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The Wives of Brigham Young 55 women, named and counted

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All 55 wives

The backbone of this list is Jeffery Ogden Johnson's Table 1 in Dialogue 20:3 (1987) — the only comprehensive published list. Turner counts about 53; Quinn counts 56. Why the number moves.

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#NameBorn–diedMarriedHer ageHis age PhaseAlready marriedChildrenHousehold
1 Miriam Angeline Works 1806–18328 Oct 1824 1823 Legal wife (pre-polygamy)No 2Yes - his first household
2 Mary Ann Angell 1808–188210 Feb 1834 2633 Legal wife (remarriage as widower)No 6Yes - head of household
3 Lucy Ann Decker 1822–189014 June 1842 2041 During Joseph Smith's lifeYes (Turner n. 56) 7Yes - Lion House
4 Augusta Adams Cobb 1802–18862 Nov 1843 4142 During Joseph Smith's lifeYes (Turner n. 56) 0Yes - Lion House, middle story
5 Harriet Elizabeth Cook 1824–18982 Nov 1843 1942 During Joseph Smith's lifeNo 1Yes - household
6 Clarissa Caroline Decker 1828–18898 May 1844 1643 During Joseph Smith's lifeNo 5Yes - household
7 Emily Dow Partridge 1824–1899Sept or Nov 1844 2043 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 7Yes - household
8 Clarissa Ross 1814–185710 Sept 1844 3043 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 4Yes - household
9 Louisa Beaman 1815–185019 Sept 1844 2943 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 5Yes - household
10 Eliza Roxcy Snow 1804–18873 Oct 1844 4043 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0Yes - Lion House
11 Elizabeth Fairchild 1828–19103 Oct 1844 1643 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0No - never part of the household
12 Clarissa Blake 1796–?8 Oct 1844 4843 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeYes (Turner n. 56) 0Unknown
13 Rebecca Holman 1824–18499 Oct 1844 2043 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeUnknown 0No - died before Utah
14 Diana Severance Chase 1827–188610 Oct 1844 1743 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0No - never part of the household
15 Susannah (Susan) Snively 1815–189231 Oct 1844 2943 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0Yes - lived at Forest Farm
16 Olive Grey Frost 1816–18457 Nov 1844 2843 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0Unknown
17 Mary Ann Clark 1816–?15 Jan 1845 2944 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeYes (Turner n. 56) 0No - apparently kept living with her first husband
18 Margaret Pierce 1823–190716 Jan 1845 2244 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeYes (Turner n. 56) 1Yes - household
19 Mary Harvey Pierce 1821–184716 Jan 1845 2444 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 0Unknown
20 Emmeline Free 1826–187530 Apr 1845 1944 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeNo 10Yes - and reportedly his favourite for years
21 Mary Elizabeth Rollins 1818–191322 May 1845 2744 Post-martyrdom, pre-templeYes (Turner n. 56) 0NO - never lived with him, never known as his wife
22 Margaret Alley 1825–185214 Jan 1846 2145 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 2Yes - household
23 Olive Andrews 1818–?15 Jan 1846 2845 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0Unknown
24 Emily Haws 1823–?15 Jan 1846 2345 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) 0No - presumed stayed with Whitmarsh
25 Martha Bowker 1822–189021 Jan 1846 2445 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0Yes - household
26 Ellen Rockwood 1829–186621 Jan 1846 1745 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0Yes - household (Rhoda Richards visited her there)
27 Jemima Angell 1803–186928 Jan 1846 4345 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) 0Unknown
28 Abigail Marks (Works) 1781–184628 Jan 1846 6545 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0No
29 Phebe Morton 1776–185428 Jan 1846 7045 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) 0No
30 Cynthia Porter 1783–?28 Jan 1846 6345 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Unknown - prior husband's status not established 0Unknown
31 Mary Eliza Nelson 1812–188531 Jan 1846 3445 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0No
32 Rhoda Richards 1784–187931 Jan 1846 6245 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0No - lived independently, visited the Lion House
33 Zina Diantha Huntington 1821–19012 Feb 1846 (Turner: possibly spring 1845) 2545 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) - the central case 1Yes - from 1846 onward
34 Amy Cecilia Cooper 1804–?3 Feb 1846 4245 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) 0No - returned to Massachusetts
35 Mary Ellen de la Montague 1803–?3 Feb 1846 4345 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Yes (Turner n. 56) 0No
36 Julia Foster 1811–18913 Feb 1846 3545 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No 0No - later married Thomas Cole
37 Abigail Harback 1790–18493 Feb 1846 5645 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Unknown - prior husband's status not established 0Unknown
38 Mary Ann Turley 1827–19043 Feb 1846 1945 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)No - John Cook was a LATER husband 0No - never part of the household
39 Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter 1821–19096 Feb 1846 2545 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Unknown - prior husband's status not established 0Yes - household
40 Nancy Cressy 1780–18726 Feb 1846 6645 Nauvoo temple (Jan-Feb 1846)Unknown - prior husband's status not established 0Unknown
41 Jane Terry 1819–184710 Feb 1847 2846 Crossing the plainsNo 0Unknown
42 Lucy Bigelow 1830–190520 Mar 1847 1746 Crossing the plainsNo 3Yes - household; later St. George
43 Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–186820 Mar 1847 2046 Crossing the plainsNo 0No - turned back on the trail
44 Sarah Malin 1804–185818 Apr 1848 4447 Crossing the plainsNo 0Unknown
45 Eliza Burgess 1827–19153 Oct 1852 2551 Utah, 1850sNo 1Yes - household
46 Mary Oldfield 1793–187516 Dec 1852 5951 Utah, 1850sUnknown - prior husband's status not established 0No
47 Eliza Babcock 1828–1868before 1853 2552 Utah, 1850sNo 0No
48 Catherine Reese 1804–186010 June 1855 5154 Utah, 1850sUnknown - prior husband's status not established 0No
49 Harriet Barney 1830–191114 Mar 1856 2655 Utah, 1850sUnknown - prior husband's status not established 1Yes - household
50 Harriet Amelia Folsom 1838–191024 Jan 1863 2562 Utah, 1860sNo 0Yes - her own house, the Gardo House
51 Mary Van Cott 1844–18848 Jan 1865 2164 Utah, 1860sNo - separated from Cobb first 1Yes - a home bought for her in Provo
52 Ann Eliza Webb 1844–?7 Apr 1868 2467 Utah, 1860sNo - BY helped her divorce Dee in 1865, three years before 0Briefly - then a farmhouse she resented
53 Elizabeth Jones 1814–18953 July 1869 5568 Utah, 1860sNo 0Sent to Forest Farm; unhappy there
54 Lydia Farnsworth 1808–18978 May 1870 6269 Utah, 1870sYes (Turner n. 56) 0No
55 Hannah Tapfield King 1807–18868 Dec 1872 6571 Utah, 1870sYes (Turner n. 56) 0NO - never part of the household

A blank means not established here, never zero.

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