Monuments

Erecting and Preserving

Brough Pioneer Monuments and Memorials

The Brough Family Organization (BFO) occasionally erects monuments to Brough pioneers. Shane Brough, BFO President, has stated that "These recent stone memorials explain in considerable detail the faith and history of Brough pioneers and their families." And Clayton Brough, BFO Genealogist, has said that "A lot of discussion and planning went into designing and erecting these new memorials so that they add but do not detract from earlier monuments to these pioneers." The pictures below show some of these monuments.

The importance of erecting faith-promoting memorials and historical monuments has often been mentioned by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). For example, in the LDS Church News of November 26, 2011 (page 10), Richard E. Turley Jr., assistant LDS Church historian, stated the following about the recent Granite Monument erected to the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon in Liberty, Missouri: "It may, with good sense, be asked, 'Why do we build such monuments?' 'It is to remember important events in the history of the Church, events in God's ongoing relationship with His children.' God's people are commanded to keep records, and those include not just books and manuscripts 'but also art, artifacts and historic sites....' 'The tradition of creating monuments and sacred places goes back almost to the beginning of the Bible,' Brother Turley noted, citing references in Genesis and Joshua. He said he has been on every continent except Antarctica and has seen monuments around the world commemorating events of Church history. 'The purpose for which we erect this monument is 'to remember the great things the Lord has done for His children,' and that phrase appears again and again in the Book of Mormon, Brother Turley observed. 'It appears there because the Book of Mormon tells us that having monuments like this and recording the information about the history of the Church helps to build faith and pass it on from generation to generation'."

Gravestone Memorial placed in 2014 to

John Brough (1831-1915) and his Family

in Salt Lake City, Utah

Lost Gravestone located in England in 2013:

Jesse Yelton Cherry, A Mormon Pioneer Missionary

Historical Monument placed in 2012 to

Thomas Brough (1832-1882) and Jane Paterson

in Porterville, Utah

Historical Monument placed in 2012 to

Samuel Brough (1839-1911) and Elizabeth Bott

in Randolph, Utah

Historical Monument placed in 2012 to

Elizabeth Brough (1834-1896) and Enoch Tipton

in Porterville, Utah

Gravestone identified and inscribed in 2012 of

Mary Ann Brough (1823-1884) and William Curtis

in Salt Lake City, Utah

Historical Monument placed in 2011 to

Samuel Richard Brough (1857-1947) and

Phoebe Adeline Cherry and Ann Eliza Carter

in Bountiful, Utah

Gravestone corrected in 2003 of

Elizabeth Brough (1834-1896) and Enoch Tipton

in Randolph, Utah

Virtual Memorials of Selected

Brough Family Members

The Brough Family Organization occasionally places information and photographs of selected deceased Brough family members on the popular website Find A Grave. This genealogy and family history website is devoted to the following (as stated on their website):

"Find a Grave's mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience. Memorial contributions to Find A Grave should fulfill that mission - registration of the final disposition. If the memorial contribution corresponds with only the main mission, then the memorial fulfills its purpose as part of Find A Grave's mission. Find a Grave memorials may contain rich content including pictures, biographies and more specific information. Members can leave remembrances via ‘virtual flowers' on the memorials they visit, completing the virtual cemetery experience. Find A Grave is a resource for anyone in finding the final disposition of family, friends, and ‘famous' individuals."

Shown below are a few examples of Brough Family memorial information that has been added to www.findagrave.com by the BFO Research Committee:

Richard Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85656916

Thomas Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12809119

Jane Paterson Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12809070

Elizabeth Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85766028

Enoch Tipton: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43898193

Samuel Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43974290

Elizabeth Bott Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43974307

Samuel Richard Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83537982

John Thomas Brough: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135039029