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BRIGHAM YOUNG
CHURCH LEADER COLONIZER STATESMAN
BORN IN TOWN OF WHITINGHAM VT JUNE 1, 1801
LEADER OF MORMON PIONEERS FROM NAUVOO
ILLINOIS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ARRIVING IN THE
VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE JULY 24 1847
BECAME SECOND PRESIDENT OF IRE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS SERVING FROM
DECEMBER 27 1847 UNTIL HIS DEATH AT SALT LAKE CITY
UTAH AUGUST 29 1877 HIS STATUE
OCCUPIES A PLACE IN STATUARY HALL
NATIONAL CAPITOL WASHINGTON D. C
THIS MONUMENT FRECTED BY
DESCENDANTS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG
IN COOPERATION WITH THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Brigham Young Memorial
Whitingham, vt.
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