If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.

" For two years the monument stood as a warning to those travelling the Spanish Trail through Mountain Meadow. Family and descendants

Young was a polygamist marrying a total of 55 wives 54 of them after he converted to become a Latter Day Saint. In 1902 25 years after his death the New York Times establiBrigham Youngd that Young's direct descendants numbered more than 1000.

Young was dubbed by his followers the "Lion of the Lord" for his bold personality and was also commonly called "Brother Brigham" by Latter-day Saints. : /ˈbrɪɡəm/) (June 1 1801 – August 29 1877) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. Young also led the foundings of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.