The Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument (also known as the Brigham Young Cemetery) is a private cemetery and memorial. It was dedicated to the more than 6,000 Mormon pioneers who died making the journey to Utah from Illinois and other parts of the world between 1847 and 1869. It is the gravesite of Brigham Young, and his legal, non-plural wife, Mary Ann Angell.
Just eleven persons were buried in the cemetery. These include:
The Brigham Young family cemetery was dedicated by N. Eldon Tanner as a memorial park to the Mormon pioneers on June 1, 1974, which was the 173rd anniversary of Brigham Young’s birth. The park was redesigned and restored in 2000.
The monument is open to the public daily.
Coordinates: 40°46′13″N 111°53′8″W / 40.77028°N 111.88556°W / 40.77028; -111.88556
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