Sally Young

Abt 1840 - Abt 1878  (~ 38 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Sally Young
  Born	Abt 1840
  Gender	Female
  Biographical Information	Sally was a native American girl that the Youngs adopted in 1847. As a young child she was kidnapped from the Southern Paiute tribe by another tribe and tortured. When the kidnappers came into Salt Lake with two girls about 4 or 5 years old trying to sell them the Mormons initially declined. The enraged chief took one of the girls and killed her. He then threw the body towards them telling them they had no hearts, or they would have bought it and saved its life. Charles Decker, a brother-in-law of Brigham Young, not wanting the same thing to happen to the other girl purchased her with his rifle and pony. [John R. Young wrote] "She was the saddest-looking piece of humanity I have ever seen. They had shingled her head with butcher knives and fire brands. All the fleshy parts of her body, legs, and arms had been hacked with knives, then fire brands had been stuck into the wounds. She was gaunt with hunger, and smeared from head to foot with blood and ashes. After being washed and clothed, she was given to President [Brigham] Young and became as one of his family. They named her Sally." After this experience Brigham Young encouraged his followers to adopt Indian children offered for sale. She eventually married a local tribal chief Kanosh and moved to central Utah where the town of Kanosh is now. She died at age 38. Some claim she was murdered by a jealous wife of Chief Kanosh but, there is no evidence and other researchers attribute this to a folk tale.
  Died	Abt 1878
  Siblings	7 siblings
  1. Brigham Heber Young,   b. 19 Jun 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois ,   d. 3 Jun 1928, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  2. Fanny Decker Young,   b. 25 Jan 1849, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 20 Jan 1892, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  3. Ernest Irving Young, Sr,   b. 30 Apr 1851, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 8 Oct 1879, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  4. Shermira Young,   b. 21 Mar 1853, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 24 Aug 1915
  5. Arta de Christa Young,   b. 16 Apr 1855, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 7 Apr 1916, Ogden, Weber, Utah
  6. Feramorz Little Young,   b. 16 Sep 1858, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 27 Sep 1881, Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
  7. Clarissa Hamilton Young,   b. 23 Jul 1860, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 21 Aug 1939, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
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  Person ID	I6707	Nagel
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Brigham Young,   b. 1 Jun 1801, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont ,   d. 29 Aug 1877, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Lucy Ann Decker,   b. 17 May 1822, Phelps, Ontario, New York ,   d. 24 Jan 1890, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Married	14 Jun 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
  Family ID	F2238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kanosh,   b. 1821,   d. 24 Dec 1884, Kanosh, Millard, Utah  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F1024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Sally Young. Sally Young.