[2] At age twelve, Young drove an ox cart along the Mormon Trail, reaching Salt Lake City in 1848.

[2] Young served as a guard and scout in the following years, operating in Salt Lake Valley and the surrounding canyons.

[1] Unlike his brothers, Brigham Young Jr. would later become part of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles four years later in 1868, after the death of Heber C. Kimball and George A. Smith joining the First Presidency.

[2] In 1864, Young returned to Europe, this time with his wife, Catherine (Orson Spencer's daughter), as his companion.

[2] Brigham and Catherine's son, Joseph Angel Young II, was born in England in 1866 while he was still serving as mission president.

[4] As president of the church's European Mission in 1866 and 1867, Young preached in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

[5] It was from a conversation as Young was about to return to Utah at the end of his time as mission president that Charles W. Penrose wrote the hymn, "Beautiful Zion For Me".

[8] During 1868, Young acted as his father's agent in finding workers for the Utah portion of the First transcontinental railroad.

[9] During this time, Young co-owned a feed and livery stable in Soda Springs, Idaho, with Solomon Hale.

[2] In 1877, Young, Erastus Snow and Wilford Woodruff dedicated parts of the St. George Temple.

[11] In 1878, Young and Moses Thatcher selected the site for the Latter-day Saint settlement in the Star Valley of Wyoming.

[12] In February 1883, Young went on a tour among the Navajo and Hopi peoples with many other church leaders, including Heber J.

Among their children was Brigham Spencer Young, who would later serve as president of the Northwestern States Mission of the church.