Elizabeth Young Ellsworth
1825-1903
Elizabeth Young Ellsworth (1825-1903) was born 26 Sep. 1825 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., New York. She was the daughter of Brigham Young and Miriam Works. She married Edmund Ellsworth on 10 Jul. 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, and they had eight children. She was baptized 26 Jun. 1834. She was mentioned in a letter written from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff to Wilford Woodruff dated 6 Oct. 1840, and she participated in temple work with Wilford Woodruff on 29 Mar. 1877. She died 2 Feb. 1903 in Lewisville, Jefferson Co., Idaho.
Elizabeth Young (KWJH-8F7), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 24 Feb. 2023). Elizabeth Young Ellsworth, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/elizabeth-young-ellsworth, accessed 24 Feb. 2023). Deseret Evening News, “Another Pioneer Gone Home” (Salt Lake City, Utah), 3 Feb. 1903, p. 1; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 24 Feb. 2023). Deseret News, “Death of President Brigham Young” (Salt Lake City, Utah), 5 Sep. 1877, p. 8; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 14 Feb. 2023). "Nauvoo (Ill.) Recorder marriage certificates, 1842-1846 / Marriage certificates, 1842,” entry for Edmund Elsworth and Elisabeth Young, image 33/38, MS 16824; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 24 Feb. 2023).
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