Rhoda (Richards) Young (1784 - 1879)

Born 8 Aug 1784 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Brigham Young — married 31 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Died 17 Jan 1879 at age 94 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Rhoda became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Rhoda (Richards) Young was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Rhoda was born on August 8, 1784 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

She was the daughter of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. ^[3][5][6]

She married Joseph Smith 12 June 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.^[3][6][8]

She married Brigham Young 31 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.^[3][8]

Biographical Notes: From Rhoda Richards Journal, 1784-1879. Typescript entitled "Journal and Letters of Rhoda Richards, Sister of Willard, Levi and Phinehas Richards, 1784-1879." Her fiance died in 1812. Sicknesses. Operation for cancer. Painfully detailed. Other medical treatments. Joined Mormon Church in Richmond, Virginia, 1838. Entries become more frequent, almost daily. Moved to Nauvoo. Activities in Nauvoo to 1844. Gap: 1845-56. Living in Salt Lake City from 1857. Upper crust of Mormon society. Dinner with Brigham Young at Beehive House. Domestic concerns. Church activities. Also letters, mostly addressed to Willard Richards, 1839-52.^[6]

Early LDS Church and Temple Ordinances: Baptism in 1838; Endowment January 10, 1846 at the Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; Sealed to Spouse January 31, 1846.^[6]

She passed away in 1879 in the Utah Territory, United States. ^[3][6][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F452-ZMG : 10 November 2020), Rhoda Richards, 8 Aug 1784; citing Birth, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011193.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-1LZ : 23 December 2020), Rhoda Richards, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949, Ancestry.com. (Rhoda's death is listed in this source even though her death year is 1879).
4. ↑ Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Rhoda Richards, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 2, line 4. BYU Nauvoo Community Project, Brigham Young University.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 581-582. BYU Nauvoo Community Project, Brigham Young University.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Ancestry.com. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848.50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HN8Z : 10 February 2018), Rhoda Richards, 19 Oct 1848; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 February 2021), memorial page for Rhoda Richards (8 Aug 1784–17 Jan 1879), Find A Grave: Memorial #20804909, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005).

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