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Clarissa (Clara) Decker Young

22 July 1828—5 January 1889

1 Born at Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York; daughter of Harriet Page Wheeler and Isaac Decker.2 Moved to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1837; to Missouri, 1838; and to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1841.3 Married Brigham Young as a plural wife, 1844; five children.4 Traveled with the Brigham Young pioneer company; one of three women to enter the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847.5 Died at Salt Lake City.6 (See Document 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “In Memoriam: Clara D. Young,” Woman’s Exponent 17, no. 16 (Jan. 15 1889): 125. “Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015), Clara Decker; citing Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards, Provo, UT.
  2. 2 “In Memoriam,” 125. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” Deseret Evening News, Oct. 5, 1901, 11.
  3. 3 “In Memoriam,” 125. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11.
  4. 4 “In Memoriam,” 125. “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560–1900,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015), Clarissa C. Decker and Brigham Young; citing Yates Publishing, Provo, UT. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Clarissa Clara Decker KWJH-9QF and Brigham Young KWJH-9QN .
  5. 5 “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11.
  6. 6 “In Memoriam,” 125. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2015), memorial no. 19381716, Clarissa “Clara” Decker Young; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT.