The Richards–Young family is the name of a U.S. political family. Besides politics many of its members have been prominent in religion and in military affairs. Its most famous member was Brigham Young.
This political family is linked by marriage to a number of others, most notably the Cannon Family

Cannon Family

The Cannon family is a prominent U.S. political family in the states of Utah, Nevada and Idaho which descends from the 19th century marriage of George Cannon and Ann Quayle before their emigration from Peel, Isle of Man. The family's most notable member was their oldest son George Q. Cannon...

 and the Dudley-Winthrop Family

Dudley-Winthrop family

-Thomas Dudley:*Born: 1576, Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England*Political position: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650*Father of Anne Dudley who married Simon Bradstreet*Father of Joseph Dudley...

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah...

• June 8, 1801 - August 29, 1877
• Governor of Utah Territory 1851-58
• Father of Brigham Young, Jr.
• Father of Joseph Angell Young
• Father of Caroline Partridge Young who married Heber C. Kimball
• Grandfather of Richard Whitehead Young
• 1st cousin of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin of Phineas Howe Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Franklin D. Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Samuel Whitney Richards
• 1st cousin twice removed of George Franklin Richards
• 1st cousin 3x removed of Jesse Snyder Richards
• 6th cousin of Joseph Smith, Jr.
• Brother of Fanny Young
• Approximately 52 wives including:
• Married Zina Jacobs and Eliza Roxy Snow
• Married Emily Dow Partridge, sister of Eliza Maria Partridge and Edward Partridge Jr.
• Married Mary Ann Angell
  Mary Ann Angell
  Mary Ann Angell Young was the second woman married to Latter Day Saint leader Brigham Young. They were married on February 28, 1834. Young's first wife, Miriam Angeline Works, had died on September 8, 1832...
  
  

Brigham Young, Jr.

Brigham Young, Jr.

Brigham Young, Jr. served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1899 until his death. His tenure was interrupted for one week in 1901 when Joseph F...

• December 18, 1836 - April 11, 1903
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1869
• Son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell
• Brother of Joseph Angell Young
• Half-brother of Caroline Partridge Young who married Heber C. Kimball
• Uncle of Richard Whitehead Young
• 1st cousin once removed of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Phineas Howe Richards
• 2nd cousin of Franklin Richards
• 2nd cousin of Samuel Whitney Richards
• 2nd cousin once removed of George Franklin Richards
• 2nd cousin twice removed of Jesse Snyder Richards
• He married Jane Carrington, daughter of Albert Carrington
• Married Catherine Curtis Spencer, the daughter of Orson Spencer
  Orson Spencer
  Orson Spencer was a prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several highly visible positions within the church and left an extensive legacy of theological writings...
  
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Joseph Angell Young

Joseph Angell Young

Joseph Angell Young was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Young is one of the few Latter-day Saints in history to have been ordained to the office of apostle without ever becoming a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency of the...

• October 14, 1834 - August 5, 1875
• Utah Territorial Legislature (Territorial house from Salt Lake 6th, 11th, & 12th sessions; territorial senate 14th-19th sessions)
• Son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell
• Father of Richard Whitehead Young
• Brother of Brigham Young, Jr.
• Half-brother of Caroline Partridge Young who married Heber C. Kimball
• 1st cousin once removed of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Phineas Howe Richards
• 2nd cousin of Franklin D. Richards
• 2nd cousin of Samuel Whitney Richards
• 2nd cousin once removed of George Franklin Richards
• 2nd cousin twice removed of Jesse Snyder Richards

Richard Whitehead Young

Richard Whitehead Young

Richard Whitehead Young was a U.S. Army Brigadier General and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the time that the Philippines was a U.S. Territory....

• April 19, 1858 - December 27, 1919
• Associate Justice of U.S. Territory of the Philippines Supreme Court 1899-1901
• Military Service: Graduated West Point 1882. Combat in the Spanish American War as a U.S. Army Captain. Brigadier General in France during WWI .
• Son of Joseph Angell Young and Margaret Whitehead
• Grandson of Brigham Young
• Nephew of Brigham Young Jr.
• 1st cousin twice removed of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin twice removed of Phineas Howe Richards
• 2nd cousin once removed of Franklin Richards
• 2nd cousin once removed of Samuel Whitney Richards
• 3rd cousin of George Franklin Richards
• 3rd cousin once removed of Jesse Snyder Richards
• Father of Minerva Richards Young who married Adam Samuel Bennion

Bob Young

• 1947 - Living
• Served a distinguished career as an on air broadcaster in radio and television in Augusta, Georgia, including winning an Emmy nomination.
• Mayor of Augusta, Georgia 1999-2005
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional director 2005-2008
• HUD Assistant Deputy Secretary 2008-2009
• 3rd great grandson of Brigham Young
• Son of Fergus F. Young and nephew of Eugene Young, the sons of Ernest Irving Young.

Willard Richards

Willard Richards

Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to...

• June 24, 1804 - March 11, 1854
• Secretary of State of Provisional Utah (Deseret) Government 1849
• Brother of Phineas Howe Richards
• Brother of Rhoda Richards
• Uncle of Franklin D. Richards
• Uncle of Samuel Whitney Richards
• Great-uncle of George Franklin Richards
• 2nd great uncle of Jesse Snyder Richards
• 1st cousin of Brigham Young
• 1st cousin once removed of Brigham Young, Jr.
• 1st cousin once removed of Joseph Angell Young
• 1st cousin twice removed of Richard Whitehead Young

Sarah Ellen Richards (Smith)

Sarah E. Richards was a daughter of Willard Richards

Willard Richards

Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to...

 mentioned above. She was a wife of Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

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Willard Richards Smith

Willard R. Smith was a son of Joseph F. Smith and Sarah Ellen Richards Smith. He served as president of the Salt Lake Temple

Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...

 from 1961-1964. He married Florence Grant, a daughter of Heber J. Grant

Heber J. Grant

Heber Jeddy Grant was the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He was ordained an apostle on October 16, 1882, on the same day as George Teasdale...

. Among the children of Willard Richards Smith was Florence S. Jacobsen

Florence S. Jacobsen

Florence Smith Jacobsen was the sixth general president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1961 to 1972.-Early years:...

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Phineas Howe Richards

• November 15, 1788 - November 25, 1874
• Utah Territorial Senate 1851
• Father of Franklin D. Richards
• Father of Samuel Whitney Richards
• Grandfather of George Franklin Richards
• Great-grandfather of Jesse Snyder Richards
• Brother of Willard Richards
• Brother of Rhoda Richards
• 1st cousin of Brigham Young
• 1st cousin once removed of Brigham Young, Jr.
• 1st cousin once removed of Joseph Angell Young
• 1st Cousin twice removed of Richard Whitehead Young

Franklin Dewey Richards

• Usually called Franklin D. Richards
• April 22, 1821 - December 9, 1899
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1852, 1856
• Son of Phineas Howe Richards
• Brother of Samuel Whitney Richards
• Father of George Franklin Richards
• Father of Franklin Snyder Richards who married Emily Sophia Tanner (Richards)
• Grandfather of Jesse Snyder Richards
• Nephew of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Brigham Young
• 2nd cousin of Brigham Young, Jr.
• 2nd cousin of Joseph Angell Young

Henry Phinehas Richards

• Nov. 30, 1831-
• Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion
  Nauvoo Legion
  The Nauvoo Legion was a militia originally organized by the Latter Day Saints to defend the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, . To curry political favor with the ambiguously-political Saints, the Illinois state legislature granted Nauvoo a liberal city charter that gave the Nauvoo Legion extraordinary...
  
   in Utah.
• Served two LDS Missions to Hawaii, during the second one he was able to get J. Mott Smith to grant Mormon missionaries the right to perform marriages, and successfully fought taxes on missionaries when all other Christian ministers were exempt from taxation, taking his case to the Territorial Supreme Court.
• Son of Phineas Richards
• Father-in-law of Richard W. Young

Samuel Whitney Richards

Samuel W. Richards

Samuel W. Richards was a religious and political leader in 19th-century Utah and in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....

• August 9, 1824 - November 26, 1909
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1855
• Son of Phineas Howe Richards
• Brother of Franklin D. Richards
• Uncle of George Franklin Richards
• Great uncle of Jesse Snyder Richards
• Nephew of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin once removed of Brigham Young
• 2nd cousin of Brigham Young, Jr.
• 2nd cousin of Joseph Angell Young
• 2nd cousin once removed of Richard Whitehead Young

Jesse Snyder Richards

• April 11, 1887 - September 4, 1928
• Idaho State Legislature 1917
• Grandson of Franklin D. Richards
• Great-grandson of Phineas Howe Richards
• Half-nephew of George Franklin Richards
• Great-Nephew of Samuel Whitney Richards
• 2nd Great-nephew of Willard Richards
• 1st cousin 3x removed of Brigham Young
• 2nd cousin twice removed of Brigham Young Jr.
• 2nd cousin twice removed of Joseph Angell Young
• 3rd cousin once removed of Richard Whitehead Young

George Franklin Richards

• February 23, 1861 - August 8, 1950
• Utah State Legislature 1899-1900
• Son of Franklin D. Richards
• Grandson of Phineas Howe Richards
• Nephew of Samuel Whitney Richards
• Great Nephew of Willard Richards
• Half-Uncle of Jesse Snyder Richards
• 1st cousin twice removed of Brigham Young
• 2nd cousin once removed of Brigham Young, Jr.
• 2nd cousin once removed of Joseph Angell Young
• 3rd cousin of Richard Whitehead Young

Emily Sophia Tanner (Richards)

• AKA: Emily Sophia Richards
• May 13, 1850 - August 29, 1929
• Alternate Delegate to the National Democratic Convention 1896
• Married Franklin Snyder Richards, son of Franklin D. Richards

Edward Partridge Jr.

• 25 Jun 1833 - 17 Nov 1900
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1873; Delegate to 1895 Utah Constitutional Convention
• Brother of Eliza Maria Partridge Smith who married Amasa Mason Lyman (U.S. President Zachary Taylor's delegate to the 1849 California Constitutional Convention, Mayor of San Bernardino, California
  San Bernardino, California
  San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
  
  , Utah Territorial legislature)
• Brother of Emily Dow Partridge who married Brigham Young (Governor of Utah)
• Great grandson of Oliver Partridge
  Oliver Partridge
  Oliver Partridge was a military commander and politician in colonial America. He represented Massachusetts at the Albany Congress of 1754, and at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. He was also the first senior military commander of Massachusetts....
  
   (Massachusetts Congressman at Albany 1754, and the Stamp Act Congress of 1765)
• Great great grandnephew of Elisha Williams (Connecticut Congressman at Albany 1754, 4th rector of Yale College)
• Double 5th great grandson of Simon Bradstreet
  Simon Bradstreet
  Simon Bradstreet was a colonial magistrate, businessman, diplomat, and the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was almost constantly involved in the politics of the colony but became its governor only in 1679...
  
   (Governor of Massachusetts)
• 5th great grandson of George Wyllys
  George Wyllys
  George Wyllys or Wyllis served for a year as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony.Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester Willis, part of an old, wealthy family. His first cousins Thomas and Richard, were baronets of Fen Ditton,...
  
   (Governor of Connecticut)
• 5th great grandson of John Haynes
  John Haynes
  John Haynes , also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony...
  
   (Governor of Massachusetts; Governor of Connecticut)
• Double 6th great grandson of Thomas Dudley
  Thomas Dudley
  Thomas Dudley was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the town's first home...
  
   (Governor of Massachusetts, Founder of Harvard College)
• 1st cousin 4x removed of George Wyllys
  George Wyllys
  George Wyllys or Wyllis served for a year as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony.Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester Willis, part of an old, wealthy family. His first cousins Thomas and Richard, were baronets of Fen Ditton,...
  
   (Connecticut Secretary of State)

Albert Carrington

Albert Carrington

Albert Carrington born in Royalton, Vermont, was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He was ordained as an apostle on July 3, 1870.Carrington served in the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1869...

• 8 Jan 1813 - 19 Dec 1889
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1869
• Father of Jane Carrington, who married Brigham Young, Jr.

Orson Spencer

Orson Spencer

Orson Spencer was a prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several highly visible positions within the church and left an extensive legacy of theological writings...

• First Chancellor of the University of Deseret
• Father of Catherine Curtis Spencer, who married Brigham Young, Jr.

Adam Samuel Bennion

• 2 Dec 1886 - 11 Feb 1958
• Candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Utah 1944, defeated
• 1st Cousin once removed of Heber Bennion
• 1st Cousin once removed of Harden Bennion
• Married to Minerva Richards Young, daughter of Richard Whitehead Young

Heber Bennion

• 8 Nov 1858 - 21 Jan 1932
• Utah Territorial Legislature 1889; Utah State Legislature 1897
• Half-brother of Harden Bennion
• Half-brother of Maria Bennion who married Angus Munn Cannon
• 1st Cousin once removed of Adam Samuel Bennion

Harden Bennion

Harden Bennion

Harden Bennion was the Secretary of State of Utah from 1916 to 1920. He also served in the Utah State Senate and as chairman of the Utah Democratic Party.Bennion was born in Taylorsville, Utah...

• 7 Oct 1862 - 12 Oct 1936
• Utah State Senate 1899-1906; Utah Secretary of State 1916-1920
• Half-brother of Heber Bennion
• Half-brother of Maria Bennion who married Angus M. Cannon
• 1st Cousin once removed of Adam Samuel Bennion

External links

• Brigham Young Family Association