Brief Life History of Brigham Young
When Brigham Young Grow was born on 11 September 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry Grow Jr, was 27 and his mother, Mary Moyer, was 28. He married Rachell Powell on 22 November 1868, in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Barron, Jackson, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 September 1920, in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hill Dunn Cemetery, Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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- Brigham Grow in household of Henry Grow, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Brigham Young George Washington Grow - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Brigham Young George Washington Grow
- Marriage record
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
North German:
variant of Groh .
variant of Growe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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