History of Utah, pioneer women Diana Severance (Chase) (Young) Shaw.
Women of faith and fortitude.

Picture of Diana Severance Chase
and first husband Brigham Young
(who apparently took Diana as a wife temporarily for her
protection as an unmarried woman crossing the plains.) She divorced him and later married William Montgomery Shaw

Diana Severance (Chase) (Young) Shaw
BIRTHDATE: 25 Jul 1827
Bristol, Addison CO., Vermont
DEATH: 6 Sep 1886
Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
PARENTS: Ezra Chase and Tirzah Wells.
Mormon Pioneer:  September 20 1848
Lorenzo Snow Wagon Train
SPOUSE I: Brigham Young
MARRIED: 10 Oct 1844
Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois
DEATH SP: 29 Aug 1877
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
SPOUSE II: William Montgomery Shaw
MARRIED: 1 January 1849
Ogden, Weber County, Utah
DEATH SP: 27 Dec 1902
Ogden, Utah
CHILDREN:
Rosabell, 12 Oct 1849
Manly, 28 Dec 1851
Genevra, 5 Feb 1854
William Dudley, 15 May 1855
Ambrose E., 31 August 1857
Romania, 26 Sep 1859
Arinis, 6 Mar 1861
ma, 22 Dec 1862
Frank, 2 May 1865
Tirzah, 20 Feb 1867
Clarence, 15 Mar 1870

Diana was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints when she was a young girl. She received her endowments in the Nauvoo Temple before coming to Utah.

She married Brigham Young on October 10, 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois. On June 9, 1842, she became a member of the Relief Society at the eleventh meeting of the organization.

On May 26. 1848, she left Winter Quarters with a company of Saints under the direction of Brigham Young until they reached the Elkhom River. There a company of Saints was waiting to be organized for the trip to Great Salt Lake Valley. Early in June, they broke camp and started their exodus with Lorenzo Snow appointed as their captain. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on September 30, 1848.

Children:
Ezra Jr., b. 1849 , Bristol, Addison, Vermont. D. 1849.
Ezra Chase 1819-1819
Dudley Chase b.1835 D.1906
Abigail Eliza , b. 4 Oct 1820, Bristol, Vermont. Married April 1848, Adam C. Hubbard. D. 21 Jan 1892.
Nancy Bailey, b. 27 Jan 1823, Briston, Vermont. Married 1 Jan 1846, Lorin Farr. D. 10 Sep 1892, Ogden, Utah.
newton chase B. 1837 D.1818
Charlotte, b. 11 May 1825, Bristol, Vermont.Married 1st, 10 Oct 1844, Heber C. Kimball (Div). Md. 2nd, 1850, Thaddeus C. Hicks. Plus others. D. 15 Dec 1904, Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho.
Diana Severance, b. 25 Jul 1827, Bristol, Vermont. Married 1st 10 Oct 1844, Brigham Young (Div).
Married. 2nd, 1 Jan 1849 William Montgomery Shaw. D. 6 Sep 1886, Ogden, Weber, Utah.