The 

Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument (also known as the Brigham Young Family

Cemetery)[1] is a private cemetery and memorial. It is the burial site of Brigham Young, and his legal,
non-plural wife, Mary Ann Angell, along with other wives and family members. Part of the property
was dedicated to the Mormon pioneers who died making the journey to Utah from Illinois and other
parts of the world between 1847 and 1869.

Contents

 1Burial site
 2Memorial park
 3References
 4External links

Burial site[edit]
The majority of graves in the cemetery are unmarked and prior to restoration work that began in the
early 2020s, ground-penetrating radar was used, and 40-plus graves were discovered.[2] The marked
graves include:

1. Brigham Young — an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a

settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877, he
founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory,
United States. Young also led the founding of the precursors to the University of
Utah and Brigham Young University.
2. Mary Ann Angell Young — the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O.
Angell. Brigham's first wife died before he joined the Church. Mary was his second
wife. She bore him six children. Brigham's first wife, Miriam Works, bore him two
children before she died in 1832.[3]
3. Eliza R. Snow — was sealed to Joseph Smith. Following his death, she was sealed
to Brigham Young for time. It was believed she did not have a connubial relationship
with either prophet. She was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of
the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature
and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine.
4. Joseph Angell Young — the first son of Brigham and Mary Angell
5. Alice Young Clawson — Alice Young Clawson was the 4th child of Brigham and
Mary Ann Angell.
6. Lucy Ann Decker — Lucy Ann Decker was 20 when she became Brigham's first
polygamous wife on June 14, 1842. She was previously married to and divorced
from William Seeley. She was well organized and efficiently ran the Lion House. Her
younger sister, Clarissa (Clara) Decker, became Brigham's 4th polygamous wife two
years later, at age 16, and crossed the plains with him and her mother, Harriet
Wheeler Decker
7. Mary Van Cott Young — wife number 51. She married her first husband, James
Cobb, three months before being married to Brigham. Her father, John Van Cott,
was well known and respected
8. Emeline Free Young — wife number 21.
Memorial park[edit]
An upper portion of the property was dedicated by N. Eldon Tanner as a memorial park to the
Mormon pioneers on June 1, 1974, which was the 173rd anniversary of Brigham Young’s birth. The
park was redesigned and restored in 2000.[citation needed] An additional redesign was done beginning in the
early 2020s, and the park and cemetery was rededicated on October 22, 2022.[4][1]
The monument is open to the public daily. The sculpture All Is Well is installed on the site.

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Brigham Young Family Cemetery Reopens After Major Renovation" (Press
release). Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 22 October 2022.
Retrieved 29 October  2022.
2. ^ Semerad, Tony (12 December 2021).  "Brigham Young's final resting place turns up new
secrets these days — including additional graves".  The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City.
Retrieved 29 October  2022.
3. ^ "Mormon History and Heritage",  Utah.com, Utah Office of Tourism, retrieved  2013-02-08
4. ^ Walch, Tad (24 October 2022). "Historic Brigham Young Family Cemetery opens after
renovation, rededication". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved  29 October 2022.

 Shill, Aaron (4 April 2009), "Significant sites, artifacts, often go unnoticed", Deseret

News
 Creager, Janine S. (23 October 2008), "Markers of the past", The Salt Lake Tribune
 "Markers and Monuments Database", history.utah.gov, Utah State History, Utah
Department of Heritage and Arts, State of Utah, archived from the original on 17 July
2012, retrieved 18 October 2011