. An Englishwoman in Utah : the story of a life's experience in Mormonism. even now hehas no more than nineteen ! Perhaps I ought to say eighteen,since Eliza-Ann has run away from him, and left the poor oldgentleman desolate and forlorn. The three whom he tookafter I came to Utah, were Amelia Folsom, Mary Van CottCobb, and Eliza-Ann. But the reader will perhaps be in-terested in hearing about them all, and so I will state thenames and order of the ladies as they at present stand—ac-cording to the date of their marriage ; making mention of theproxy wives last of all, for the sake of convenience
. An Englishwoman in Utah : the story of a life's experience in Mormonism. even now hehas no more than nineteen ! Perhaps I ought to say eighteen,since Eliza-Ann has run away from him, and left the poor oldgentleman desolate and forlorn. The three whom he tookafter I came to Utah, were Amelia Folsom, Mary Van CottCobb, and Eliza-Ann. But the reader will perhaps be in-terested in hearing about them all, and so I will state thenames and order of the ladies as they at present stand—ac-cording to the date of their marriage ; making mention of theproxy wives last of all, for the sake of convenience and with-out reference to date. Of course Brother Brigham has hadmany more than nineteen wives, but the following are theliving ladies ; others are dead or have strayed away, no oneknew whither, and perhaps, as Brother Heber once said to me,nobody cared. Allow me to introduce the Mis. Young. MRS. MARY ANN ANGELL YOUNG.[Number One.]First in order is Mrs. Mary Ann Angell Young, but she is «s&JWR^ £fe& c^Oi; . -ry ^BQ-M^^^ AMELIA F0L50M Y0UNG,\V^^/ ELIZA ANN,. WIFE OF BR1GHAM5-AP0ST/ITESON /< / To face p. 168. The Wives of Brigham Young. 169 not the first wife that Brother Brigharn ever had. Once upona time, Brother Brigham was a Methodist ; but after listeningto the preaching of the Mormon Missionaries he became avile apostate—as he loves to call those who leave his presentfaith—and he forsook Methodism. In those days, before heapostatised, and long before he ever dreamed of Polygamy, hehad but one wife—one only ! It must seem strange to theProphet to look back to that period of solitary existence. Hissecond wife was Mrs. Angell Young ; and I call her his firstwife because she is the first of those living now. As she wasmarried to him after the death of his first wife, she is, ofcourse, his legal wife, and would be recognized as such inany civilized country. She is a very fine-looking old lady andvery much devoted to her unfaithful lord and master, firmlybelieving i
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