Background
Young was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the seventh child of John Young and Abigail Howe.
Young was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the seventh child of John Young and Abigail Howe.
Early in his life, Phineas was a Methodist preacher. Phineas" wife Clarissa was also baptized about this same time. While not on missions, Young lived with the Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio and Far West, Missouri.
In 1840, Young moved to Scott County, Illinois when the Latter Day Saints were expelled from Missouri.
By 1841 he had relocated to Nauvoo. Later in 1841, Young served a mission to Cincinnati and its environs with Franklin Doctorate. Richards.
Young was married to Lucy, the half-sister of Oliver Cowdery. After Cowdery was excommunicated from the church in 1838, Young wrote him several letters pleading with him to come back into the church.
Young was present in Richmond, Missouri when Cowdery died.
After Joseph Smith was killed in 1844, Young joined the majority of Latter Day Saints in accepting the leadership of Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In this company, Young served as a captain of ten. Young settled in Salt Lake City.
He went on to become a missionary in England.
In 1853, he became the second counselor to David Fullmer in the presidency of the Salt Lake Stake of the church. From 1864 through 1871 Young served as the bishop of the Salt Lake City 2nd Ward.
In Utah Territory, Young worked as a printer, saddler and contractor. Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory at the age of 80.
In 1835, the Three Witnesses selected Young as one of the inaugural members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
