oregon]], [[West Virginia]], [[Nebraska]], [[Texas]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Minnesota]], [[Kansas]], [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]].''
=Quotations from Brigham Young=
==America==
<blockquote>To accuse us of being unfriendly to the government is to accuse us of [[hostility]] to our [[religion]], for no item of inspiration is held more sacred with us than the [[Constitution]] under which America acts.</blockquote>
==Apostasy==
<blockquote>We may apostatize from the faith, and go out of the church and kingdom of God, and be lost; but this will have no effect upon the progress of the Lord's work, neither can all the powers of hell combined accomplish aught against it.</blockquote>
==Book of Mormon==
<blockquote>There is not another nation under heaven, in whose midst the Book of Mormon could have been brought forth. The Lord had been operating for centuries to prepare the way for the coming forth of the contents of that book from the bowels of the earth, to be published to the world, to show to the inhabitants thereof that he still lives, and that he will, in the latter days, gather his elect from the four corners of the earth.</blockquote>
=Sources=
*West, Emerson Roy. Profiles of the Presidents'', Deseret Book Co: Utah (1972)
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