Son of Lorenzo Dow Young and Persis Goodall

Married Albina Terry, 1 Jan 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Frank Albion Young, Silas Smith Young, Ferra Little Young, William Reynolds Young, John Royal Young, Joseph Willard Young

Married Lydia Knight, 1 Jan 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Lydia Rosanna Young, Joseph Smith Young, Hyrum Smith Young, Persis Vilate Young, Newel Knight Young, Howard Spencer Young, Edward Webb Young

Married Tamar Jane Black, 9 May 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Mary Whipple Young, Harriet Amy Young, Samuel Claridge Young, William Lorenzo Young, Martin Ray Young, Thomas Robertson Young, Daniel Washburn Young

Married Catherine Coles, 10 Oct 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Daughter - Mary Ellen Young

Synopsis - "The Memoirs of John R Young" by John R Young

John R. Young (nephew of Brigham Young) left one of the most interesting and varied of all pioneer legacies. Intimate with most of the General Authorities, he shares many insights into their personalities and relates experiences not found in other works. Brother Young had the "knack" for being where history was made and gives several first-hand accounts of key events in the lives of the early Saints.

Yet his own life - although full of adventure and spiritual encouragement - was hardly privileged. He tells of pioneer life as a time of poverty and struggle. In his Memoirs, he recounts the cricket invasion into the Salt Lake Valley; several experiences as an Indian scout; his missions to Hawaii and meeting with Walter Murray Gibson (an apostate missionary); his mission to England; and community life in Orderville, Utah. His narrative is interspersed with dreams, spiritual promptings, and testimony-building experiences for the reader.