Show Obituary Mary Ann Angell Young relict of the late President Brigham Young and who died on Tuesday night was the daughter of James W Angel and Phebe Morton born in Ontario County Xew York JuneS June-S 1803 Subsequently the family moved to Providence Rhode Island She heard and believed the gospel in 1831 and was baptized at Avon New York state in 183J gathered with the Sdiuts at Kirtlaud Ohio and was there married to the late President Brigham Young by Sidney Sid-ney Rigdon in March 1634 She was subjected to the persecutions of the mob in Missouri She left her home and with the people ot her choice wended her weary way to the Mississippi River residing one winter in Moitrose Iowa ami supported sup-ported her family during the missions mis-sions of her husband Brigham Young In 1841 she moved to Commerce afterward called Nauvoo Many of the saints who are now living will remember the starvation days of Nauvoo Here she cultivated a small garden and succeeded in raising rais-ing a few vegetables which were of great worth in that sickly location loca-tion She shared in common the persecutions perse-cutions which drove the Latterday Saints into the wilderness and in all these trying circumotances never was disheartened nor lost her faith in God Her labors in the early settlement I set-tlement of this city are known to many and through her uniform kindness and hospitality she won I the prayers of the poor and meek and gladdened the hearts of the bowed down For twentyfive years she has scarcely known a day of good health In March last her feet began be-gan to swell This affliction had been on her more or less for years and in the course of a few weeks reached her body and ultimately caused her death She lingered in great agony until the afternoon of the 27th inst when she gradually sunk into insensibility and passed peacefully away at 9 oclock in the evening She is the mother of six children viz Joseph A deceased Brigham and Mary A twins the latter deceased de-ceased Alice Y Clawson deceased Luna Y Thatcher and John W |