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
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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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
Hawaiian Islands
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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
Utah
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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
Utah
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, Young began publicly performing as a
cross-dressing
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Cross-dressing has play ...
singer under the
pseudonym
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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
president
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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.]
See also
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Descendants of Brigham Young
Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of the Church (LDS Church), President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte ...
Sources
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Andrew Jenson
Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, (December 11, 1850 – November 18, 1941) was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for much of the ea ...
. ''
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia''. Vol. 4, p. 251.
*Galen Snow Young. ''Brief History of Brigham Morris Young''. P. 31.
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Dean C. Jessee Dean Cornell Jessee (born 1929) is a historian of the early Latter Day Saint movement and leading expert on the writings of Joseph Smith Jr.
Biography
Jessee was one of the sons of Phillip Cornell Jessee and Minerva Boss. He was raised in Springvil ...
. ''Letters from Brigham Young to His Sons''. P. 243.
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References
External links
Brief history of Brigham Morris Young, MSS SC 1999at
L. Tom Perry Special Collections,
Harold B. Lee Library
The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah. The library started as a small collection of books in the president's office in 1876 before moving in 1891. The Heber J. Gr ...
,
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
1854 births
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