Daughter of Alva and Betsy Burtt Beaman. She moved with her parents to Ohio and after wards to Missouri, where she suffered in the persecutions and mobbings until driven with the Saints out of that State. She later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where she became acquainted w ith the Prophet Joseph Smith, who taught her the principles of plural marriage. She became his wife when she was twenty-six years of age, April 5, 1841. She was one of the first women in this dispensation who was married according to the order of plural or Celestial marriage, taught by the Prophet Joseph.
It was in the late fall of 1846 that Louisa became the wife of President Brigham Young. It was a signal honor to share the respect and protection of this great leader. As the year of 1847 dawned, the eyes of the Saints were turned toward the West, that was to be their home, their refuge. Louisa and her people arrived in the Salt Lake Valley early in October of 1847, having traveled in the Jedediah M. Grant company.
In 1848 Louisa gave birth to her first children, a set of twins, both sons. She named them Joseph and Hyrum. Both babes died. Again, in 1850, she gave birth to twin boys whom they named Alva and Alma. Again, they were taken away. A few weeks after their birth, Louisa became very ill [and] passed away... (Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 1, Brigham Young- His Wives and Family)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
It was in the late fall of 1846 that Louisa became the wife of President Brigham Young. It was a signal honor to share the respect and protection of this great leader. As the year of 1847 dawned, the eyes of the Saints were turned toward the West, that was to be their home, their refuge. Louisa and her people arrived in the Salt Lake Valley early in October of 1847, having traveled in the Jedediah M. Grant company.
In 1848 Louisa gave birth to her first children, a set of twins, both sons. She named them Joseph and Hyrum. Both babes died. Again, in 1850, she gave birth to twin boys whom they named Alva and Alma. Again, they were taken away. A few weeks after their birth, Louisa became very ill [and] passed away... (Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 1, Brigham Young- His Wives and Family)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
Daughter of Alva and Betsy Burtt Beaman. She moved with her parents to Ohio and after wards to Missouri, where she suffered in the persecutions and mobbings until driven with the Saints out of that State. She later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where she became acquainted w ith the Prophet Joseph Smith, who taught her the principles of plural marriage. She became his wife when she was twenty-six years of age, April 5, 1841. She was one of the first women in this dispensation who was married according to the order of plural or Celestial marriage, taught by the Prophet Joseph.
It was in the late fall of 1846 that Louisa became the wife of President Brigham Young. It was a signal honor to share the respect and protection of this great leader. As the year of 1847 dawned, the eyes of the Saints were turned toward the West, that was to be their home, their refuge. Louisa and her people arrived in the Salt Lake Valley early in October of 1847, having traveled in the Jedediah M. Grant company.
In 1848 Louisa gave birth to her first children, a set of twins, both sons. She named them Joseph and Hyrum. Both babes died. Again, in 1850, she gave birth to twin boys whom they named Alva and Alma. Again, they were taken away. A few weeks after their birth, Louisa became very ill [and] passed away... (Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 1, Brigham Young- His Wives and Family)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
It was in the late fall of 1846 that Louisa became the wife of President Brigham Young. It was a signal honor to share the respect and protection of this great leader. As the year of 1847 dawned, the eyes of the Saints were turned toward the West, that was to be their home, their refuge. Louisa and her people arrived in the Salt Lake Valley early in October of 1847, having traveled in the Jedediah M. Grant company.
In 1848 Louisa gave birth to her first children, a set of twins, both sons. She named them Joseph and Hyrum. Both babes died. Again, in 1850, she gave birth to twin boys whom they named Alva and Alma. Again, they were taken away. A few weeks after their birth, Louisa became very ill [and] passed away... (Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 1, Brigham Young- His Wives and Family)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
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