, 1873-12-24
BR[GHAM'S WIVES.

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BRlGHAM'S WIVES.
VINO was HRis First nnI How Many
Are Thcro l--An Interesting Inquiry
by nm English Plumber and Glhxicr.
TO tho Editor n tho Nep York Herald:
II my conteCturcR aro right, and you aro sue
ccssful il, bringing to light the proofs OF Ill.,
horo mud in America, and. at the Bamo time, DO
great dea1 to expose one Of tho greatest religious
impcBturea TINT overdsgraced humanity, aud TINT
is N[ormonisn. Joo Smith, it's founder, was q bud
untimely ond but It is his SUCCESSOR, Brigham
Young that wish to writh about. To begin,
then, I will nsk tho question, Who is Brigham
Young? Where did he como from? What age
is he and can you procure hlh present !iscnsaa s
farther back tho better, for shall go baok forty
years. Ishonld like to havo, il possible, some
Of his photographs, taken at intervals during
tho last forty ycnrs Now. l will proceed to give
my roaHonB.
a few tays ago waa Waiting an old friend in
tho Aimehouso Mt stockton-on-Tees. County Of
Durham and cannot do better than to tell you
a little Of her history. This friend, q Nfrs.
Brigham by narno, has boon intimate with our
family, since ehe was o littlo girl: This L. makes
bred aud born iii q village called Norton. near
Stockton oil-Tees, and later on q man married
her in the narno Of William Brigham. cooper
and lnth-splltter, who had sorvod hs time to the
Allen. by trade anopor mud lsth-splitter, n
pnradise row, atochton-on-Tecs, in tho
County Of Durhan.. The said George Allen
Ind brought tho said airs. Brigham's husband
William BRIGHAM, up ss ehlld, ena Taught him
illogitimate ohildrand, whom boy, up to the
time Of Ills marriage, was known BY tho namo Of
Allon; but, on Ills marrying, Ills guardian.
GporEo Allen, told him ho was to marry In his
mothor'a name, viz: Drigham; his fathcr's
After a Tow years, the said William Brigham,
Ills wito-vix: tho proavnt Mrs. brigham.
now living, at stocton.on- -Ieoa--loaros her
and her children, and they become CHARGE
able to the parish. After q timo my own
father, Tho1nas Kirtley, bred and born at Nor
ton. near Stockton, was living To- London, mud
searched aud found out tho said William Brig
INK in London, sud, finding out Brigham, 1 boz
lioyo, working at the docks as o cooper: made
him write home to His wife and family. Ho did
so, aud the parish sout h'a wife and childron up
to London and, I believe, they \, Lived together
back to stoclton-on-Tcos, md then the
sni1 W. Brigllam again leaves lis vile
a,.d four chiidron, Ills wife being en-
ccintc with tho fifth. Mrs. Brigham, after hnrd
lighting and severe struggles, is still living with
children. But what Of Brigham? It is just
upon forty years ago siuco he left his family tho
last time, and they could nover make out what
hoca1ne Of him until q fow weeks ago. Nrs.
Brigham came to tho conclusion In her own
mind that Brigham Young was her husband. and
this is her reason for thinking 30: Ono night
short timo ngo one Of her granddaughter hus-
bands was id public house, and in the COM
pany tlloro was stranger, aud the conveIsa-
tion happened TO turn upon the Latter.pay
snints and Brigham Young. Tho stranger said ho
know him very wnl. ho worked with him In LON
don na h cooper hofore he went to Amorica and
became the leador Of tic hormons. This con-
yereation, through tho young man hearing 1t ac-
Bligllan, who, knowing hor husband had worked
in Loudon as 0 cooper, came to tho conclusion
that'Drgham Young il her husband TINT left her
forty years ago. asked her il hhe thought she
,ecogni2e him by anything. Knight Just say hore
TINT she is now in perfoot good health and still
an actsyo woman. Hor own age is 81 years, and
Brigham was ava years younger. She says he
February, 1874. lie vas man strongly built,
had a weakness in tho sight of one Of his eyes, q
mark Or mole behind his shoulder, and on
one Of his fingers he lad mark Of n cut lo got
whcu boy. When boy. while standing beside
preparing the food for lis birds, -namoly,
Brigham anatchcd II . piece, Sand tue
KNIFE caught hls nheor-ona ana ent y aeep'
ana MS haa grew III an onswara aitecslon. t L l
s n bnt E wss hasy Vs paa rs
brigham. @ aaa gone TO- TO seq my own g mmotho!r' l!'
who AVes ~ ntoek.an |l!o a!s9 hnnw i" ~ t', n'
ham. ny fatnec u aeaa rso ~ Alien. 1a.u1
nave now sola you Hulaooh1 ~ sasls1y yom !nas
Wo aie iGnt IL tnnans tnat brigham 1o,uns !9s nH9
wiz nsle ~ 'nao euun'!y' !. ~. Mt.o1o W.
tue seventeenth VIC 10 ~ hor dlvoree cssos 20.
ia f,rut nnrao,s2 per,,ana t,,av Mi con riyo a
i;tt1a ;nforwat;nn r. Ia Ia liza r;cht man In