A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1278, 24 April 1878, Page 3

A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

[From the “ Pall Mall Gazette.”] The heirs of the la a Brigham Young having faded to in the distribution of of his property, a lawsuit will, it is exposed, ta' e pla o, and it is likely to prove a formidable affair, the sudors being twenty-five wivo<, or their hoirs, c nisi ting of forty five children The Prophet. «as supp.se Ito have had only nine cen wives j tins, how eve, proves to be an error. The number wa<i twenty-five ; two have died, and there are at present twenty-three survivors. A descriptive ca'alogue of these ladies appears in one of the American papo-s -No. I, Mary Ann Angell, first wife of the Prophet—large, portly, and dignified No. 2, Lucy Decl-er not bright nor smart, but a good worker ; for son o tune kept a sort of boarding-home for the Prophet’s other wives. No. 3, Clara Decker, sister of Lucy Dec! er—a shore, thickset woman, much like Lucy, but more intelligent and agreeable. No. 4, Harriet Cook—tall, straight, light-haired woman, with sharp nose and fair complexion. No. 5. Lucy Bigelow—would have been an ornament to any gentleman’s house. No. 6, Twiss, was Brigham’s servant, and subsequently wdie —short and stout, low forehead, sandy hair and freckled. No. 7, Martha Bowker—plain, sensible, and quiet woman, of low s a’ure and small mind; seemed only to care for the Prophet occasionally. No. 8, Harriet Barney—a gentlewoman, with pleasant expression ; married the Prophet from pure affection. No. 9, Eliza Burge-s—small in stature, dark ba r and eyes and a dark comcomp'exion. No. 10, Ellen Rockwood—an even-tempered woman, of little mind and a waxy comp'exion ; was a “regular down east Yankee girl.” No. 11, SmanSnively—a very plain woman, the commonest of all Brigham's wives. He cared little for tier. No. 12, Jemima Angell, sister of Brigham’s first wife ; now very old. Brigham merely married her to give her an exaltation in the next world. He seldom saw her. No. 13, Margaret Alley—died in 1853. No. 14, Margaret Pierce—sharp nose, light hair ; a small woman with a high temper. No. 15, Mrs Hampton—(ail, with round features and dark abundant hair. No. 16, Mary Bigelow—disliked Mormonism and deserted the Prophet. No. 17, Ann Eiiza Webb—the famous wife No. 17 who gave Brigham so much trouble; as smart as she is fair. No 18, Emmeline Free—tall and graceful. No, 19, Eliza Roxy Snow—a poetess, known as the “ Sweet Singer of Israel,” of middle stature and dignified manners. No. 20, Zina D Huntington Jacobs — has some literary taste; portly and goodlooking ; took care of the three children of the Prophet’s twenty-fourth wife, Clara Chase, a maniac. No. 21, Amelia Partridge—was originally a servant in Brigham’s family ; good-tempeied, universally beloved and respected. No. 22, Mrs Augusta Cobb— a finelooking Massachusets woman. No. 23, Mrs Smith—an old woman ; merely married for her salvation ; staled to Brigham for time and to Joseph Smith lor eternity. No. 24, Clara Chase—became a lunatic and died. No. 25, Amelia Folsom, the Prophet’s last wife, and the one for whom he gave up all his other wives—a fine blonde, with plenty of temper ; gave the Prophet to understand that she alone would console his declining years, and. carried her point.