Joseph Angell Young (October 14, 1834 – August 5, 1875) was an apostle of

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(LDS Church). Young is one of the few Latter-day Saints in history to have been ordained to the office of apostle without ever becoming a member of the

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or the First Presidency.

Early life

Young was born in

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, the eldest child of

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as chu ...

and

Mary Ann Angell Mary Ann Angell Young (June 8, 1803 – June 27, 1882) was the second woman married to Brigham Young, who served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Young's first wife had died in 1832, leaving Young a wid ...

. He was

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into the church in Kirtland by his father at the age of eight. In 1847, Young travelled with his family and a group of

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from

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to the

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Career

Young was a

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for the LDS Church in

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from 1854 to 1856, working in

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, and

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. Upon his return to

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, Young married Margaret Whitehead, a native of England. She became his second wife. Over the next few years Young was involved in the lumber industry, running several saw mills in canyons by Salt Lake City. He was also one of the main promoters of the Utah Central Railroad. In 1864, Brigham Young privately ordained two of his sons— Brigham Young, Jr. and Joseph Angell—to the priesthood office of apostle, without a public announcement or added them to the

. Brigham had also previously ordained his son, John Willard Young, an apostle in 1855. Unlike his two brothers, Joseph Angell would never become a member of the First Presidency nor, like Brigham Jr., a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Joseph Angell was active in territorial politics and was a member of the Utah Territory's House of Representatives in its 6th, 11th, and 12th sessions and was a member of the territory's upper chamber in its 14th through 19th sessions. Joseph A Young

In 1872, Young was called to preside over the Sevier

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of the church in present-day central

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. He became the first

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of the Sevier Stake when it was organized in 1874. Young served only a few months before dying unexpectedly in Manti, Utah Territory at the age of forty. At the time he was working on plan specifications for the

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.thesis on the life of Richard W. Young
/ref> He was buried in the Brigham Young Cemetery in Salt Lake City.

Children

Young is the father of Richard Whitehead Young, who was an associate justice of the U.S. Territory of the

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Supreme Court between 1899 and 1901.

Notes

References

* Jenson, Andrew. '' Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia''. vol. 1. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901. *Warnock, Irvin, and Lexia Warnock, eds. ''Our Own Sevier''. Richfield, Utah: Sevier County Commissioners, 1965. * Young, Brigham. ''Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons''. Edited and with an introduction by

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. Salt Lake City:

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