Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . 476 POLYGAMY; OR, THE MYSTERIES daughters. This whole family embraced Mormonism soon afterBrigham did. The father died in one of the early migrationsof the Mormons in Missouri; the sons and daughters lived togo into polygamy in Utah, and become the parents of largefamilies. None of Brighams brothers ever evinced any specialtalent for anything. Phinehas and Lorenzo Dow Young werebarely mediocre; Uncle John Young for many years wasPatriarch of the ch
Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . 476 POLYGAMY; OR, THE MYSTERIES daughters. This whole family embraced Mormonism soon afterBrigham did. The father died in one of the early migrationsof the Mormons in Missouri; the sons and daughters lived togo into polygamy in Utah, and become the parents of largefamilies. None of Brighams brothers ever evinced any specialtalent for anything. Phinehas and Lorenzo Dow Young werebarely mediocre; Uncle John Young for many years wasPatriarch of the church, but was a mere puppet as pulled by. BRIGHAM YOUNG. Brigham; Joseph sometimes preached, but with no particularforce, and the fifth brother was of so little consequence that hisname is scarcely known in Utah. Nor did any of them acquireproperty to any great extent; at least two were so poor theyhad to accept assistance—it might be called charity—fromBrigham. The sisters are equally obscure. Whatever Brig-hams talent was, he alone of the family possessed it. I haverepeatedly talked with his nephews and grandchildren concern-ing him; but his career was as much a mystery to them as tothe Gentile world. Oscar Young, Brighams second oldestchild in polygamy, is now a thorough-going Gentile, and a AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM. 477 frank, outspoken gentleman; but to him, as to strangers, Msfathers real nature was a sealed book. Early in life Brigham married, and was early left a widowerwith two daughters, both then living in polygamy in first took form as a religion in 1830, and amongthe first preachers sent out was
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