Joseph Young

__NOTOC__Joseph Young (April 7, 1797 – July 16, 1881) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement and was a missionary and longtime general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was an elder brother of Brigham Young.

Early life The five sons of John and Nabby YoungFrom left to right: Lorenzo Dow, Brigham, Phineas H., Joseph, and John.Young was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on April 7, 1797, born to John Young and Abigail Howe. Young was introduced to the doctrine of the Church of Christ by his younger brother Brigham. on April 6, 1832;

Seventy Young accompanied Joseph Smith and others in a journey to Independence, Missouri, in 1834 as part of Zion's Camp. In 1835, Smith selected Young to be one of the leaders of the Seventy of the church. Young was ordained to the Seventy on February 28. Young would eventually father a total of twenty-one children.

Later life in Utah Young and his four wives left Illinois in 1846 and settled in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and later Carterville, Iowa. He and his wives left Carterville in 1850 to join the Latter Day Saints who had followed his brother Brigham to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Young arrived in Salt Lake City in September 1850. The Youngs travelled in the William Snow/Joseph Young Company, with Young acting as a captain of the group.

In 1870, Young served a final mission for the church to the British Isles. He also served in the Utah Territorial legislature. He died in Salt Lake City on July 16, 1881, at the age of 84. At the time of his death, Young had served as a general authority or a missionary of the church for nearly fifty years.