Brigham Morris Young (–) was one of the founders of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA), the predecessor to the Young Men program of

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(LDS Church). Young was the son of

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...

and one of his wives, Margaret Pierce. In 1875, Morris Young served a mission for the LDS Church in the

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. Shortly after returning from this mission, he was asked by his father to organize the YMMIA along with

Junius F. Wells Junius Free Wells (June 1, 1854 – April 15, 1930) was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, an organization which is today the Young Men organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He ...

and Milton H. Hardy. In 1883, Young served another mission in the Hawaiian Islands. He married Armeda Snow, a daughter of

Lorenzo Snow Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the L ...

. Their son, Lorenzo Snow Young, was a prominent architect in

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. In 1885, Young, his wife, and their children returned from serving his second mission in the Hawaiian Islands. Shortly after returning to

, Young began publicly performing as a

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singer under the

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Madam Pattirini. Young performed as Pattirini in north and central Utah venues from 1885 to the 1900s. He could produce a convincing falsetto, and many in the audience did not realize that Pattirini was Young. One of his performances as Madam Pattirini was for the last birthday celebration of LDS Church

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Lorenzo Snow in April 1901. He also once portrayed a "fine Irish girl" named Bridget McCarthy at a Christmas ball at the Salt Lake Theatre in 1886.''Salt Lake Herald,'' 1 January 1887.

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. '' LDS Biographical Encyclopedia''. Vol. 4, p. 251. *Galen Snow Young. ''Brief History of Brigham Morris Young''. P. 31. *

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. ''Letters from Brigham Young to His Sons''. P. 243. *

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Brief history of Brigham Morris Young, MSS SC 1999
at L. Tom Perry Special Collections,

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