The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-22
DEATH OF LORENZO YOUNG
AN HoNORED PIONEER PEACE
FULLY PASSED AWAY.
He Was Brother to the Late Prest.
Brigham Young and Occupied :,
Unique Place in the History &C
Utah.

Yesterday marked the passing away
of Lorenzo Dow Young, a brother of
the late President Brigham Young, and
in many ways a very remarkable man.
He was quite well up in years, having
been born on October 10, 1907. in
Smyrna, Chenango county, New York,
He was the youngest son of John and
Nabbie Howe Young, and was one OF
the original pioneers ofHUtah. The de-
ceased has been in feeble health since
September / last, and has been at the
point of death several times. and when
the end came it was peaceful. The date
of the funeral has not yet been an
nounced.
In his infancy Lorenzo Dow Young
was a. feeble child, and as boy he was
far from being physically strong. His
mother died when he was between
and years old. AT 10 he became ap-
prentice to a gardener and nursery
man, who required him to work be-
yond his strength. At II he went to
learn the blacksmith's trade. where ne
met with an accident that almost rem
dered him a cripple for life; from this,
however he recovered. 1t was in 1857
that he read the Book of Mormon, and
on inyestiga ton became convinced OF
its truth, and was baptized in Septem-
Der of that year. He gathered with
the church, and in 1883 went on mis-
sion to the state of New York. In 1885
he filled "a mission in western ONO
followed by another in New 1orh'
From Kirkland he moved to Missouri
from where he was driven with the
Saints in 1898; going to Scott county,
he remained there till 1S41. He was
at the battle of Crooked river, where
Elder David w. Patten was killed.
In 1874 he filed another mission 10
Ohio. and in 1916 was one of those IN
the Mormon exodus from NauVoo.
With his family he passed through
and on April I, 1847, left Winter Quar-
ters with the Utah pioneers under
President Brigham Young. Lorenzo
! brought with hsm one cow-the only
COW in the company, and the first ever
known to come into the Great Salt
Lake valley.
His first labor in the valley was
| taking out little water in an irrigd-
ton ditch and planting a bushel of
| potatoes he had brought from Winter
! Quarters; they were badly dried up
| and only fourteen hills grew. The
frost coming on, he cut up a wagon
box. made some boxes, and took up his
! potatoes, hills and all, and removed
! them into the house, where he left
| them e'~9wing till colder weather
came and they had grown to the size
OF hickory nuts. He then dug them,
and next spring had one quart left for
seed, one-half of which he gave away,
and raised over TWO bushels from the
remainder
He assisted to build the Old Fort. on
the site of the Pioneer square, and
erected a house thereon. He next
built a house--the first erected in the
valley outside of the Old Fort-on the
site of the present Bee Hive house,
! near the corner Of South Temple and
State streets. He has been an active
worker. holding various positions of
Importance. He was of a hospitable,
ing those who were in need. During
his long life he was highly esteemed
by the people, and now passes to an
honored grave.