Chart of Wives
Chart of Brigham Young's wives.
| No. | Marriage date and Young's age at marriage | Photo | Name, lifespan, and age at marriage | Wife's status at marriage | Notes |
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| 1 | October 8, 1824(1824-10-08) (aged 23) |
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Miriam Angeline Works (1806–1832) (aged 18) | first marriage | 2 children; died prior to Young becoming a Latter Day Saint |
| 2 | March 31, 1834(1834-03-31) (aged 32) |
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Mary Ann Angell (1808–1882) (aged 27) | first marriage | This was not a plural marriage, as Young was a widower at the time; 6 children; mother of Brigham Young, Jr., John Willard Young and Joseph Angell Young. |
| 3 | June 14, 1842(1842-06-14) (aged 41) |
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Lucy Ann Decker (1822–1890) (aged 20) | abandoned by non-Mormon husband William Seeley (not divorced) | First plural wife of Brigham Young; 7 children |
| 4 | November 2, 1843(1843-11-02) (aged 42) |
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Augusta Adams (1802–1886) (aged 40) | married to non-Mormon Henry Cobb (divorced in 1847) | Young later married her son's ex-wife, Mary Van Cott Cobb (No. 51 below). Grandmother of architect Henry Ives Cobb. |
| 5 | November 2, 1843(1843-11-02) (aged 42) | Harriet Elizabeth Cook (1824–1898) (aged 19) | first marriage | 1 child | |
| 6 | May 8, 1844(1844-05-08) (aged 42) |
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Clarissa Caroline Decker (1828–1889) (aged 15) | first marriage | 5 children |
| 7 | September 1844 (aged 43) |
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Emily Dow Partridge (1824–1899) (aged 20). | plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | Daughter of Edward Partridge; sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for life; 7 children; mother of Don Carlos Young. |
| 8 | September 10, 1844(1844-09-10) (aged 43) |
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Clarissa Ross (1814–1857) (aged 30) | first marriage | 4 children; mother of Maria Young Dougall and Willard Young |
| 9 | September 19, 1844(1844-09-19) (aged 43) |
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Louisa Beaman (1815–1850) (aged 29) | plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for life; 5 children |
| 10 | October 3, 1844(1844-10-03) (aged 43) |
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Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887) (aged 40) | plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for life |
| 11 | October 3, 1844(1844-10-03) (aged 43) | Elizabeth Fairchild (1828–1910) (aged 16) | first marriage | divorced 1855 | |
| 12 | October 8, 1844(1844-10-08) (aged 43) | Clarissa Blake (1796–?) (aged 48) | widow of -- Morse; married to Mormon husband Lyman Homiston | ||
| 13 | October 9, 1844(1844-10-09) (aged 43) | Rebecca Holman (1824–1849) (aged 20) | first marriage | ||
| 14 | October 10, 1844(1844-10-10) (aged 43) | Diana Chase (1827–1886) (aged 17) | first marriage | divorced prior to 1849 | |
| 15 | October 31, 1844(1844-10-31) (aged 43) | Susanne Snively (1815–1892) (aged 29) | first marriage | ||
| 16 | November 7, 1844(1844-11-07) (aged 43) | Olive Grey Frost (1816–1845) (aged 28) | plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for life | |
| 17 | January 15, 1845(1845-01-15) (aged 43) | Mary Ann Clark (1816–?) (aged 28) | previously married to —— Powers (unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated) | divorced June 1851 | |
| 18 | January 16, 1845(1845-01-16) (aged 43) |
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Margaret Pierce (1823–1907) (aged 22) | widow of Morris Whitesides | sealed to Morris Whitesides for eternity and Young for time; 1 child |
| 19 | January 16, 1845(1845-01-16) (aged 43) | Mary Pierce (1821–1847) (aged 25) | first marriage | ||
| 20 | April 30, 1845(1845-04-30) (aged 43) |
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Emmeline Free (1826–1875) (aged 18) | first marriage | 10 children |
| 21 | May 22, 1845(1845-05-22) (aged 43) | Mary Elizabeth Rollins (1818–1910) (aged 26) | married to non-Mormon Adam Lightner and plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for time; remained living with Lightner | |
| 22 | January 14, 1846(1846-01-14) (aged 44) | Margaret Alley (1825–1852) (aged 20) | first marriage | 2 children | |
| 23 | January 15, 1846(1846-01-15) (aged 44) | Olive Andrews (1818–?) (aged 27) | posthumous plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for time | |
| 24 | January 15, 1846(1846-01-15) (aged 44) | Emily Haws (1823–?) (aged 22) | widow of William Whitmarsh | ||
| 25 | January 21, 1846(1846-01-21) (aged 44) |
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Martha Bowker (1822–1890) (aged 23) | first marriage | |
| 26 | January 21, 1846(1846-01-21) (aged 44) | Ellen Rockwood (1829–1866) (aged 16) | first marriage | ||
| 27 | January 28, 1846(1846-01-28) (aged 44) | Jemima Angel (1803–1869) (aged 42) | divorced from Valentine Young (no relation) | ||
| 28 | January 28, 1846(1846-01-28) (aged 44) | Abigail Marks (1781–1846) (aged 69) | widow of Asa Works | sealed to Works for eternity and Young for time; Abigail Marks was the mother of Young's first wife, Miriam Works | |
| 29 | January 28, 1846(1846-01-28) (aged 44) | Phebe Morton (1776–1854) (aged 59) | widow of James W. Angel | sealed to Angel for eternity and Young for time | |
| 30 | January 28, 1846(1846-01-28) (aged 44) | Cynthia Porter (1783–1861) (aged 62) | married to William Weston (unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated) | ||
| 31 | January 31, 1846(1846-01-31) (aged 44) | Mary Eliza Nelson (1812–1885) (aged 33) | widow of John P. Greene | sealed to John P. Greene for eternity and Young for time; divorced by 1850 | |
| 32 | January 31, 1846(1846-01-31) (aged 44) |
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Rhoda Richards (1784–1879) (aged 61) | plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for time |
| 33 | February 2, 1846(1846-02-02) (aged 44) |
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Zina Diantha Huntington (1821–1901) (aged 25) | married to Mormon Henry Bailey Jacobs; plural widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. | sealed to Joseph Smith, Jr. for eternity and Young for time; not sealed to Jacobs; lived with Young; 1 child |
| 34 | February 3, 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 44) | Amy Cecilia Cooper (1804–1852) (aged 41) | married to (non-Mormon?) Joseph Aldrich; separated later and he remarried | ||
| 35 | February 3, 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 44) | Mary Ellen de la Montaigne (1803–1894) (aged 42) | divorced from James Boyd Woodward | divorced 1846-12-13 and re-married Woodward; both Woodward and de la Montaigne were adopted to Brigham Young at Nauvoo | |
| 36 | February 3, 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 44) | Julia Foster (1811–1891) (aged 36) | widow of Mormon Jonathan Hampton, who died in Nauvoo in 1844. | Stayed in Illinois when Brigham Young emigrated to Utah in 1847. Young sent for her in 1855, and she came with her children and managed the Lion House. | |
| 37 | February 3, 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 44) | Abigail Harback (1790–1849) (aged 55) | previously married to John Calvin Hall (unknown if she was widowed, divorced, or separated) | ||
| 38 | February 3, 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 44) | Mary Ann Turley (1827–1904) (aged 18) | first marriage | divorced 1851 | |
| 39 | February 6, 1846(1846-02-06) (aged 44) | Naamah Carter (1821–1909) (aged 24) | divorced from John S. Twiss | ||
| 40 | February 6, 1846(1846-02-06) (aged 44) | Nancy Cressy (1780–1872) (aged 65) | widow of Oliver Walker | ||
| 41 | February 10, 1846(1846-02-10) (aged 44) | Jane Terry (1819–1847) (aged 26) | widow of George W. Young (no relation) | requested on deathbed to be sealed to Brigham Young; died four days after marriage | |
| 42 | March 20, 1847(1847-03-20) (aged 45) | Lucy Bigelow (1830–1905) (aged 16) | first marriage | 3 children | |
| 43 | March 20, 1846(1846-03-20) (aged 44) | Mary Jane Bigelow (1827–1868) (aged 19) | first marriage | divorced 1851 | |
| 44 | April 18, 1848(1848-04-18) (aged 46) | Sarah Malin (1804–1858) (aged 43) | first marriage | later divorced | |
| 45 | October 3, 1852(1852-10-03) (aged 51) | Eliza Burgess (1827–1915) (aged 25) | first marriage | 1 child | |
| 46 | December 16, 1852(1852-12-16) (aged 51) | Mary Oldfield (1793–1875) (aged 59) | widow of Eli Kelsey | ||
| 47 | before 1853 (aged 51) | Eliza Babcock (1828–1868) (aged 24) | first marriage | divorced 1853 | |
| 48 | June 10, 1855(1855-06-10) (aged 54) | Catherine Reese (1804–1860) (aged 51) | widow of Zephaniah Clawson | ||
| 49 | March 14, 1856(1856-03-14) (aged 54) | Harriet Barney (1830–1911) (aged 25) | divorced from W. H. H. Sagers | 1 child | |
| 50 | January 24, 1863(1863-01-24) (aged 61) | Amelia Folsom (1838–1910) (aged 24) | first marriage | Rumoured to be Brigham's favorite wife. | |
| 51 | January 8, 1868(1868-01-08) (aged 66) |
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Mary Van Cott (1844–1884) (aged 23) | divorced from James Thornton Cobb (son of wife no. 4) | 1 child |
| 52 | April 7, 1868(1868-04-07) (aged 66) |
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Ann Eliza Webb (1844–1917) (aged 24) | divorced from James L. Dee | divorced 1875; later became an outspoken critic of polygamy |
| 53 | July 3, 1869(1869-07-03) (aged 68) | Elizabeth Jones (1814–1895) (aged 55) | widow of David T. Lewis and Dan Jones | ||
| 54 | May 8, 1870(1870-05-08) (aged 68) | Lydia Farnsworth (1808–1897) (aged 61) | married to Elijah Mayhew | Sealed to Brigham Young for eternity but remained living with husband Mayhew | |
| 55 | December 8, 1872(1872-12-08) (aged 71) | Hannah Tapfield (1807–1886) (aged 65) | married to non-Mormon Thomas O. King | Sealed to Brigham Young for eternity but remained living with husband King |
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