B. Morris Young - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 18, 1854 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Died on 20 Feb 1931 (aged 77)

Founder of the Young Men organization of the LDS Church

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About B. Morris Young

  • Brigham Morris Young ((1854-01-18)January 18, 1854–February 20, 1931(1931-02-20) (aged 77)) was one of the founders of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA), the predecessor to the Young Men program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Young was the son of Brigham Young and one of his wives, Margaret Pierce.
  • In 1875, Morris Young served a mission for the LDS Church in the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Shortly after returning from this mission he was asked by his father to organize the YMMIA along with Junius F.
  • Wells and Milton H.
  • Hardy. In 1883 Young served another mission in the Hawaiian Islands.
  • He married Armeda Snow, a daughter of Lorenzo Snow.
  • Their son Lorenzo Snow Young was a prominent architect in Utah. In 1885 Young, his wife and their children returned from serving his second mission in the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Shortly after returning to Utah, Young began publicly performing as a cross-dressing singer under the pseudonym Madam Pattirini.
  • Young performed as Pattirini in north and central Utah venues from 1885 to the 1900s.
  • He could produce a convincing falsetto, and many in the audience did not realize that Pattirini was Young.

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