Oldest of three children of William Seely and Lucy Ann Decker. Became a stepson of Brigham Young by his mother's second marriage, Brigham's first in polygamy.
According to the family story, Isaac disliked the pervasive orderliness of Brigham Young's home, the Beehive House, which his mother managed for its first 25 years, and ran away to California at age 16. Next appeared in Salt Lake five years later, with a string of wrestling medals, whereupon Brigham is said to have clapped him on the back and hired him as a bodyguard.
Married Elizabeth Jane Fisher, of the East Mill Creek Fishers; they had eight children, of whom the sixth was Arta McLean Seely.
According to the family story, Isaac disliked the pervasive orderliness of Brigham Young's home, the Beehive House, which his mother managed for its first 25 years, and ran away to California at age 16. Next appeared in Salt Lake five years later, with a string of wrestling medals, whereupon Brigham is said to have clapped him on the back and hired him as a bodyguard.
Married Elizabeth Jane Fisher, of the East Mill Creek Fishers; they had eight children, of whom the sixth was Arta McLean Seely.
Oldest of three children of William Seely and Lucy Ann Decker. Became a stepson of Brigham Young by his mother's second marriage, Brigham's first in polygamy.
According to the family story, Isaac disliked the pervasive orderliness of Brigham Young's home, the Beehive House, which his mother managed for its first 25 years, and ran away to California at age 16. Next appeared in Salt Lake five years later, with a string of wrestling medals, whereupon Brigham is said to have clapped him on the back and hired him as a bodyguard.
Married Elizabeth Jane Fisher, of the East Mill Creek Fishers; they had eight children, of whom the sixth was Arta McLean Seely.
According to the family story, Isaac disliked the pervasive orderliness of Brigham Young's home, the Beehive House, which his mother managed for its first 25 years, and ran away to California at age 16. Next appeared in Salt Lake five years later, with a string of wrestling medals, whereupon Brigham is said to have clapped him on the back and hired him as a bodyguard.
Married Elizabeth Jane Fisher, of the East Mill Creek Fishers; they had eight children, of whom the sixth was Arta McLean Seely.
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