Brigham Young and his 55 wives

Brigham Young was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early American church, marrying a total of 55 wives, 54 of them after becoming a Latter Day Saint
By the time of his death, Young had 57 children by 16 of his wives; 46 of his children reached adulthood.[11]

Sources have varied on the number of Young's wives due to differences in what observers have considered to be a "wife".[9] There were 55 women that Young was sealed to during his lifetime. While the majority of the sealings were "for eternity", some were "for time only". However, it is suspected that not all of the 55 marriages were conjugal,[9] and Young did not live with a number of his wives or publicly hold them out as wives, which has led to confusion on numbering.[9]

Of his 55 wives, 21 had never been married before; 16 were widows; six were divorced; six had living husbands; and the marital status of six others are unknown.[9]

In 1856, Young built the Lion House to accommodate his sizable family. This building remains a Salt Lake City landmark, together with the Beehive House, another Brigham Young family home. A contemporary of Young wrote: "It was amusing to walk by Brigham Young's big house, a long rambling building with innumerable doors. Each wife has an establishment of her own, consisting of parlor, bedroom, and a front door, the key of which she keeps in her pocket".[12]

At the time of Young's death, 19 of his wives had predeceased him, he was divorced from ten, and 23 survived him, with the status of four unknown.[9] In his will, Young shared his estate with the 16 surviving wives who had lived with him; the six surviving non-conjugal wives were not mentioned in the will.[9]

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[jakesdoc]

Wow. He may have had 54 wives, but judging by the pictures- he sure wasn't picky. Those men are butt-ugly! Sorry..."women".

[IRISHBUDDAFILTH]

@mdlinks of course they are going to lie.Do you really think they are going to say "oh yeah JS screwed a 14 year old and all the under age girls he married" . and all these missionaries bullshit people as well.Great comment you left!!!

[cmt39]

When I read about Brigham Young's wives, it seemed as if each of them had special qualities. One could sew really well, another one good at baking, another good at ironing, things like that. But 55 of them! Jealousy must have run rampant, I'm sure.

[goofywilly]

looks like some of the womens were for doin chores and some were for "bopping" LOL! :O

[shipmaker14]

not a looker in the bunch!

[uiwqe]

this aint a prophet,,this is a macdaddy!!LOL

[mdlinks]

@settypatch

I love it when Mormons say JS never had sex with all the wives he married. What a joke. YOU gotta know that old Joe Smith was getting as much putty as he could. Guy was a pun hound, pure and simple.

[IExposeMormonism]

Everyone of those marriages went thru the Endowment Ceremony. And In there was "The Original Sin" was portrayed, often with Miss Eliza Snow as Eve. Buck neked and doing it! Further, multiple ex Mormons state ritual human sacrifice occurred in the Endowment House. Blood Atonement. Believe it or not. It is true, many 19th C Mormons so testify. It confirms to Joe and Briggy's own statements Mormonism is Old World Religion. Replete with blood sacrifice.

[settypatch]

mormons are the damnedest liars

Joseph committed adultery and called

"polygamy". Abraham never married another mans wife! But Joseph Smith did several times. MORmONS defense of this is inexcusable!!!

[beachlady78]

The belief is they are all together forever in a family situation in the CK. (Heaven) Procreating as God is now with us humans. umm ok? What a crock!

Mormon men of today can be sealed to more than one lady if the first woman dies. The belief is BOTH for the CK! I had no clue about this teaching, for years! Many mormon leaders and everyday mormon men have done this. They are waiting for polygamy in Heaven! (look it up lds)

YUK!