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Alfred Douglas Young

13 Apr 1808 – 17 Mar 1889

Birth	13 Apr 1808
Death	17 Mar 1889
Cemetery	Kanab City Cemetery Kanab , Kane County , Utah , USA
Added by	SMS on 11 Dec 2006
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Son of Jacob Young and Mary Boren Married Malinda Talbert McIntosh, 17 Mar 1827, Madison County, Tennessee Married Anna Mundine Chappell, 1 Dec 1831, Union County, Illinois Married Rhoda Byrne Jared, 1 Jan 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Jane Watson Sanford, 17 Feb 1853, Kanab, Kane, Utah Sketch - Alfred Douglas Young was the fourth child of Jacob Young and Mary Boren. Alfred grew up on a farm owned jointly by his father and uncles. It was a big farm with lots of caves to explore and play in. While Alfred was still a small boy, his father, who made counterfeit money on the side, had to leave town fast. He was gone for over a year so his mother took the family to Illinois where she married her first cousin, Willis Boren. It was here in Illinois that Alfred met and married Malinda Talbert McIntosh in his late teens. Malinda bore him three children, John William, Ethline, and Darius Bainbridge. She died during or shortly after the birth of her last child. Alfred married Anna Mundine Chappel about two years later. This wife bore him seven children, Jane, Jacob, Eveline, Elisabeth, Emily, Martha, and Susan. After the birth of Alfred's fourth child in this marriage, he heard his first Mormon sermon. It was preached by Elder John Mclntosh. He was baptized by Elder Mclntosh in July of 1841 at Gibson, Tennessee. In Feb. of l842, Alfred and his brother, William, went to Jackson Co., Tennessee to see their father and found that he had passed away. They did however, preach to their other relatives and friends and baptize fifteen or twenty persons. Among these were his cousin, Adolphia, and Adolphia"s wife, Rhoda. He moved to Nauvoo in l842 where he was ordained by President Joseph Young into the 10th Quorum of Seventy and sent on a mission to the Southern States. While on this mission, the beloved Prophet Joseph Smith, and his brother Hyrum Smith were martyred. When he arrived home from his mission in l848, he bundled up his family and left with the Saints for the Great Salt Lake Valley. He settled in Big Cottonwood, just outside Salt Lake City. I am not sure, but I believe that his wife Anna might have died crossing the plains. After arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Alfred Douglas married two widows in about l852 or 1853. They were Jane Watson Sanford, the widow of Milton Howe, and Rhoda Byrne Jared, the widow of his cousin Adolphia Young. Each of these wives bore him four children. Just after the birth of Rhoda's child, Celestia Malinda, and just before the birth of Jane's child, Alfred Douglas Jr., Alfred moved his two wives to Provo. There he built a lovely house that still stands. While in Provo, his wives each gave Alfred three more children, Rhoda had Jared in l855. Jane had Fanny in 1857, and Squire Dagbert in 1859. Rhoda had adolphia, our ancestor, just a month later in 1859, Then Jane gave birth to Joseph Ghancelor in 1863. When he was 6 or 7 months old, Jane died. Rhoda gave birth to Rhoda Eunice three months after the birth of Joseph Ghancelor. Rhoda Eunice did not live too long. However, since Jane died, Rhoda raised Joseph as if he were her own. While in Provo, Alfred, in addition to taking care of his polygamous family, served on the Provo City Council. In the fall of l868 he was called to the "Muddy Mission." He moved there and raised the needed crops until the mission was abandoned in l871. Then he moved to Kanab where he lived until his death on March 17, l889. During his life, Alfred Douglas Young fathered l8 children, was an excellent farmer, donated liberally to public improvements, and helped towards the erection of three temples. He was a man of great faith who experienced many manifestations of the power of God, to which he bore a faithful testimony to the end of his life.

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