Persis Goodall

Brief Life History of Persis

When Persis Goodall was born on 15 March 1806, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Joel Goodall Sr., was 45 and her mother, Mary Swain, was 39. She married Lorenzo Dow Young on 26 June 1826, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Saint Joseph, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 16 September 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Dow Young
1807–1895
Persis Goodall
1806–1894
Marriage: 26 June 1826
William Goodall Young
1827–1894
Joseph Watson Young
1828–1873
Lucy Ann Young
1832–1836
Harriet Maria Young
1834–1928
John Ray Young
1837–1931
Franklin Wheeler Young
1839–1911
Lorenzo Sobieski Young
1841–1924
Lucia Jane Young
1843–1843
Lucius James Young
1843–1844
Frances Elizabeth Young
1845–1845

Sources (85)

  • Pursess Richards in household of L Richards, "United States Census, 1870"
  • New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire):

metonymic occupational name from Middle English god(e) ‘good’ + ale ‘ale’; perhaps denoting an innkeeper or tan ale taster. An ale taster was a manorial or borough court official appointed to regulate the quality of ale sold by inns and alewives, especially with the duty of preventing the sale of sour or watered-down ale.

alternatively, it may be a habitational name from Gowdall near Snaith, in Yorkshire. This place was named in Old English with golde ‘marigold’ + halh ‘nook, recess’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Of Chilled Hearts and Tender Endearments

While serving on his third mission—this time to England—John R. Young wrote a letter to his esteemed friend, leader and fellow polygamist Edward M. Webb, of Orderville. While the subject foremost on …

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