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Show I APOSTLE BRIGHAM YOUNG DEAD. Was President of the Quo.rum ol Apostles of the Mormon Church. Apostle Hrlgham Young, president of tho quorum of twolvo, Bon of v the famous leader of tho Mormon qburcn and noxt In lino of succession to 1'rw Idcnt Jo.soph V. Smith for that $ I-Hon, I-Hon, died at his homo In Sail IMo City nt 10:10 p. m. Snturdnyv, Death, which untitled nftor nn IMnosa of n year's duration, was duo, nflmarlly to rlnliosls of iho llvor. This lod lo dropsy, nnd bid condltiott w'aa mndo still worse by n roccnt attack ofJbrun-tliltls. ofJbrun-tliltls. Hrlgham Young, u niombor of tbe council of twolvo npostloa slnco i'S, nud president of that body Blncd tho death of Franklin D. nichards, as tho son ot Piosldont Hrlgham Ytjuag and Mary Ann Angoll. Ho wns born December 18, 183(5, at Kirtland, CyHu father, In 1S33, wns a widower wllh two llttlo girls, and bo married Mnry Ann Angel ns n result of n fast meeting meet-ing In Kirtland, during which ltat rovoalod to the older Urlgham that sho was designed for him. Urlgham, Jr., wns tho third child of this marriage, and ho was born amid nil tho untoward unto-ward circumstances of tho ciirTjrrhijrc In tho church. Ho wns a twin, but his twin slstor, Mnry. died at tho ago of 7. Apostlo Young's oldest recollection wns a sccno of tho painful movlngs and mobblngs of his peoplo In tho Missouri-Illinois days. In 1830 tho fara lly tnovotl to Montrose, which vas across tho river from Nauvoo, whew Urlgham Young woh baptized by hi ' fnthor In tho Mississippi rlvor In 1$I5. i Ho underwent, ns a small boy, tho suf forlng accompanying tho removal of tho Saints to Winter Quarters, and tho trip across tbo plains to tho Salt LaVo valley. On November 5, 18D8, when 19 years of ago, ho was married to i Cntherlno Curtis Spencer, and about sixteen months later ho yloldcd obedience obedi-ence to tho principle of plural mar-rlago mar-rlago by marrying Jano Carrlngton. ( His early days In tho valle:( wcro fraught with many hardships, ho luting lut-ing served as a scout during tho Echo canyon war, while out reconnolterlag in tho mountains suffering great hardships. hard-ships. Ho was nlso ono of tho relief party sent bnck to meet a handcart company of emigrants, on whlchtrlp ho was attacked by Inflammatory rheumatism. In April. 18b'l, ho was ordained a member of tho high council of tho Silt Lake stake, nnd in tho spring of 1S62 ho nccompanled Dolcgato Bornhlscl to the states. After arriving In Now York ho rccolovd a letter from his father, calling him an a mission, and complying comply-ing with this call ho sailed for Eumoa nnd nrrlvud at I Ivorpool July 20, lfS2. Ho labored principally In London, but visited Scandinavia and other parti of Europe, returning homo In 18G3. Ho was ordained an anastlo bvhls 'fnthor.- Drlfibam Young,, on. -jrt, 1801. but ho did not become a member of tha twelvo npostloa quorum until October, 18G8, when ho was chosen to fill u vacancy caused by tho selection of Gcorgu A. Smith as a counselor In tho first presidency. In 18C4 Apostle Young wns called on another mission to Ornat Hrltaln ,for tho purnonn of assisting President Daniel II. Wolla In tho prosidearY of tho European mission. Shortly alitor his nrrlval thoro ho sucf " ld I'roel-dont I'roel-dont Wells ns preslclont of tbo European Euro-pean mission, Durlntr his stay th$ra ho trnvolol otcnR'vo'y. and In SOG received n ronurst from bis fntlwivto return to Htnh for n visit nr.l i(htl for homo. After n fnw months nt hope, Apostlo Young roturnod ( rnrlfed and rostnnod charro of the mlsslgn, but ho romnlnod thoro only a short whilo. pnlllut; flnnllv for 1( me wjjh his fnmllv. Tor a tlmo ho had cltargo of tho rffnlrs of tho church In Tajlio stako. Ho was thoro until tbo reirean-lzullon reirean-lzullon of tbnt stnko In IS?" At 'tho general conforonco In 1873 h wns cho8on as Ono of the flvo counselors to llrlirlinm Yonvg aril acted In that capacity until his father died Atiostlo Ycur" "n-vnd sovoral tarjaa In tho Utah pIlntnro. made a number num-ber of tiins cact In t'to Inte'ost of (ho church, nnd ocoi"Mvl numnTUR positions posi-tions of honor nnd tntpt. Of lito 'ors ho hns traveled oxtonslvo'y In Utah, Arlzonn. Now Mexico, Colorado and old Moxlro, vlsltln" tbo varltis slakes of tho church. Whilo vlnltl-" jho, Yaqul Indians In MonIco In 1!r2vJiq. was attneked by vo'low fnver cn'l was at tho point of death. Krcm ISiQto 1803 ho was ncaln In cbnrco of tlo European mislon, and slnco tbfn until un-til his long lllnois, bo hns trnvpled'. tweon tho vnrlous stnkes of Zlon In tbo Intorest of hl3 faith. Is |