Brigham Young had many wifes

Joseph Smith taught Brigham Young about multiple marriages. He had multiple spouses, the first of them being Lucy Ann Decker Seeley. When he was 41 years old, he wed Lucy (Lucy was 20). Before having plural marriage, Brigham conducted in-depth research on the subject and spent all of his time in study and prayer. After fully understanding the concept of plural weddings, he married with much reluctance. Mary Ann, the wife, gave her approval for it to be done. One of the interesting facts about Brigham Young is that he had 56 children from 16 women and almost 27 marriages.

It is challenging to make sense of Brigham Young's marriages given their extreme variation. He wed and was sealed to a young and elderly woman (Clarissa Decker, 15 and Hannah Tapfield King, 65). He wed widows and widowed women. The most peculiar thing is that he was sealed to his first two mothers-in-law. More controversially, he married women who were already married.

Brigham Young built the Lion House in 1856 to house his large family. Along with the Beehive House, another 1854 structure built by the Brigham Young family, this house is still recognized as a landmark in Salt Lake City. Young and his wife Mary Ann Angel spent most of their time in the Beehive House, but every evening they would all gather at the Lion House for prayer and meals.