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'."
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