Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09
Was a Daughter Of First Presiding
Bishop Of the Church.
WIFE OF PRESIDENT YOUNG
saw Many Hardship. During gariy
Days Of the Church and Lived
aud MED Faithful.

Mrs, Emily Dow Partridge Young.
wife Of the late President brigham
Young. and one Of the hcrolnes Of the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lattcr-day
Saints. departed this life this morning.
December .. 1899. at O'Clock. aged 20
years. months and . days. Mr..
Young was born In the town u Palncs.
vile. ucauga county. ohio. on Fcbru-
AIRY =, h-A Her parents were I'D
ward Partridge and Lydia Clisbco Par
fridge, and wcnc both of them born In
Massachusetts, but moved 10 ohio with
their parents when young people. whorc
they became acquainted, married and
settled IN pulnrsvlllr. bishop Edward
Partridge. tho father of Mrr. Young,
was the nrat presiding lIiahop ordained
IN tho church he was baptized De-
cembcr ~, 1879. at Seneca Falls. New
YORK state. by Juseph smith the
Prophet. He had gone to Seneca Falls
to see the Prophet
MR.. Young grew To womanhool un.
der the influence OF the Gospel. ana has
brcn faiihful and devoted to the work
throughout her whole lifo, never sWcrV-
Ing to the right nor left. with hor Che
Gospel was ever uppormoat. The puri-
" Of the life Of thin good woman ~ and
has ever been beyond question. yet nhe
has known such persecution A. but
wv Nuiu'l hhN' 'NlflltW'tui IN hiit=
land, In Missouri, In NauNoo. every
who're that the Saints have settled,
Mrs. Young has been associated with
them nid passed through tho
trials and fluctuations incident to
the history of this people.
Her autobiography. written by hcrFrlf
ana published In the Momnn'a Ex-
poncnt. gives some Of the most heroic
Instances that have transpircd among
the Saints.
Mra. Emily y. Partridge was one u
the first women To accept and enter IN.
To the order NJ plural marriage. She
became tho wife II the Prophet Joseph
Smith with the fun and free consent OF
HIS wife Emma Smith, After his death
she again entered into that order 81
marriage, and was married TO President
brigham Young, and received her bless.
inSs nnd all the ordinances uf the HOUSE
Of the Lord In the Temple at Nauvor.
and with het husband crossed the Mis-
sissippl river In February. 1870. at the
time OF the exodus Of the Saints from
Illinois, During that Wearlsumo Jour
ncy she experienced many har1ships be-
ing Ia delicate health ana travelling
with a young babe at that most In
element ~caron Of the year but she
never murmurc1 or repined, hut bore
patiently oil the hardships incldcnt to
the journey and life at Winter Quarters
afterwards The eldest son ~ Mrs.
Young, born In NauYoo, lived 90 be-
seven and died In this city. He
was named Edward Partridge Young
ana was very bright and promising
boy. Sistcr Young has been the mother
of seven children, Emily Augusta. her
eldest daughter, IL the wife u bishop
II. II. clawsun; Caroline, tho
second daushicr IL the wife
Her only living son, Prof. Edward Don
Carlos Young. resides at present In
Provo md IN connected with the Brig
ham Young Academy. Miriam IL the
wife of Bishop Leonard ~. Hardy. and
recently moved TO Canada, uhe only
one absent from the city, Josephine Is
the wife OF DIR, a. G. Young. a daugh-
ter. Lima. the youngest child. died
when seven months old Mrs. Young
has over forty grandchildren. several
great Grandchildren, a numerous pos
terity and all In the faith ~ the Cos
pei In which she believed and FOR which
she made great and noble sacrifices
Mrs. Young was a very retiring. mod
est and retlccnt woman. but nrm In
her convictions us the everlasting KILLS
Mrs. Young passed away peacefully
at last. although she has suffered with
sickness considerably during the last
four years. Her death was the result
" general debility. brought on by a
kind OF nervous prustration and weak.
ness, She was greatly beloved by her
own family ana also loved and rcyerrd
by the family ~ her late husband. and
the women Of the Lntter-dny Saints
who had the pleasure ~ her acqualnt-
ancc. She passed away nt tho resi-
dence of her daughter. Mrs. Clnwson,
In this city, though her own home was
In tho Second ward.
Funeral sereylcez over the remains ~
the late Mrs. Emily Il. Young viii be
held IN the Twelfth ward chapel, ut "
o'clock noon. on Tuesday next. Friends
are invited to be present.