Background
The daughter of James and Phoebe Morton Angell, she was born in Seneca, Ontario County, New New York
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Young"s first wife, Miriam Angeline Works, had died on September 8, 1832. Mary Ann became a Free Will Baptist and was also a Sunday School teacher. Deeply religious and studious of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, she vowed never to marry until she met "a man of God" in whom she could confide her spirituality and with whom her heart could unite in the active duties of a Christian life.
She survived him by nearly five years.
Mary Ann Angell and Brigham Young had six children. Mary Ann was also a skilled herbalist and folk doctor.
During her trek across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848, she used these skills to treat many fellow pioneers. She also brought many seeds with her and is credited with planting the beautiful trees that grow along the eastern end of South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, which was once known as Brigham Street.
Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church historian Andrew Jenson wrote of her, "She was a very gifted and intelligent woman, highly cultured, yet humble and meek, ever ready to help the poor and needy, or ease the suffering of the afflicted.
She passed through great trials and privation but through it all she was a faithful wife, model mother, and Latter-day Saint, in whose heart native goodness and benevolence abounded."
Mary Ann Angell was the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman Angell.
Membership
Another son was Joseph Angell Young, who was ordained an apostle in 1864 but never became a member of either the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency.
