Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-02
rng WILSON FAMILY.
.,,o, r.l,n for the unIou Of It's Seal
tered Members

1880 70 PARENTS, ., al,o the strength
In union, We the de'osni'n~ o. -
,.y Wilson. do HEREBY unite ou''''''
,oss,ber under thsss at'ices % So.
msnt, for tue purpose Of o s0uns
genealogical iniotmaliOn' o. w wv wv,
,upv III. memory Of OUT ancestry SUI a"u
-, ..,l,tasce In emulaung
lhelt virtues In cut lives.
In put.uanes herewith, We 's's,'
rbat too name OF this as ciA"ou
,b.n DO "rhe wilsoa Association u
uiab." 4. hio,d Of
Bradley WHOM m y bto1me > mn y -.
bef OF tots association D. y slsnln. ~ !.
articles OF agfre menli and we. '
Fslauve By maffia.e, may uev,n. =.
bonotary ms inter 10 the tahc hlA"..'''
a. Tnat tue ufiicefs OF tins a'slel-'
tlon mail consist VI q pfssidobi' vice
nfesiJentsrd a secretary aud treasurer
That meeting ui tnis sss0eiauo' !.
sbsll be- held each year on o. OUT
tho nm day Of Apfli, al salt Lase
CITY. Utah, for the election u tnlceIs
and 'or tue transaction Of olne' hu"-
ness. 49,,
Is. That each member 4 thls 500
c.ti.n who has family " llfurni' 20
the .tcfelsfy au ace luat OF any oit'h
or death 10 his OF Der family
d. That each member viii pay, 90 iaf
o. means will permit, pfo rata OF we
txpenstr necessarily incurred ~ carry
log out the pufpOies Oi ihr a'fooisu u
Z, That these hriicos may o.
changed al any regular mteiiuH VI ne
association ny tw0.ihifds malpriJ
vote " the members pfttent'
such sfo the articles 81 agreement
ututf which q cummt me- mrnt Nas
madr, on the .9.h Instant at Ossvu
City, 10 otgauIzt the Wihou family
named tn, Ioiu.
Duriug au exchange Of ruin SET
Cos ut toe meeting VI the iamiiJ, u v .
,licltsd that ~ 1881, tue bfadlll
Wilton mentioned, sith his csbio
family Of seuen SOUS aud thtig fami.
ilss. All Joined the Church in n bO1y,
notice VI tue tact teing made a. tue
time in HE history, ~ tue Pfophos
Joseph smith.
Removing rom Vermont In aoaui
isUs. THIS patriarch settled IN the state
IL New York. with The Intention Of
locating ms iamiiy OF boys On iafm
about Inn. FindiEg that pari Of thu
county too thiekiy settled too his luf-
pose, hoNVvef, Bradley Wilsini 10
sb nj 1928, agaiu took up the liuo o.
tue ''csufsc OF empire" anu iouul lie
way, with nj. numerous ioliDwinA,
1 10 GENITAL Ohlp, where he settled IA
Richland county.
Here IN, GJspsl found the family 10
Rue epflns q 1887. Olivsf Gfnnssf
snd George A. Smith wvfc the beat
efs VI the me's.g,. COming iutU
the nets hbufhuod ~ Mofm0ur,
these M usries were received with
O .Idnss,, VIE 10 ussu tit Use Of t.is
tohO1lhUufo 10 preach ga, anu we're
threatened with violence, unisss tney
lsit tbs locality. Learning the eouu-
.IOu Of sfiaifs, auJ knIwins Il was tue
u,uAl Gus ON Tor otn,r uenUmIua iouAi
p,eschers 10 have tue use q tbes, ~. l.
hOu,e. the Wilson boys toll he tfayei.
eis they would constitute the .use,vss
Committee II seven 10 see fsir 10y,
Accordingly, notice Of meeting wa.
given out aud, with tho Wilson's On
guard, services were held withJut dis
tufbAncc. On taking leave VI ths
family tue next Gay. OIy-r Granger
tols them they would yet Jin tie
Church, but received Tor answer sin.
ply, ~ guess not" rum tue ola gou-
u,man. The ptesenefs had not bteu
on tue road many nOuf-, b wevvt,
before they were oveftakvn by nau
in wagon WITH summons 10 returu.
Tncif d,iendufr oi the previous Might
had fecunsidefed AMI were ready 10.
baptism.
Selling out their farms, the family re
moved tbs same year ~ Missouri, " here
tley all settled al Tennyis Grove, NO.
many miles from Fat west. Here tn,
troubles and m0bblugs ald the dIiv.
log Of ls8s found them.
Al Nauy00, thu father, Bradley
Wilson, died ia 1872, but tue Sous,
Whitiord Gill, Geo. Clinton, Day
Carlton, Henry HARDY, Lewis Duu.
bar, Bradley Barlow Ahl Busnrou
Washington became known ~ the
"5even Brothets.p After tue eIoiu.
from Nauvoo, Guy Carlton died on 1
plains, but the other Elk ali reached
"tho valleyt" anu all dirl mere, laItL-
AeA W Ah' AaAAl WIN NAN NAANlAluu o.
tue youngest, who went on 10 sau
Befnatdino hnd remained there till hi.
death. George Chuion, Lewis Dun.
bar aud Bradley harlow, settled al
wat Ia now know ~ Wilson ward,
wsst OF Ogden; Whitiotd uul mai
his home Al Fatmingljn, DAVIS county,
anu Henry Hardy was Anefsafis
called TO The "Dixiso country. ana
settled al 81. usurst; ~ that win ms
subsequent moving Of ia members,
the family u now 70 tlefed from the
north 10 the extreme south Of mi,
inlermountain ft1ion.
10 10, thefoiCfe, OF Interest TO note
that another VI TIE veteran tamiliss of
tue Church isnog taking steps 10 unit,
lf memb.t', aud 10 feep green n ,
memory u the heroic past.
At the meeting last sunday yh 4
iori BARLOW WlhOn, u Wi. yaf,.
was chosen President VI tue A,.5eis,
Ton, George Clinion Wilson. on Jg.
der, vice pte,ldoul, aud Lyman a
Wilson, u this tily, sfrts.afv M,
treasurer II sxpcoleI thnt M men.
btf' OF Tue family viii yut tb.msuIy-,
Ia communication with The s-cfrt.ry
anu luthl-h him with Tue d.t, a.
quil's 10 keep gCol their msmUeybi,
IA The society.