Mary Van Cott Cobb Young

2 Feb 1844 - 5 Jan 1884
Mary Van Cott Cobb Young (1844-1884) was born 2 Feb. 1844 in Canaan, Columbia Co., New York. She was the daughter of John Van Cott and Lucy L. Sackett. She married James T. Cobb on 18 Oct. 1859 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, and they had one child; divorced. She was sealed to Brigham Young about 1869, and they had one child. She was baptized in 1852. She died 5 Jan. 1884 in Salt Lake City, and Wilford Woodruff attended her funeral.

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