Microfilm of a diary kept by Lorenzo Dow Smith primarily from 1886-1888. The opening pages include a description of the Kirtland Temple and assorted diary entries from 1881 and 1885. Most of Young's diary entries focus on his poor health, the weather, attending Temple services, and visiting friends and family in Salt Lake City. He specifically mentions Franklin Richards, Eliza Roxcy Snow, and Feramorz Little, in addition to his many meetings with his brothers, sons, and nephews. He also mentions events surrounding the 40th anniversary of the first pioneer party to Utah, includes a list of donations made to help Franklin W. Young research Young family genealogy, and records the deaths of his wife Hannah and son Brigham (1860-1887). At the end of the volume is a short family record and brief autobiography by Young, recorded in 1887. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1948. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895), the youngest brother of Brigham Young, was born in Smyrna, New York. His mother died when he was a child, and apart from keeping house for his father from 1815-1816, Lorenzo spent most of his childhood living with his siblings. In 1822 he traveled to Hector, New York, where he experienced a Methodist revival, his first introduction to the religious fervor of the time. He returned to Cayuga County and worked as a blacksmith, where he sustained a serious injury, that, combined with his already delicate health, left him in a permanently weakened state. In 1831 Lorenzo was introduced to Mormonism by his father, brothers Joseph and Brigham Young, and Heber C. Kimball. Initially wary, Lorenzo was ultimately convinced to join the faith when he attended a Mormon meeting in Pennsylvania. He lived in poverty in Pittsburgh before following his father to Kirtland in 1833. Facing anti-Mormon violence, in 1837 Lorenzo left Kirtland for Missouri and subsequently Nauvoo. In 1846 he was part of Brigham Young's first party of Mormon pioneers, arriving in Salt Lake City in 1847. He spent most of the rest of life in Salt Lake City, where he died in 1895.
Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899 Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887 Young, Lorenzo Dow, 1807-1895 Mormon families Mormon pioneers Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Utah--History 1886-1888 1888 Diaries Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original loaned by Marguerite Sinclair through Juanita Brooks, May 27, 1948.
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