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Miriam Works, first wife of Brigham Young. Died at age 26 of tuberculosis leaving two
little girls, Elizabeth 7, Vilate 2. Both were taken in by Vilate Kimball until Brigham
married Mary Ann Angel in Kirtland two years later. |
Brandon Eccles
surveys attic room of Tomlinson Inn, where the Mendon branch met until move to Kirtland. |
Foggy Bottom
Restaurant & theater in Mendon N.Y. It was built in 1825 as a church. John Young and
his 10 children and their spouses, plus Heber C. and Vilate Kimball likely attended there
since they lived nearby. |
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| Tour members
photographed from the stage, dining at the Foggy Bottom Restaurant while awaiting the
introduction on stage of John and Nabby Young and their 11 children, including Brigham. |
Julie Butterfield
at Foggy Bottom May 10, 2000 portrays Susanna, older sister of Brigham. Like her brothers
and sisters, faithful in hardships and sorrows. By the time she arrived in the Salt Lake
Valley in 1849 she had buried four husbands. |
“Noblest
of the Smith sons.” Betsy Ferguson as Lucy Mack Smith recounts the tragic loss
of her son Alvin at his grave in Palmyra. |
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G.R.
Mather in Sacred Grove on ridge of stones placed by Smiths, including Joseph, as they
cleared the fields. It marks a boundary of the Smith farm. |
Stephanie
Swanberg, portraying 24 year old Emma Smith on the foundation of their home in Harmony,
telling about watching the translation of the Book of Mormon as she worked in the kitchen. |
Reconstructed
Smith family log home in Palmyra. Sacred grove is in background. It was in a bedroom of
the upper floor of this home that Moroni first appeared to Joseph Smith. |
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