We went to St. George on Spring Break. The one thing I most wanted to do was visit Brigham Young's summer home, as I never had. Kirk and I went one afternoon. This portrait was hanging in the home. Toward the end of his life, he stayed in St. George. He had a lot of problems with his feet (not sure if hips and back were also involved.) Anyway when he had an addition built onto the main home, he had his bedroom on the second made large enough so that he had an office and a dining table in it. At times in order to get upstairs to his room, two men would carry him in a chair up the stairs. There was a balcony outside his room so that he could spend time sitting there. At times he would visit with people from there.
His bed was a tall four poster. Most interesting item there to me was an upholstered stool next to it for him to kneel on to pray.
My relation to him --- his 3rd great niece. Two of his brothers, my 3rd great grandfathers -- Lorenzo Dow Young and Phineas Howe Young.
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