Clarissa Maria Young

1849 - 1935  (85 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 32 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Clarissa Maria Young
  Birth	10 Dec 1849	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	21 Feb 1863	EHOUS
  FamilySearch ID	KWJH-WQP
  Death	30 Apr 1935	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I88771	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Clarissa Ross,   b. 16 Jun 1814, Northville, Fulton, New York, United States d. 17 Oct 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  Family ID	F29349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Bernard Dougall,   b. 3 May 1843, Perthshire, Scotland d. 11 Apr 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1868	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	1. William Bernard Dougall, Jr,   b. 7 May 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 7 Apr 1906, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 36 years)   2. Hugh Willard Dougall,   b. 6 Mar 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 2 May 1963, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years)   3. Catherine Macswein Dougall,   b. 11 Aug 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 21 Nov 1972, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 94 years)   4. Clarissa Dougall,   b. 23 Jul 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 29 Nov 1973, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years)   5. Teressa Dougall,   b. 22 Jun 1888, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 16 Aug 1890, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F29794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Dec 1849 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 21 Feb 1863 - EHOUS Marriage - 1 Jun 1868 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death - 30 Apr 1935 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Burial - - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Clarissa Maria Young Dougall (10 December 1849 – 30 April 1935) was a Ut a h suffragist and a member of the general presidency of what is today t h e Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da y Sa ints (LDS Church). Maria Young was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Brigham You n g and his eighth wife, Clarissa Ross. When she was eight years old, he r m other Clarissa died, so from that point forward she was raised by Zin a D . H. Young, another of Brigham Young's wives. Maria Young married William B. Dougall on 1 June 1868. She was at the fo u ndational meeting of the LDS Church's Young Ladies' Department of the C oo perative Retrenchment Association in 1869. When Margaret Young Taylor , th e first counselor in the Young Women organization, resigned her posi tio n in 1887 after the death of her husband, Dougall was selected to suc cee d Taylor. Dougall was the first counselor to Elmina Shepard Taylor fr om 1 887 until Taylor's death on 6 December 1904. For many years, the mee ting s of the presidency of the Young Women was held in Dougall's home i n Sal t Lake City. When the Salt Lake Temple opened in 1893, Dougall beca me a n ordinance worker. After Utah gained statehood in 1896, Dougall was the chairperson of th e U tah chapter of the National Council of Women, a suffrage organizatio n le d by Susan B. Anthony; in 1897 Dougall attended the NCW's large suff rag e convention in Washington, D.C. Dougall was also a founding member a nd f irst counselor to Annie Taylor Hyde of the Daughters of Utah Pioneer s org anization. Dougall died in Salt Lake City of a coronary occlusion. She was the moth e r of three children.