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Show APOSTLE BRIGHAM YOUNG DEAD. Was President of the Quorum of Apostles of the Mormon Church. Apostle' Brigham Young, president of the quorum of twelve, son of the famous leader of the Mormon church and next in line of succession to President Pres-ident Joseph F, Smith -for that position, posi-tion, died af his home in Salt Lako "City at 10:40 p. m. Saturday. .Death which ensued after an illness of over a year's duration, was due primarily to cirrhosis of the liver. This led to dropsy, and his condition was made still worse by a recent attack of bronchitis. bron-chitis. " Brigham Young, a member of the council of twelve apostles since 1868 and president of that body since the death of Franklin D. Richards, was the son of President Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. He was born December 18, 1836, at Kirtiand, O. His father, in 1833, was a widower with two little girls, and he married Mary Ann Angel as a result of a fast meeting meet-ing In Kirtiand, during which it was revealed to the elder Brigham that she was designed for Mm. Brigham, Jr., was the third child of this marriage, and he was born amid all the untoward unto-ward circumstances of the early days in the church. He was a twin, but his j twin sister, Mary, died at the age of 7. Apostle Young's eldest recollection was a scene of the painful movings and mobbings of his people in the Missouri-Illinois days. In 1839 the family fam-ily moved to Montrose, which wasr across the river from Nauvoo, where Brigham Young was baptized by his father in the Mississippi river in 1845. He underwent, as a small boy, the suffering suf-fering accompanying the removal of the Saints to Winter Quarters, and the trip across the plains to the Salt Lake valley. On November 5, 1858. when 19 years of age, he was married to Catherine Curtis Spencer, and about sixteen months later he yielded obedience obedi-ence to the principle of plural marriage mar-riage by marrying Jane Carrington. His early days in the . vallejf were fraught with many hardships, he having hav-ing served as a scout during the Echo I canyon war. while out reconnoitering in the mountains suffering great hardships. hard-ships. He was also one of the relief party sent back to meet a handcart company of emigrants,, on which trip he was attacked by inffammatorv rheumatism. In April, 1861, he was ordained a member of the high. council of the Salt Lake stake, and in the spring of 186? he accompanied Delegate Bernhisel to the states. After arriving in New York he receievd a letter from his father.'' calling him on a mission, and comply" ing with this call he sailed for Europe-Mid Europe-Mid arrived at Liverpool July 26. 1862 He labored principally in London, but visited Scandinavia and other parts of Europe, returning home in 186.1. He was ordained an apostle by his father. Brigham Young, on Feb. 4. 1864. but he did not become a member of the twelve apostle3 quorum untir October, 1868. when he was chosen to fill a vacancy caused by the selection of George A. Smith as a counselor in the first presidency. In 1864 Apostle Young was called on : another mission to Great Britain for the purpose of assisting President Daniel H. Wells in the presidency of the European mission. Shortly after his arrival there he succeeded President Presi-dent Wells as president of the European Euro-pean mission. During his stav there he traveled extensively, and in 1S65 received a request from his father to return to Utah for a visit, and sailed for home. After a few months at home Apostle Young returned to England and resumed charge of the mission but he remained there only a short hile. sailing finally for home with his family. For a time he had charge of the affairs of the church in Cache stake. He was there until the reorganization reorgan-ization of that stake in 1877 At the general conference in 1873 he was ' tn Rr," if8 l? f the five counselors to Br gham "ioung and acted in that capacity until bis father died In th-StT IVn' srv("1 several terms her J , h Iee,slatre. made a nuro- tion. r" OCOUDie1 numerous positions posi-tions of honor and trust. Of late years aw, " tra.ve,ed extensively In Utah otH xrna', NeW Meiro- Colorado and o thieX' v!siti" the various staked of the church. While visiting the Yaqui Indians in Mexico in 188' hi was attacked by yellow fever and wal a the point of death. From 1890 1893 he was again in charge of the European mission, and sinceVn u! ' til his long illness, he has traveled be-wee be-wee the varioUs - interest of his faith e |