Note:
Cenotaph
Nauvoo Burial records show Seymour Brunson
is buried at Old Nauvoo Cemetery on the hill.

Seymour Brunson age 41
Soldier, body guard and defender of the faith.
Missionary in Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia.
Captain, 59th Regiment Missouri Militia.
High Councilor, Commerce-Nauvoo Stake
Died of disease

1812
Served in War of 1812 with father Reuben and brother Lemuel Brunson. The three Brunsons served in light artillery. Discharged 1815.

1831 Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio
January 1831, Baptized by Solomon Hancock
1831, Confirmed Elder by John Whitmer
[LDS Church 9 months old]

1834-1836 Kirkland, Ohio
Held a valid minister's license;
Married approx. 13 couples:
Amasa M Lyman - Louisa Tanner 10 June 1835
Lyman Stevens - Martha Durfee 21 Jan 1836
Horace Burgess - Almira Pulsifer 6 March 1836

1838
"In April 1838, it was Seymour Brunson who brought the charges against Oliver Cowdery that led to Cowdery's excommunication."

1839 May
filed redress petition facts relative to the suffer of the saints by the Missourians
May 8 1839 with Daniel Allen "when they were surrounded with Boart's company on Log Creek, five miles south of Far West".
Obituary for Danial Allen DN 1892-02-13

1839 October Nauvoo, Illinois
General Conference 5-7 October 1839
Two stakes: Commerce; one in Iowa organized:
Seymour Brunson called as High Council of Commerce Stake.

1840 July
"In the month of July 1840, my father having occasion to get up in the night to drive some cattle out of his lot caught cold which brought on a serious illness which ultimately resulted in death."
Lewis Brunson, son of Seymour Brunson

1840 Nauvoo, Illinois
At his [Seymour Brunson] funeral on August 15th, 1840, the Prophet Joseph Smith publicly introduced the doctrine of baptism for the dead.

Doctrine and Covenants 124:132
"Seymour Brunson I have taken unto myself; no man taketh his priesthood, but another may be appointed unto the same priesthood in his stead."

1 Corinthians 15:29 King James Bible
"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"

Luke 20:38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Note:
Nauvoo records show he is actually buried at the Old Nauvoo Cemetery on the hill.

Son Lewis Brunson 1831-1888 UT
Brother Lemuel C Brunson
Grandson Hyrum Brunson
Great-granddaughter Beatrice Brunson
Great-granddaughter Ardella Brunson

Parents: Reuben Brunson and Sally Clark.
Harriet married John Elmer 1876-1871 UT