Sylvester Bradford
Birth Date
On 1839 November 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1916 April 26 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
1
Born in Cotton, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
1839 November 17
Mother
Abigail Sprague (1813 - 1879)
Father
Jehial Bradford
Date Details
Occurred On 1839 November 17
Traveled in
Edward Hunter/Joseph Horne Company (1847)
1847 June 17 – September 29 (Age 7)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Pleasant Sprague Bradford (Age 4)
Abigail Sprague (Age 33)
Mary Ann Bradford (Age 15)
Rawsel Bradford (Age 13)
Tryphenia Bradford (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 17
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 September 29
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Joel Hills Johnson
1850 May 5 (Age 10)
Married
Mary Ann Jones
1864 October 15 (Age 24)
Served in
Northern States Mission
1881 April 7 – 1882 December 1 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
61st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1881 April 7
Set Apart
Ended On 1882 December 1
Released
Married
Annie Christine Hansen
1884 April 7 (Age 44)
Served in
British Mission
1886 December 6 – 1888 November 7 (Age 47)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
19th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Heber Jeddy Grant
Location Served
Great Britain
Date Details
Started On 1886 December 6
Set Apart
Ended On 1888 November 7
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1916 April 26 (Age 76)
Media
Sylvester Bradford (1839 - 1916) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret News
"Obituaries: Spanish Fork Resident For Sixty-Two Years, Answers Death Call", Deseret News, (13 February 1926), Page 6.
Ogden Daily Standard
"Pioneer of 1847 Dies at Hospital", Ogden Daily Standard, (27 April 1916), Page 8.
Pleasant G. Bradford, Bradford Family History and Genealogical Data, 1833-1931
Pleasant G. Bradford, Bradford Family History and Genealogical Data, 1833-1931.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Salt Lake Statistics: Obituaries", Salt Lake Telegram, (27 April 1916), Page 12.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 April 1881, Vol. A, Page 54, Line 2321.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 December 1886, Vol. B, Page 91, Line 203.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 December 1886, Vol. A, Page 84, Line 203.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 7 April 1881, Vol. B, Page 59, Line 2321.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 20.