A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 158, 2 July 1878, Page 4

A CATALOGUE OF WIVES.

The heirs of the late Brigham Young having failed to agree in the distribution of hie property, a lawsuit will, it ia expected, take place, and is likely to prove a formidable affair, tbe suitors being 25 wives, or their heirs, consisting of 48 children. The Prophet was aappo6ed to have had only 19 wives ; thiß, however, proves to be an error. Tbe number was 25 j two had died, and tbere are at present 23 survivors. A descriptive c&tologoe of these ladies appears in one of the Amerioan papera: —No. 1, Mary Ann Angeli, first wife of the Prophet — large, portly, and dignified. No. 2, Lucy Decker— not bright nor Bmart, but a good worker ; for some time kept a sort of boardinghouse for the Prophet's other wives. No. 3, Clara Decker, aister of Lucy Decker — a short, thick-set woman, much like Lucy, but more intelligent , and agreeable. No. 4, Harriet Cock —-tall, straight light-baired woman, with sharp nose and fair complexion! No. 5, Lucy Bigelow— would have been an ornament to any gentletnan'e bouse. No. 6, Twise, waa Brigham's servant, and subsequently wife— abort and stoat, Jow forehead, sandy hair and freckled. No. 7, Martha Bowker plain, sensible, and quiet woman, of low stature, and small mind ; seemed only to care for the Prophet occasionally. No. 8, Harriet Barney — a gentlewoman, with pleasant expressions • married the Prophet from pure affection. No. 9, Eliza Burgess — small in ! stature, dark hair and eyes, and a dark; complexion. No. 10, Ellen Rookwood S —an even tempered woman of little' mind and a hazy complexion ; was a' "regular down east Yankee girl." ;No,j 1 1, Susan Saively-ra very plain woman}! tbe commonest of all Brigham's wives.fl

He eared little for her. No 12, Jemima Angeli, 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, Marearet Alley— died in 1853. No, 14 Margaret Pierce — sharp nose, ligbt hair ; a small women, with high temper. No. 15, Mrs Hamptom — tall, with round features, and dark, abundant hair. No. 16, Mary Bigelow — disliked Mormoniem, and deserted the Prophet. No. 17, Ann Eliza Webb — the famous wife, 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. Huntingdon Jacobs — has soon litterary taste ; portly and good looking ; 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 iv Brigham's famiiy ; good tempered, universally beloved and respected. No. 22, Mrs Augusta Cobb— a fine looking Massachusetts woman ; merely married for her salvation; sealed to Brigham for a short time, and Joseph Smith for eternity. No. 24, Clarra Chase — became a lunatic, and died, No. 25, Amelia Folaora— 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 tbe Prophet to understand tbat she alone would console his declining years, and carried her point. — Pall Mall Gazette.