175 years ago today - Feb 6, 1846

Brigham Young (aged 44) marriage to Naamah Carter (1821-1909) (aged 24) divorced from John S. Twiss

Brigham Young (aged 44) marriage to Nancy Cressy (1780-1872) (aged 65) widow of Oliver Walker

[This ends a 31-day period during which Brigham Young marries nineteen women and has his sealings to all of his living wives reconfirmed in the Nauvoo Temple. Fourteen of his nineteen new wives had been married before.]

[Wikipedia, List of Brigham Young's Wives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brigham_Young%27s_wives]

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