Persis Goodall Young Richards was born 15 March 1806 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York to Joel Goodall (1760-1830) and Mary Swain (1766-1827) and died 16 September 1894 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah of unspecified causes. She married Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895) 1826 in Vermont. She married Levi Richards (1799-1876) 27 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.
Marriage & Family
1st Marriage: Lorenzo Young
Persis Goodall first married Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895), the younger brother of future Mormon prophet, Brigham Young (1801-1877). They separated about 1842-1846 in Nauvoo. Lorenzo remarried in 1843 and Persis Remarried in 1846. She bore Lorenzo several children.
2nd Marriage: Levi Richards
She married (2) as a plural wife to Mormon pioneer Levi Richards (1799-1876) in the Nauvoo Temple just before the big expulsion of 1846. No Children.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
William Goodall Young (1827-1894) | |||
Lucy Ann Young (1832-1836) | |||
Harriet Maria Young (1834-1928) | 21 July 1834 Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio | 16 February 1928 Kanab, Kane County, Utah | Joseph Gurnsey Brown (1824-1907) |
John Ray Young (1837-1931) | 30 April 1837 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States | 15 September 1931 Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States | Albina Terry (1836-1913) Lydia Knight (1844-1905) Tamar Jane Black (1852-1915) Catherine Coles (1858-1879) |
Franklin Wheeler Young (1839-1911) | |||
Lorenzo Sobieski Young (1841-1924) | |||
Frances Elizabeth Young (1845-1845) |
Siblings