The Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument (also known as the Brigham Young Family Cemetery) is a private cemetery and memorial. It is the burial site of Brigham Young, and his legal, non-plural wife, Mary Ann Angell, along with other wives and family members. Part of the property was dedicated to the Mormon pioneers who died making the journey to Utah from Illinois and other parts of the world between 1847 and 1869. Burial site The majority of graves in the cemetery are unmarked and prior to restoration work that began in the early 2020s, ground-penetrating radar was used, and 40-plus graves were discovered. The marked graves include: Brigham Young – an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory, United States. Young also led the founding of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Mary Ann Angell Young – the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell. Brigham's first wife died before he joined the Church. Mary was his second wife. She bore him six children. Brigham's first wife, Miriam Works, bore him two children before she died in 1832. Eliza R. Snow – was sealed to Joseph Smith. Following his death, she was sealed to Brigham Young for time. It was believed she did not have a connubial relationship with either prophet. She was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. Joseph Angell Young – the first son of Brigham and Mary Angell Alice Young Clawson – Alice Young Clawson was the 4th child of Brigham and Mary Ann Angell. Lucy Ann Decker – Lucy Ann Decker was 20 when she became Brigham's first polygamous wife on June 14, 1842. She was previously married to and divorced from William Seeley. She was well organized and efficiently ran the Lion House. Her younger sister, Clarissa (Clara) Decker, became Brigham's 4th polygamous wife two years later, at age 16, and crossed the plains with him and her mother, Harriet Wheeler Decker Mary Van Cott Young – wife number 51. She