 1844 - 1917 (73 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Ann Eliza Webb |
| Birth |
13 Sep 1844 |
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
18 Jul 1860 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWVC-B56 |
| Death |
7 Dec 1917 |
Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, United States |
| Burial |
Mountain View Cemetery, Washoe, Nevada, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I87859 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Chauncey Griswold Webb, b. 24 Oct 1811, Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States d. 7 Apr 1903, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years) |
| Mother |
Eliza Jane Churchill, b. 4 May 1817, Union Springs, Cayuga, New York, United States d. 16 Aug 1884, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, United States (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Sep 1834 |
Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F29659 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
James Leech Dee, b. 25 Feb 1842, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 6 Jun 1897, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Apr 1863 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. James Edmond Dee, b. Abt 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 1905 (Age 41 years) |
| | 2. Leonard Lorenzo Dee, b. 1865, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 1890 (Age 25 years) |
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| Family ID |
F29657 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Moses R Denning, b. 31 Mar 1828, Shirley, Piscataquis, Maine, United States d. 25 Jul 1910, Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
19 May 1883 |
Medina, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F29658 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Brigham Young, b. 1 Jun 1801, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 29 Aug 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Apr 1868 |
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
1875 |
| Family ID |
F29392 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 13 Sep 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 18 Jul 1860 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 4 Apr 1863 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 7 Apr 1868 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
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 | Marriage - 19 May 1883 - Medina, Ohio, United States |
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 | Death - 7 Dec 1917 - Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, United States |
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 | Burial - - Mountain View Cemetery, Washoe, Nevada, United States |
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| Notes |
- On the advice of her family, Ann Eliza married Brigham Young, the seco n d president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Chu rc h), when he was 67 years old and she was a 24-year-old divorcee. The y wer e married on April 7, 1869. The ceremony was presided over by LDS C hurc h leader Heber C. Kimball. At her request, Ann Eliza was set up i n a sepa rate home in Salt Lake City, on the condition that she visit th e Lion Hou se on occasion.
Although Ann Eliza later called herself Young's "wife no. 19," others ha v e referred to her as his "27th wife." One researcher concluded that sh e w as actually the 52nd woman to marry Young. The discrepancies may be d ue , in part, to difficulties in defining what constitutes a "wife" in ea rl y Mormon polygamous practices. A book published in the 1890s and endor se d by church leaders titled Pictures and Biographies of Brigham Young a n d His Wives provides brief descriptions of 26 wives.
Ann Eliza filed for divorce from Young in January 1873, an act that attr a cted much attention. Her bill for divorce alleged neglect, cruel treatm en t, and desertion, and claimed that her husband had property worth $ 8 m il l ion and an income exceeding $40,000 a month. Young countered tha t he ow ned less than $600,000 in property and that his income was less t han $600 0 per month.
Ann Eliza was excommunicated from the LDS Church on 10 October 1874. T h e divorce was granted in January 1875 and Brigham Young was ordered t o pa y a $500 per month allowance and $3000 in court fees. When Young ini tiall y refused, he was found in contempt of court and sentenced to a da y in ja il and a $25 fine. The alimony award was later set aside on the g rounds t hat the marriage was polygamous and therefore legally invalid; t he polyga mous nature of the marriage also exposed them to potential indi ctments fo r unlawful cohabitation.
Ann Eliza subsequently traveled the United States and spoke out agains t p olygamy, Mormonism, and Brigham Young. She testified before the U.S . Cong ress in 1875; these remarks were credited, by some to have contrib uted t o a passage of the Poland Act (1874) that reorganized the judicia l syste m of Utah Territory and made it easier for the federal governmen t to pros ecute polygamists.
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