Bradley Barlow Wilson, Sr

Bradley Barlow Wilson, Sr

Male 1769 - 1842  (73 years)


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  • Name Bradley Barlow Wilson 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 11 Oct 1769  Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Nov 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 18 Nov 1842  Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684222354  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Deliverance Wilson Sr., Sr.,   b. 25 Jul 1736, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1800, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann Smith,   b. 28 May 1743, Lexington, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1823, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F2955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ~ Mary "Polly" Gill,   b. 17 Oct 1780, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1798  Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Whitford Gill Wilson,   b. 04 Jun 1799, St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1863, Davis, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. George Clinton Wilson,   b. 22 Aug 1800, St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 May 1874, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Guy Carlton Wilson, Sr,   b. 31 Aug 1801, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1846, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     4. Henry Hardy Wilson,   b. 16 May 1803, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1878, St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Lewis Dunbar Wilson,   b. 02 Jun 1805, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1856, Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     6. Bradley Barlow Wilson, Jr,   b. 11 Oct 1806, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1874, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. Bushrod Washington Wilson,   b. 22 May 1808, Willsboro, Essex, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1877, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     8. Emeline Wilson,   b. 07 Mar 1810, Willsboro, Essex, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1855 (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F2890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • History
      1808 Family moved from Chittenden County, Vermont to Willsborough, Essex County, New York on the western side of Lake Champlain. Bradley was desirous of finding farming land for his sons to settle on and build homes.
      1810 Bradley Wilson in Essex Township, Essex County New York 1810 Census. Essex formed from town of Willsborough April 4, 1805. Moses Wilson (brother of Bradley) in Willsborough Township.
      1819 According to article in Deseret News dated October 2, 1895, Bradley and his family found New York "too thickly settled" so family moved some 700 miles to Green Township, Richland County, Ohio (now Ashland County) 1820 Land deed recorded in Loudonville, Green Township, Richland County, Ohio from James L. Priest and Polina Priest of Wayne County, (FHC films #386074 and 386081).
      1827 Child #3 , Guy Carlton m. Mary Elizabeth Hunter
      1828 Child # 6, Bradley Barlow m. Agnes Hunter (sister of Mary)
      1836 In the spring of 1836 two Mormon missionaries, Oliver Granger and George A. Smith (cousin to Prophet Joseph Smith) called on Bradley Wilson and his seven sons and their wives. "Coming into the neighborhood as Mormons, these missionaries were received with coldness, were refused the use of the school house to preach in and were threatened with violence, unless they left the locality. Learning the condition of affairs, and knowing it was the usual custom for other denominational preachers to have the use of the school house, the Wilson boys told the travelers they would constitute themselves a committee of seven to see fair play. Accordingly, notice of a meeting was given out, with the Wilsons on guard, services were held without disturbance. On taking leave of the family the next day, Oliver Granger (the senior missionary) told them they would yet join the Church, but received for answer simply, 'I guess not', from the old gentleman. The preachers had not been on the road many hours, however, before they were overtaken by a man in a wagon with a summons for them to return. Their defenders of the previous night had reconsidered and were ready for baptism." (Deseret News, October 2, 1895)
      1837 Sold land in Richland County, Ohio and moved entire family to Missouri, settling at Tenny's Grove, 25 miles from Far West.
      1838 Prophet Joseph Smith arrived at Far West in March. Far West was the principal settlement of the Saints in upper Missouri. The area was chosen by John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps in the summer of 1836. At that time the area was nothing but wilderness. By the spring of 1838, the population exceeded 5,000 of which more than 4,900 were Mormons. In October the Governor of the State of Missouri issued an extermination order. By the end of the year several were fleeing to the State of Illinois.
      1837 On December 28, 1837 a meeting was held in Rockford Township, Caldwell County, Missouri (3 miles south of Far West) at the school house. The meeting was opened by singing and prayer by Joseph Young. Present for the meeting were Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young. Brigham Young addressed the meeting on the particular calling of the seventies and the necessity of their going immediately into the vineyard of the Lord to labor therein in righteousness for him.... The following members of the quorum of elders in Far West were recommended by Elders Kimball and Young as worthy of a standing in the seventies if they desired, to wit: Of the 34 names listed, the following Wilson brothers were included: Henry H, George C. Lewis D., Bradley B, Bushrod W. and Whitford G. Wilson. (Journal of History of the Church)
      1839 January 26, 1839. Public meeting held to consider means for the removal of Saints from Missouri. Exodus began. (see pg. 15 Bradley Wilson History)
      1839 General Conference held at the Presbyterian Campground near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, May 5, 1839. Elder Brigham Young conducting: "The following presented themselves into the quorum of Seventies and being recommended by different Elders to be worthy of the office were received into the quorum by vote of the Council, namely: Whitford C. Wilson, George C. Wilson, Guy C. Wilson, Henry H. Wilson, Lewis D. Wilson, Bradley B. Wilson, Bushrod W. Wilson. The Council then adjourned to attend General Conference of the Church which commenced on the 4th and was adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock." #7
      1841 Lewis Dunbar Wilson was appointed to the High Council on October 6, 1841 after the organization of the church at Nauvoo. He was ordained by Hyrum Smith. (his journal)
      1841 The Church records also show activity by Bradley and his sons and their family. The record of Baptisms for the Dead performed in the Mississippi River show Bradley Wilson performed baptisms for "Grandfather Wilson (Joseph) and for uncle David Wilson and for Grandmother Wilson (Rebecca) Source: Baptisms for the Dead in the Mississippi River 1840-1841.
      1842 Nauvoo, Illinois tax assessments indicate references of all Wilson family.
      1842 "Tuesday, November 13, 1842, Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year, at Nauvoo, Illinois. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He left seven sons and 39 grandchildren residing in Nauvoo." History of the Church, Vol. 5, pg. 193.

      DEATH: From the History of the Church, written by Joseph Smith (Vol. 5, pg. 193).
      "Tuesday, November 15, 1842. Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year at Nauvoo, Illinois. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He left seven sons and 39 grandchildren residing in Nauvoo."

      And so we have the passing of the partriarch of the Wilson family. When we piece together the fragments of history, we find the story of a determined Mormon pioneer who endured the hardships of a turbulent period of Church history and who remained faithful to the end. Unfortunately, Bradley Wilson did not leave a personal journal, which would have undoubtedly explain the noticeable absence of his wife Polly after the family moved to Ohio. (Bradley Wilson History, pg. 17)

      pg. 17 Maid of Iowa story

      Three of the seven Wilson brothers (Lewis Dunbar, George Clinton, and Bradley Barlow) settled with their families in an area west of Ogden, Utah in Weber County. The area came to be known as the Wilson Ward. During through Ogden today, travelers will observe the 'Wilson Lane' Exit which is clearly marked on Interstate I-15 and which leads directly west of Ogden City to West Weber. This area of land, west of the Weber River, was purchased by the three Wilson brothers in 1853. The new community was named in honor of the three brothers. Here, the brothers engaged in farming, and constructed the first bridge across the Weber River. In 1874 the Wilson School District was created in the eastern part of West Weber and a one-room adobe school house was constructed. Industries similar to those of other Utah pioneer communities were established in Wilson, but the producing and manufacturing of beet sugar became unusually important in the community.


      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      Bradley Wilson Photo
      It is highly doubtful that the supposed photo of Bradley Wilson in the memories section is actually him.
      He died in 1842 before photography was really available commonly.

      Marriage
      I have a book of remembrance that lists Bradley Sr.'s birth as 11 October 1764 and his marriage to Mary Gill as 25 September 1798.

      Gen. of Utah R.I. Vital records Early C
      Gen. of Utah R.I. Vital records Early Church Records "The Wasp" 3 Dec 1842

      ! Father: Deliverance Wilson, Mother: S
      ! Father: Deliverance Wilson, Mother: Sarah Smith. Other birthday
      month
      recorded as December, same day and year.! Father: Deliverance Wilson,
      Mother: Sarah Smith. Other birthday
      month
      recorded as December, same day and year.

      !sources--1770 migration sources 929.1,
      !sources--1770 migration sources 929.1, R.I. VR Early church rec "The Wasp" 3 Dec 1842 !rebap. 2 Feb 1877

      ordinances - calndar of events
      ORDINANCES: Baptized May 23, 1836, Green Twp, Richland, Ohio; Seventy, May 5, 1839, Quincy, Adams, IL; Endowment, February 2, 1877; Sealing 24 April 1943; Sealing to Spouse, February 9, 1877



      1808 Family moved from Chittenden County, Vermont to Willsborough, Essex County, New York on the western side of Lake Champlain. Bradley was desirous of finding farming land for his sons to settle on and build homes.
      1810 Bradley Wilson in Essex Township, Essex County New York 1810 Census. Essex formed from town of Willsborough April 4, 1805. Moses Wilson (brother of Bradley) in Willsborough Township.
      1819 According to article in Deseret News dated October 2, 1895, Bradley and his family found New York "too thickly settled" so family moved some 700 miles to Green Township, Richland County, Ohio (now Ashland County) 1820 Land deed recorded in Loudonville, Green Township, Richland County, Ohio from James L. Priest and Polina Priest of Wayne County, (FHC films #386074 and 386081).
      1827 Child #3 , Guy Carlton m. Mary Elizabeth Hunter
      1828 Child # 6, Bradley Barlow m. Agnes Hunter (sister of Mary)
      1836 In the spring of 1836 two Mormon missionaries, Oliver Granger and George A. Smith (cousin to Prophet Joseph Smith) called on Bradley Wilson and his seven sons and their wives. "Coming into the neighborhood as Mormons, these missionaries were received with coldness, were refused the use of the school house to preach in and were threatened with violence, unless they left the locality. Learning the condition of affairs, and knowing it was the usual custom for other denominational preachers to have the use of the school house, the Wilson boys told the travelers they would constitute themselves a committee of seven to see fair play. Accordingly, notice of a meeting was given out, with the Wilsons on guard, services were held without disturbance. On taking leave of the family the next day, Oliver Granger (the senior missionary) told them they would yet join the Church, but received for answer simply, 'I guess not', from the old gentleman. The preachers had not been on the road many hours, however, before they were overtaken by a man in a wagon with a summons for them to return. Their defenders of the previous night had reconsidered and were ready for baptism." (Deseret News, October 2, 1895)
      1837 Sold land in Richland County, Ohio and moved entire family to Missouri, settling at Tenny's Grove, 25 miles from Far West.
      1838 Prophet Joseph Smith arrived at Far West in March. Far West was the principal settlement of the Saints in upper Missouri. The area was chosen by John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps in the summer of 1836. At that time the area was nothing but wilderness. By the spring of 1838, the population exceeded 5,000 of which more than 4,900 were Mormons. In October the Governor of the State of Missouri issued an extermination order. By the end of the year several were fleeing to the State of Illinois.
      1837 On December 28, 1837 a meeting was held in Rockford Township, Caldwell County, Missouri (3 miles south of Far West) at the school house. The meeting was opened by singing and prayer by Joseph Young. Present for the meeting were Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young. Brigham Young addressed the meeting on the particular calling of the seventies and the necessity of their going immediately into the vineyard of the Lord to labor therein in righteousness for him.... The following members of the quorum of elders in Far West were recommended by Elders Kimball and Young as worthy of a standing in the seventies if they desired, to wit: Of the 34 names listed, the following Wilson brothers were included: Henry H, George C. Lewis D., Bradley B, Bushrod W. and Whitford G. Wilson. (Journal of History of the Church)
      1839 January 26, 1839. Public meeting held to consider means for the removal of Saints from Missouri. Exodus began. (see pg. 15 Bradley Wilson History)
      1839 General Conference held at the Presbyterian Campground near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, May 5, 1839. Elder Brigham Young conducting: "The following presented themselves into the quorum of Seventies and being recommended by different Elders to be worthy of the office were received into the quorum by vote of the Council, namely: Whitford C. Wilson, George C. Wilson, Guy C. Wilson, Henry H. Wilson, Lewis D. Wilson, Bradley B. Wilson, Bushrod W. Wilson. The Council then adjourned to attend General Conference of the Church which commenced on the 4th and was adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock." #7
      1841 Lewis Dunbar Wilson was appointed to the High Council on October 6, 1841 after the organization of the church at Nauvoo. He was ordained by Hyrum Smith. (his journal)
      1841 The Church records also show activity by Bradley and his sons and their family. The record of Baptisms for the Dead performed in the Mississippi River show Bradley Wilson performed baptisms for "Grandfather Wilson (Joseph) and for uncle David Wilson and for Grandmother Wilson (Rebecca) Source: Baptisms for the Dead in the Mississippi River 1840-1841.
      1842 Nauvoo, Illinois tax assessments indicate references of all Wilson family.
      1842 "Tuesday, November 13, 1842, Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year, at Nauvoo, Illinois. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He left seven sons and 39 grandchildren residing in Nauvoo." History of the Church, Vol. 5, pg. 193.

      DEATH: From the History of the Church, written by Joseph Smith (Vol. 5, pg. 193).
      "Tuesday, November 15, 1842. Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year at Nauvoo, Illinois. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He left seven sons and 39 grandchildren residing in Nauvoo."

      And so we have the passing of the partriarch of the Wilson family. When we piece together the fragments of history, we find the story of a determined Mormon pioneer who endured the hardships of a turbulent period of Church history and who remained faithful to the end. Unfortunately, Bradley Wilson did not leave a personal journal, which would have undoubtedly explain the noticeable absence of his wife Polly after the family moved to Ohio. (Bradley Wilson History, pg. 17)

      pg. 17 Maid of Iowa story

      Three of the seven Wilson brothers (Lewis Dunbar, George Clinton, and Bradley Barlow) settled with their families in an area west of Ogden, Utah in Weber County. The area came to be known as the Wilson Ward. During through Ogden today, travelers will observe the 'Wilson Lane' Exit which is clearly marked on Interstate I-15 and which leads directly west of Ogden City to West Weber. This area of land, west of the Weber River, was purchased by the three Wilson brothers in 1853. The new community was named in honor of the three brothers. Here, the brothers engaged in farming, and constructed the first bridge across the Weber River. In 1874 the Wilson School District was created in the eastern part of West Weber and a one-room adobe school house was constructed. Industries similar to those of other Utah pioneer communities were established in Wilson, but the producing and manufacturing of beet sugar became unusually important in the community.


      Incorrect death date?
      Mary "Polly" Gill Wilson signed the Mormon Redress Petition on 6 Jan 1840, and stated that she was a widow at the time. This implies that Bradley died prior to 1840:

      A Bill of damage

      I Polly Wilson A Widow and a mormon so cauld great has been my sufferings on the accoun of mobs while in the state of Mosouri which was a number of years I was driven from Jacson County and from Clay County and from davis County and from Caldwell County and thence out of the state without any provocation except the name mormon $1000

      Polly Wilson

      All Ordinance Dates Checked, 1992. Seal
      All Ordinance Dates Checked, 1992. Seal/Parents, 09 Feb 1877 SG?

      Abigail Stevens Young (Abbie Stevens Young) Pedigree Charts. Entered 2005.

      ! Gen. Soc. of Utah ! R.I. Vital Records
      ! Gen. Soc. of Utah ! R.I. Vital Records ! Early Church REc. "The Wasp" 3 Dec. 1842 Historical Sketch of Bradley Wilson In 1837 Bradley Wilson, with his family of 7 sons, and their families, all joined the Church of Jesus Christ in a body. Prophet Joseph Smith made notice of this fact in his history. Moving from Vermont in about 1808, the patriarch settled in the state of New York with the intention of locating his family of boys in farms about him. Finding that part of the country too thickly settled for his purpose, however, Bradley Wilson, in about 1825 again took up the line of the course of the empire and found his way with his numerous following into central Ohio, where he settled in Richland County. Here the gospel found the family in the spring of 1837. Oliver Granger and George A. Smith were the bearers of the message, coming into the neighborhood as Mormons. These missionaries were received with coldness and were refused the use of the schoolhouse to preach in. They were threatened with violence unless they left the locality. Learning the condition of affairs and knowing it was the usual custom for other denominational preachers to have the uses of the schoolhouse; the Wilson boys told the elders that they could constitute a voluntary committee of 7 to help them. Accordingly, notice was given out and meetings held with the boys guarding against a disturbance. Next day Oliver Granger told them they would yet join the Church, but received the answer, "I guess not", from the gentlemen. The preachers left, but had not been on the road many hours before a man in a wagon with a summons to return overtook them. Their defenders of the previous night had reconsidered and were ready for baptism. Selling out their farms, the family removed the same year to Missouri where they settled at Tenny's Grove not many miles from Far West. Here the mobbings and drivings of 1838 found them. At Nauvoo, the father, Bradley Wilson, died in 1842, but the other 6 all reached the valleys and all died there faithful to the last with the exception of the youngest who went to San Bernardino and remained there till his death. George Clinton, Lewis Dunbar and Bradley Barlow settled at what is now known as Wilson Ward, west of Ogden. Whitford Gill made his home in Farmington, Davis Co., and Henry Hardy, in what afterward know as Dixie Co. and settled at St. George. So that with the subsequent moving of the members, the family is now scattered from the north to extreme south of the inter-mountain region. Copied from an old Deseret News by Eva Richards The following is found in Documentary History of the Church, Vol. 4, page 408; (Death of Oliver Granger): In the year 1833, he moved to Kirkland, and took a mission to the east with Elder Samuel Newcomb, returned and was ordained a high priest, took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Green, and after his return built up a branch at Hurtsburg (?), Geanga County, Ohio; also a branch at Perry, Richland Co., where he baptized Bradley Wilson and his 7 sons and their wives. Bradley Wilson and family, [1976]. 7 p. Summary: Handwritten account of Bradley Wilson and his seven sons, telling of their conversion to Mormonism; moves to Missouri, Illinois, and Utah; Henry Hardy Wilson's church activities; and Henry Hardy Wilson Jr.'s settlement of southern Utah. Also includes a TLS to Tressie Heileson from LeGrand Baker requesting information about Henry Hardy Wilson and Heileson's handwritten response. Gift of Tressie Y. Heileson, 1976. 1. Wilson, Bradley, d. 1842. 2. Wilson, Henry Hardy. 3. Wilson, Henry Hardy, 1847- I. Baker, LeGrand Liston, 1937- MSS SC 92 ID: UTBV86-A111 In the year 1833 he moved to Kirtland, and then took a mission to the east with Elder Samuel Newcomb; returned and was ordained a High Priest; took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Greene; and after his return built up a branch at Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio; also a branch at Perry, Richfield county, where he baptized Bradley Wilson and his seven sons and their wives. When the Church left Kirtland he was appointed to settle the Church business.(letter from Horace H. Hotchkiss) Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He has left seven sons and thirty-nine grand-children residing in Nauvoo. History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.24, p.408 In the year 1833 he moved to Kirtland, and then took a mission to the east with Elder Samuel Newcomb; returned and was ordained a High Priest; took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Greene; and after his return built up a branch at Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio; also a branch at Perry, Richfield county, where he baptized Bradley Wilson and his seven sons and their wives. When the Church left Kirtland he was appointed to settle the Church business. History of the Church, Vol.5, Ch.11, p.193 Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He has left seven sons and thirty-nine grand-children residing in Nauvoo. ! Gen. Soc. of Utah ! R.I. Vital Records ! Early Church REc. "The Wasp" 3 Dec. 1842 Historical Sketch of Bradley Wilson In 1837 Bradley Wilson, with his family of 7 sons, and their families, all joined the Church of Jesus Christ in a body. Prophet Joseph Smith made notice of this fact in his history. Moving from Vermont in about 1808, the patriarch settled in the state of New York with the intention of locating his family of boys in farms about him. Finding that part of the country too thickly settled for his purpose, however, Bradley Wilson, in about 1825 again took up the line of the course of the empire and found his way with his numerous following into central Ohio, where he settled in Richland County. Here the gospel found the family in the spri ng of 1837. Oliver Granger and George A. Smith were the bearers of the message, coming into the neighborhood as Mormons. These missionaries were received with coldness and were refused the use of the schoolhouse to preach in. They were threatened with violence unless they left the locality. Learning the condition of affairs and knowing it was the usual custom for other denominational preachers to have the uses of the schoolhouse; the Wilson boys told the elders that they could constitute a voluntary committee of 7 to help them. Accordingly, notice was given out and meetings held with the boys guarding against a disturbance. Next day Oliver Granger told them they would yet join the Church, but received the answer, "I guess not", from the gentlemen. The preachers left, but had not been on the road many hours before a man in a wagon with a summons to return overtook them. Their defenders of the previous night had reconsidered and were ready for baptism. Selling out their farms, the family removed the same year to Missouri where they settled at Tenny's Grove not many miles from Far West. Here the mobbings and drivings of 1838 found them. At Nauvoo, the father, Bradley Wilson, died in 1842, but the other 6 all reached the valleys and all died there faithful to the last with the exception of the youngest who went to San Bernardino and remained there till his death. George Clinton, Lewis Dunbar and Bradley Barlow settled at what is now known as Wilson Ward, west of Ogden. Whitford Gill made his home in Farmington, Davis Co., and Henry Hardy, in what afterward know as Dixie Co. and settled at St. George. So that with the subsequent moving of the members, the family is now scattered from the north to extreme south of the inter-mountain region. Copied from an old Deseret News by Eva Richards The following is found in Documentary History of the Church, Vol. 4, page 408; (Death of Oliver Granger): In the year 1833, he moved to Kirkland, and took a mission to the e ast with Elder Samuel Newcomb, returned and was ordained a high priest, took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Green, and after his return built up a branch at Hurtsburg (?), Geanga County, Ohio; also a branch at Perry, Richland Co., where he baptized Bradley Wilson and his 7 sons and their wives. Bradley Wilson and family, [1976]. 7 p. Summary: Handwritten account of Bradley Wilson and his seven sons, telling of their conversion to Mormonism; moves to Missouri, Illinois, and Utah; Henry Hardy Wilson's church activities; and Henry Hardy Wilson Jr.'s settlement of southern Utah. Also includes a TLS to Tressie Heileson from LeGrand Baker requesting information about Henry Hardy Wilson and Heileson's handwritten response. Gift of Tressie Y. Heileson, 1976. 1. Wilson, Bradley, d. 1842. 2. Wilson, Henry Hardy. 3. Wilson, Henry Hardy, 1847- I. Baker, LeGrand Liston, 1937- MSS SC 92 ID: UTBV86-A111 In the year 1833 he moved to Kirtland, and then took a mission to the east with Elder Samuel Newcomb; returned and was ordained a High Priest; took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Greene; and after his return built up a branch at Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio; also a branch at Perry, Richfield county, where he baptized Bradley Wilson and his seven sons and their wives. When the Church left Kirtland he was appointed to settle the Church business.(letter from Horace H. Hotchkiss) Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He has left seven sons and thirty-nine grand-children residing in Nauvoo. History of the Church, Vol.4, Ch.24, p.408 In the year 1833 he moved to Kirtland, and then took a mission to the east with Elder Samuel Newcomb; returned and was ordained a High Priest; took another mission in the spring of 1836 to New York with John P. Greene; and after his return built up a branch at Huntsburg, Geaug

      #12 or 18 Nov 1842
      #12 or 18 Nov 1842

      Documents on File: 1) 1839 Land Patent
      Documents on File: 1) 1839 Land Patent Papers for Bradley B., Bushrod, George, Henry, Lewis and Whitford G. - Wilson Binder 2) 1820 Census Listing - Wilson Binder 3) Life Story - Wilson Binder A map is on file in the Family Document Box - Wilson File - showing the exact place Bradley is buried in the Old Nauvoo Burial Ground. The Burial Ground was opened in 1842 and Bradley is in the first row of graves. There gravesite is lacking a marker. The original markers were of wood and have not held up over the years. Several requests to the Nauvoo Historical Ssocity have failed to give permission to place a marker. My husband and I visitied Nauvoo in 1994 and stood over the grave of this patriarch. It was a humbling and deeply moving experience. It is known that the Wilson family traveled together and lived in close proximity to one another. On 20 Sept 1839 six of Bradley's seven sons went to the Lexington Land Office and purchased patented land in Ray and Caldwell Counties. I do not why Bradley and his son, Guy Carlton, did not purchase land, but it is very safe to surmise that they were all there and all lived on the acreage purchased by the six brothers. Some of the townships in Ohio had numerous pages in the census. Green Top Township had three. 1 _TODO 2 DESC Burial site notice from Nauvoo. 2 DATE 3 JUN 2002 2 REPO R11 2 STAT OPEN 2 PRTY 2

      History fo the chuch;volume 5,page 193;
      History fo the chuch;volume 5,page 193; Nov.15,1842 Elder Bradley Wilson died suddenly in his 74th year. He received the gospel in Ohio, removed his family to Missouri, and was driven to Nauvoo in 1839. He has left seven sons and thirty-nine grand-children residing in Nauvoo.