Young

EDWARD, (yung,) an English poet, B. in Hants, 1684; D. 1765. Night Thoughts is the work upon which his reputation rests, and which was more admired abroad than at home. Young, BRIGHAM, a Mormon prophet and leader, B. in Vermont, 1801. He embraced Latter-Day doctrines in 1832, and on the death of Joseph Smith, in 1844, was chosen president of the sect. He conducted his followers from Nauvoo into Utah, and in 1847 founded Salt Lake City. Upon the organization of Utah as a Territory in 1850, Y. was elected its governor, and he soon acquired absolute power, setting the laws and officers of the U. S. govt. at open defiance. In 1857, however, the national authority was enforced by military action, and the Mormon dictator compelled to conform to the obligations imposed upon U. S. citizenship. D. 1877. Young, in Texas, a N. co.; area, 860 sq. m.; C. Belknap. Pop. 135. [s. 975]