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Willard Young

30 Apr 1852 – 25 Jul 1936

Birth	30 Apr 1852
Death	25 Jul 1936
Cemetery	Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA
Added by	SMS on 16 Aug 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12679929

Bio

Son of Brigham Young and Clarissa Ross Married Harriet Hooper, 1 Aug 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Children - Mary Young, Harriet Young, Anna Young, Claire Young, Alice Young, Sidney Hooper Young History - Willard Young's mother died when he was six years of age, and he and his three sisters, Mary, Maria, and Phoebe, were placed in charge of Sister Zina D. H. Young , who proved a real mother to them. Willard was baptized April 30, 1860, by James Works, and was ordained an Elder and received his endowments in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Dec. 28, 1868. In 1871, Young began as a cadet at West Point. He graduated from West Point in 1875 and was appointed a second lieutenant with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. From 1875 to 1877, he was stationed at Willets Point, New York. From 1877 to 1879, he worked under Lieutenant Wheeler in the geographical survey of the United States west of the 100th meridian. From 1879 to 1883, Young was an instructor and then a professor at West Point. He was ordained a Seventy in October 1891 by Moses Thatcher, and in the fall of the same year, he labored for several months as a Mutual Improvement missionary in Davis, Weber, and Box Elder counties. While working for the Corps of Engineers, Young was involved in making detailed maps of northern Utah and southern Idaho. Young was the local supervisor in the construction of the Cascade Locks in Oregon. In 1886, Young was advanced to the rank of captain. From October 1889 to June 1890, Young was stationed in Memphis, Tennessee, supervising the Third District of the Mississippi River. In 1891, Young resigned from the Army. From 1891 to 1893, he was president of the Young University. That institution ceased operation in 1894, and from there, Young moved to serve as city engineer for Salt Lake City (1893-95). He was then appointed Utah's first state engineer, a position he held until the start of the Spanish-American War. In 1896, Young was appointed brigadier-general of the Utah National Guard. He was still serving in this position when the Spanish-American War began. He was a key figure in organizing the Utah volunteers. He was then appointed a colonel in the Second Regiment, U.S. Volunteer Engineers. He eventually went to Hawaii and served in the army until May 16, 1899. From 1906 to 1915, he was president of the LDS Business College. In this position, he had the responsibility for the general supervision of the Deseret Gym. He was appointed a member of the General Church Board of Education on Oct. 18, 1888, and a member of the Church Board of Examiners in 1906, serving in the latter capacity until June 30, 1915. He was ordained a High Priest by John T. Caine on March 26, 1907, and set apart as an alternate member of the High Council of the Ensign Stake; later, he became a regular member of that organization. He was appointed and set apart as assistant to the president of the Logan Temple Jan. 3, 1916, and labored in that capacity until July 1917. In 1919, he was appointed superintendent of Church building activities.

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Family

Parents

• Brigham Young 1801–1877
• Clarissa Ross Young 1814–1857 FaG

Spouse

• Harriet Hooper Young 1861–1939 FaG

Siblings

• Elizabeth Young Ellsworth 1825–1903
• Vilate Young Decker 1830–1902
• Joseph Angell Young 1834–1875
• Mary Ann Young 1836–1843
• Brigham Young Jr 1836–1903
• L. Ferry Young 1836–1881
• Alice Young Clawson 1839–1874
• Luna Caroline Young Thatcher 1842–1922
• John Willard Young 1844–1924
• Heber Young 1845–1928
• Edward Partridge Young 1845–1852
• Oscar Brigham Young 1846–1910
• Mary Eliza Young Croxall 1847–1871
• Moroni Young 1847–1847
• Ella Elizabeth Young Empey 1847–1890
• Clarissa Maria Young Dougall 1849–1935
• Fanny Decker Young Thatcher 1849–1892
• Emily Augusta Young Clawson 1849–1926
• Miranda Hyde Young Conrad 1849–1883
• Jeannette Richards Young Easton 1849–1930
• Zina Presendia Young Card 1850–1931
• Evelyn Louisa Young Davis 1850–1917
• Hyrum Smith Young 1851–1925
• Caroline Partridge Young Cannon 1851–1903
• Ernest Irving Young 1851–1879
• Royal Barney Young 1851–1929
• Nabbie Howe Young Clawson 1852–1894
• Eudora Lovina "Dora" Young Hagan 1852–1921
• Mahonri Moriancumer Young 1852–1884
• Emeline Amanda Young Crosbie 1853–1895
• Shamira Young Rossiter 1853–1915
• Julia Young Burton 1853–1889
• Alfales Young 1853–1920
• Joseph Ormal Young 1853–1917
• Phoebe Louisa Young Beatie 1854–1931
• Brigham Morris Young Sr 1854–1931
• Jedediah Grant Young 1855–1856
• Arta DeCrista Young 1855–1916
• Joseph Don Carlos Young 1855–1938
• Louisa Wells Young Ferguson 1855–1908
• Sarah Emeline Young Burns 1855–1933
• Susa Amelia Young Gates 1856–1933
• Lorenzo Dow Young 1856–1905
• Miriam Young Hardy 1857–1919
• Albert Jeddie Young 1858–1864
• Feramorz Little Young 1858–1881
• Alonzo Young 1858–1918
• Josephine Young Young 1860–1912
• Clarissa Hamilton Young Spencer 1860–1939
• Ida Young Higham 1860–1927
• Charlotte Talula Young Wood 1861–1892
• Ruth Young Healy 1861–1944
• Phineas Howe Young 1862–1903
• Laura Young 1862–1862
• Daniel Wells Young 1863–1863
• Rhoda Mabel Young Sanborn 1863–1950
• Adella Young Harrison 1864–1900
• Fannie Van Cott Young Clayton 1870–1950

Children

• Mary Young 1883–1884 FaG
• Harriet Hooper Young Morris 1885–1947 FaG
• Anna Young 1886–1888 FaG
• Claire Hooper Young Howell 1886–1968 FaG
• Alice Young Spencer 1889–1970 FaG
• MAJ Sidney Hooper Young 1893–1970 FaG

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