Clarissa Maria Young Dougall

December 10, 1849–April 30, 1935

1 Born at Salt Lake City; daughter of Clarissa Ross and Brigham Young. 2 Raised by Zina D. H. Young after Ross’s death in 1858. 3 Married William B. Dougall, June 1, 1868; five children. 4 Participated in the Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association, 1869. 5 Served as counselor in the Salt Lake City Seventeenth Ward Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (Y.L.M.I.A.), 1877–1880, and as president, 1880–1883. 6 Served as counselor to Mary Ann Freeze in the Salt Lake Stake Y.L.M.I.A., 1883–1887. 7 Served as counselor to Anstis Elmina S. Taylor on the Y.L.M.I.A. general board, 1887–1904. 8 Appointed as a counselor to Martha (Mattie) Jane Horne Tingey in 1905, and then released and made an honorary member of the General Board that same year. 9 Active in the woman suffrage movement; served on the executive committee and as an honorary vice president of the Utah Woman Suffrage Association. Served as a delegate to the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention at Washington DC, 1890. 10 Helped found the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers organization. 11 Helped found the Utah chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; served as chaplain and vice-regent. 12 Served as a temple worker from 1893 to the time of her death. 13 Died at Salt Lake City. 14 (See Document 3.18)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 805/240 (1935), Maria Young Dougall. “Death Calls Mrs. Dougall,” Deseret News, Apr. 30, 1935, [1].

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 805/240. Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911), 98.

  3. [3] Gates, History of the YLMIA, 98, 101. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Clarissa Ross.

  4. [4] Gates, History of the YLMIA, 98. “Maria Young Dougall: Our Picture Gallery,” The Young Woman’s Journal 2, no. 3 (Dec. 1890): 99, 101.

  5. [5] Gates, History of the YLMIA, 99. “Resolutions Adopted by the First Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Co-operative Retrenchment Association, S. L. City, organized May 27, 1870,” Deseret Evening News, June 20, 1870, [2].

  6. [6] “Maria Young Dougall,” Young Woman’s Journal, 100.

  7. [7] “Maria Young Dougall,” Young Woman’s Journal, 100. Gates, History of the YLMIA, 99. “Woman’s Conference,” Woman’s Exponent 12, no. 3 (July 1, 1883): 21.

  8. [8] “Maria Young Dougall,” Young Woman’s Journal, 100. Gates, History of the YLMIA, 99. “A Tribute of Love,” Woman’s Exponent 24, no. 3 (July 1, 1895): 20.

  9. [9] History of the YLMIA, 281–286; “Our Reorganization,” Young Woman’s Journal 16, no. 5 (May 1905): 245; “The Executive Officers of the General Board of the Y.L.M.I.A.,” Young Woman’s Journal 16, no. 6 (June 1905): 259.

  10. [10] Gates, History of the YLMIA, 99. “Woman Suffrage Meeting: An Association for Utah,” Woman’s Exponent 17, no. 16 (Jan. 15, 1889): 121. “U.W.S.A.,” Woman’s Exponent 18, no. 11 (Nov. 1, 1889): 85. “Editorial Notes,” Woman’s Exponent 18, no. 18 (Feb. 15, 1890): 142. “Utah W.S.A.,” Woman’s Exponent 20, no. 8 (Oct. 15, 1891): 62.

  11. [11] “Editorial Notes,” Woman’s Exponent 30, no. 1 (June 1901): 4. “Death Calls Mrs. Dougall,” [2]. “Brigham Young Daughter Dies Unexpectedly,” Salt Lake Tribune, May 1, 1935, 5.

  12. [12] “Daughters of the Revolution: Organization Effected in This City,” Woman’s Exponent 27, no. 13 (Dec. 1, 1898): 65. “Incorporation: The Daughters of the Revolution,” Woman’s Exponent 27, no. 24 (May 15, 1899): 152. “Editorial Notes,” Woman’s Exponent 29, nos. 2–3 (June 15, 1900): 14.

  13. [13] “Death Calls Mrs. Dougall,” [1].

  14. [14] Utah death certificate, file no. 805/240. “Death Calls Mrs. Dougall,” [1]. “Brigham Young Daughter Dies Unexpectedly,” 5.