Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847
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About This Book
John R. Young was born 30 April 1837 at Kirtland, Ohio, the third son of Lorenzo Dow and Persis Goodell Young. The family were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He tells of persecutions, the migration of the Mormon pioneers, events in pioneer Utah, and missions to Hawaii and the British Isles for the Church. He married Albina Terry (d. 1913) in 1859; Lydia Knight (d. 1905) in 1860; Tamar J. Black in 1869; and Catherine Coles (d. 1879) in 1878. He had seventeen sons and five daughters.
Chapters (61)
- Memoirs
- of
- John R. Young
- Utah Pioneer 1847
- Written by Himself
- CONTENTS.
- APPENDIX—STORIES AND RHYMES.
- Memoirs of John R. Young.
- Chapter 1.
- Chapter 2.
- Chapter 3.
- Chapter 4.
- Chapter 5.
- Chapter 6.
- Chapter 7.
- Chapter 8.
- Chapter 9.
- Chapter 10.
- Chapter 11.
- Chapter 12.
- Chapter 13.
- Chapter 14.
- Chapter 15.
- Chapter 16.
- Chapter 17.
- REMEMBER.
- Lines to Albina.
- Chapter 18.
- Chapter 19.
- Chapter 20.
- "The White Horse of Westbury."
- Chapter 21.
- Chapter 22.
- Chapter 23.
- Chapter 24.
- Chapter 25.
- PARTING WITH THE SAINTS.
- Chapter 26.
- Chapter 27.
- "THE MASTER'S QUESTION."
- Chapter 28.
- Chapter 29.
- Chapter 30.
- APPENDIX Stories and Rhymes
- Chapter 31.
- IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH.
- TWENTY-FOURTH OF JULY TOAST—"UTAH."
- KILAUEA ON THE WAR PATH.
- Chapter 32.
- Chapter 33.
- Chapter 34.
- Chapter 35.
- UTAH'S PIONEERS
- A PEACEFUL HOME. From F. M. Young's Journal.
- Chapter 36.
- LINES TO SISTER M. L.
- Chapter 37.
- THE YOUNG MEN'S PLEDGE.
- BRIGHAM YOUNG'S ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
- MARY'S BIRTHDAY.
- SOME THINGS THAT I REMEMBER
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