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Adopted son of Brigham Young
Robert Pierce
Birth and death dates not established here
Sealed to Brigham Young as a son 1846, Nauvoo temple.
An adoption, not a marriage — an adult sealed into a priesthood lineage running back to Adam. What the law of adoption was.
Nauvoo temple, 1846
Who he was to Brigham Young
Ritual son - and Young's father-in-law twice over, because his daughters MARGARET and MARY PIERCE were both Young's wives. Young's parents-in-law became his spiritual offspring. This is the row where the categories stop resolving entirely.
How it ended
Not established here. Margaret outlived Young by thirty years and died in 1907; Mary died at Winter Quarters in 1847.
The record
- Born
- Not established here
- Died
- Not established here
- Adoption sealing
- 1846
- Place
- Nauvoo temple
- Sealed alongside
- His wife Hannah Pierce, sealed alongside him.
- Outcome
- not established
Source: Turner, Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet (2012) p. 140
Six of the thirty-four men adopted to Brigham Young can be named from the published sources — about 18 per cent. Why the roster is partial.