Joseph Angell Young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoseph Angell Young
American politician
Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1834
Place of Birth: Kirtland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 05-Aug-1875
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Joseph Angell Young
- Joseph Angell Young (October 14, 1834 – August 5, 1875) was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
- Young is one of the few Latter-day Saints in history to have been ordained to the office of apostle without ever becoming a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency of the church.Young was born in Kirtland, Ohio, the eldest child of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell.
- He was baptized into the church in Kirtland by his father at the age of eight.
- In 1847, Young travelled with his family and a group of Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley. Young was a missionary for the LDS Church in England from 1854 to 1856, working in Liverpool, Manchester, and Bradford.
- Upon his return to Utah Territory, Young married Margaret Whitehead, a native of England.
- She became his second wife. Over the next few years Young was involved in the lumber industry, running several saw mills in canyons by Salt Lake City.
- He was also one of the main promoters of the Utah Central Railroad.In 1864, Brigham Young privately ordained two of his sons—Brigham Young, Jr.
- and Joseph Angell—to the priesthood office of apostle, without a public announcement or adding them to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Brigham had also previously ordained his son John Willard Young an apostle in 1855.
- Unlike his two brothers, Joseph Angell would never become a member of the First Presidency nor, like Brigham Jr., a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Joseph Angell was active in territorial politics and was a member of the Utah Territory's House of Representatives in its 6th, 11th, and 12th sessions and was a member of the territory's upper chamber in its 14th through 19th sessions. In 1872, Young was called to preside over the Sevier District of the church in present-day central Utah.
- He became the first stake president of the Sevier Stake when it was organized in 1874.
- Young served only a few months before dying unexpectedly in Manti, Utah Territory at the age of forty.
- At the time he was working on plan specifications for the Manti Utah Temple.
- He was buried in the Brigham Young Cemetery in Salt Lake City. Young is the father of Richard Whitehead Young, who was an Associate Justice of the U.S.
- Territory of the Philippines Supreme Court between 1899 and 1901.
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