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Clarissa Clara Decker Young 1828–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 July 1828

Birth Location: Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA

Death Date: 5 January 1889

Death Location: Mendon, Monroe County, New York, United States of America

Father: Asa {AmRev}

Mother: Abigail Marks

Spouse(s): Brigham Young

Children(s): Moroni Young, Brigham Sr, Evelyn Davis, Julia Burton, Jedediah Young, Hyrum Young, Emeline Crosbie, Miranda Conrad, Ardelle Harrison, Eudora Hagan, Susa Gates, Edward Young, Rhoda Sanborn, Sarah Burns, Fannie Clayton, Willard Young, Charlotte Wood, Ella Empey, Lorenzo Young, Zina Card, Joseph Young, Vilate Decker, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Alfales Young, Albert Young, Mary Croxall, Phoebe Beatie, Clarissa Dougall, Royal Young, Joseph Young, Nabbie Clawson, Jeannette Easton, Miriam Hardy, Louisa Ferguson, Phineas Young

In 1828, Clarissa Clara Decker Young entered the world in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA, born to Asa Twin Works Sr Amrev And Abigail Jerusha Marks. Clarissa Clara Decker Young married Brigham Young, and had children including Albert Jeddie Young, Alfales Young, Ardelle Elwin Della Young Harrison, Brigham Morris Young Sr, Charlotte Tallula Young Wood, Clarissa Maria Dougall, Edward Partridge Young, Elizabeth Young Ellsworth, Ella Elizabeth Empey, Emeline Amanda Crosbie, Eudora Lovina Hagan, Evelyn Louisa Davis, Fannie Van Cott Clayton, Hyrum Smith Young, Jeannette Richards Young Snell Easton, Jedediah Grant Young, Joseph Don Carlos Young, Joseph Ormal Young, Julia Marie Young Burton, Lorenzo Dow Young, Louisa Wells Ferguson, Mary Eliza Croxall, Miranda Hyde Rinda Young Conrad, Miriam Hardy, Moroni Young, Nabbie Howe Young Clawson, Phineas Howe Young, Phoebe Louisa Beatie, Rhoda Mabel Young Sanborn, Royal Barney Young, Sarah Emeline Young Sagers Burns, Susa Amelia Gates, Vilate Young Decker, Willard Young, Zina Presendia Card. Clarissa Clara Decker Young passed away in 1889 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1828, Clarissa Clara Decker Young entered the world in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA, born to Asa Twin Works Sr Amrev And Abigail Jerusha Marks.
  • Clarissa Clara Decker Young married Brigham Young, and had children including Albert Jeddie Young, Alfales Young, Ardelle Elwin Della Young Harrison, Brigham Morris Young Sr, Charlotte Tallula Young Wood, Clarissa Maria Dougall, Edward Partridge Young, Elizabeth Young Ellsworth, Ella Elizabeth Empey, Emeline Amanda Crosbie, Eudora Lovina Hagan, Evelyn Louisa Davis, Fannie Van Cott Clayton, Hyrum Smith Young, Jeannette Richards Young Snell Easton, Jedediah Grant Young, Joseph Don Carlos Young, Joseph Ormal Young, Julia Marie Young Burton, Lorenzo Dow Young, Louisa Wells Ferguson, Mary Eliza Croxall, Miranda Hyde Rinda Young Conrad, Miriam Hardy, Moroni Young, Nabbie Howe Young Clawson, Phineas Howe Young, Phoebe Louisa Beatie, Rhoda Mabel Young Sanborn, Royal Barney Young, Sarah Emeline Young Sagers Burns, Susa Amelia Gates, Vilate Young Decker, Willard Young, Zina Presendia Card.
  • Clarissa Clara Decker Young passed away in 1889 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Clarissa Young's Ancestors

Self
Clarissa Young
1828–1889
Birth Place: Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
Parents
Asa (twin) Works Sr. ** {AmRev}
1763–1845
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail (Jerusha) Marks
1781–1846
Wilmington, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America
Grandparents
Samuel (Works **) Jr.
1721–1761
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Polly Smith (Works)) **
1720–1780
Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Marks
1755–
Wilmington, Windham, Vermont, United States
Miriam Smith
1759–1850
Westfield, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Hannah Alling
1678–1740
Richard *
1736–
Mary Marks
1736–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Clarissa Young's Descendants

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Clarissa (Clara Decker) Young (22 July 1828–5 January 1889) m. Brigham Young (1 June 1801–29 August 1877)
  1. 1. Moroni Young 1847–1847
  2. 2. Brigham (Morris Young) Sr 1854–1931
  3. 3. Evelyn (Louisa) Davis 1850–1917
  4. 4. Julia (Marie Young) Burton 1853–1889 m. Charles (Samuel) Burton 1855–1923
  5. 5. Jedediah (Grant) Young 1855–1856
  6. 6. Hyrum (Smith) Young 1851–1925
  7. 7. Emeline (Amanda) Crosbie 1853–1895
  8. 8. Miranda (Hyde "Rinda" Young) Conrad 1849–1883 m. Walter (Karr) Conrad 1841–1891
    1. 1. Ellie (Fay) Conrad 1869–1873
    2. 2. Goldie (E) Conrad 1873–1874
    3. 3. Raymond (Grove) Conrad 1872–1872
    4. 4. Vernie (V) Conrad 1875–1875
    5. 5. Walter (Karr) Conrad 1867–1942
    6. 6. Winnifred (Betsy) Conrad 1877–1918
    7. 7. Vernie Vaughn 1875–1875
  9. 9. Ardelle (Elwin "Della" Young) Harrison 1864–1900 m. Frank (Hanson) Harrison 1852–1924
    1. 1. Ella (H) Harrison 1887–1959
    2. 2. Margaret Harrison 1889–
  10. 10. Eudora (Lovina) Hagan 1852–1921
  11. 11. Susa (Amelia) Gates 1856–1933
  12. 12. Edward (Partridge) Young 1845–1852
  13. 13. Rhoda (Mabel Young) Sanborn 1863–1950
  14. 14. Sarah (Emeline Young Sagers) Burns 1855–1933 m. Robert (Burdette) Burns 1855–1902
    1. 1. Chloie Burns 1885–1957
    2. 2. Harriet Burns 1877–1953
    3. 3. Robert (Burdette) Burns 1880–1934
  15. 15. Fannie (Van Cott) Clayton 1870–1950
  16. 16. Willard Young 1852–1936
  17. 17. Charlotte (Tallula Young) Wood 1862–1892 m. Augustus (Madeira) Wood 1851–1905
  18. 18. Ella (Elizabeth) Empey 1847–1890 m. Nelson (A) Empey 1840–
    1. 1. Lottie Empey 1866–
  19. 19. Lorenzo (Dow) Young 1856–1905
  20. 20. Zina (Presendia) Card 1850–1931
  21. 21. Joseph (Ormal) Young 1853–1917
  22. 22. Vilate (Young) Decker 1830–1902 m. Charles (Franklin) Decker 1824–1901
    1. 1. Alice (Luella Decker) Rauie 1851–1930
    2. 2. Brigham (Leray) Decker 1859–1910
    3. 3. Charles (Franklin) Decker 1854–1877
    4. 4. Ferry Decker 1872–1941
    5. 5. Lois (Elizabeth) Decker 1865–1867
    6. 6. Loretta (Almina) Decker 1861–1897
    7. 7. Louis (Isaac) Decker 1857–1864
    8. 8. Miriam (Vilate) Decker 1848–1888
  23. 23. Elizabeth (Young) Ellsworth 1825–1903
  24. 24. Alfales Young 1853–1920
  25. 25. Albert (Jeddie) Young 1858–1864
  26. 26. Mary (Eliza) Croxall 1847–1871
  27. 27. Phoebe (Louisa) Beatie 1854–1931
  28. 28. Clarissa (Maria) Dougall 1849–1935
  29. 29. Royal (Barney) Young 1851–1929 m. Mary (Wood Pratt) Young 1853–1911 m. Emmeline (R.) Young 1856– m. Agnes McMURRIN 1860–1904
    1. 1. Royal (P.) Young 1874–1958
    2. 2. Lola (Mary) Young 1876–1951
    3. 3. Harriett Young 1894– m. Luke (Middleton) Wright 1888–
    4. 4. Ivy Young 1884–1963
    5. 5. Laura Young 1886–
    6. 6. Luella Young 1881–
    7. 7. Mary (Evelyn) Young 1890–
    8. 8. Parley (Q.) Young 1898–1951 m. Leona (M) Young 1910– m. Fena (Mary Van Komen) Young 1904–1964
      1. 1. Helen (LaRue Young) Hodder 1925–2012 m. Eugene Hodder 1914–
  30. 30. Joseph (Don Carlos) Young 1855–1938
  31. 31. Nabbie (Howe Young) Clawson 1852–1894 m. Orson (Spencer) Clawson 1852–1916
    1. 1. Clara Clawson 1877–1903
    2. 2. Curtis (Young) Clawson 1884–1941
    3. 3. Grace (C) Clawson 1886–1976
    4. 4. John (Neels) Clawson 1888–1929
    5. 5. Orson (Spencer) Clawson 1879–1917
    6. 6. Nabbie (Young) Clawson 1891–1987
  32. 32. Jeannette (Richards Young Snell) Easton 1849–1930 m. George (Henry) Snell 1845–1896
  33. 33. Miriam Hardy 1857–1919
  34. 34. Louisa (Wells) Ferguson 1855–1908
  35. 35. Phineas (Howe) Young 1862–1903

Clarissa Young's Timeline

3 Records

1828
22 July 1828
Birth of Clarissa Clara Decker Young in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
1844
8 May 1844
Age 16
Clarissa Clara Decker Young was married in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
1889
5 January 1889
Age 61
Death of Clarissa Clara Decker Young in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 July 1828
    Event Place: Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 May 1844
    Event Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 January 1889
    Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mendon, Monroe County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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