Mary Ann Angell

Mary Ann Angell Young (June 8, 1803 – June 27, 1882) was the second woman married to Brigham Young, who served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Young's first wife had died in 1832, leaving Young a widower. Angell and Young were married on March 31, 1834, in Kirtland, Ohio. Angell eventually gave her consent to the practice of plural marriage after Young's marriage to Lucy Ann Decker, his first plural wife. Angell remained married to Young until his death in 1877, and together they had six children.

Early life and conversion Angell was born in Seneca, New York to James and Phoebe Morton Angell on June 8, 1803. Her parents moved to Providence, Rhode Island when she was young, where Mary Ann later became a Free Will Baptist and worked as a Sunday School teacher. Deeply religious and studious of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, she vowed never to marry until she met "a man of God" in whom she could confide her spirituality and with whom her heart could unite in the active duties of a Christian life. While in New York, Truman was baptized into the LDS Church in January 1832; Mary Ann was baptized shortly thereafter by Elder John P. Greene. Mary Ann then set out alone for Kirtland, Ohio, the gathering place of the early members of the church.

Marriage and family Shortly after her arrival in Kirtland, she met and married Brigham Young. The two were later sealed in the Kirtland Temple. Mary Ann Angell and Brigham Young had a total of six children together. Upon Young's return from England, Angell helped nurse him back to health after he became very ill with scarlet fever.

Notable descendants Mary Ann's brother, Truman O. Angell, assisted in the construction of the Salt Lake Temple and served for a time as the official architect of the LDS Church.