Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameSarah PIERSOL 
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3355ReligionChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Misc. Notes
Sarah with her husband David joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1840.
Sarah and three of her and David’s four children died.
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Sara Piersof had four children with David. She and three of her children died leaving a son, Evans. 3358
Sarah and three of her and David’s four children died.
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Sara Piersof had four children with David. She and three of her children died leaving a son, Evans. 3358
Spouses
Birth Date29 Dec 1814
Birth PlaceThornbury Township, Delaware Co., PA, USA
Death Date17 May 1878 Age: 63
Death PlaceHolladay, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA
Burial PlaceBrinton Cemetery, Holladay, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA
OccupationBlacksmith and Operator of a General Store
ReligionChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
FatherJohn BRINTON (-1818)
MotherPriscilla BRANSON
Misc. Notes
David Brinton (1814), Utah Pioneer
(Head of the Mormon branch of the American Brintons)
A Descendant of William Brinton, Sr. (1635-1699)
Biography
David Brinton was born 29 December 1814, to John and Priscilla Branson Brinton in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
As a young boy, David lived in The William Brinton 1704 House, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. After his father died in 1818, he was raised by his Uncle Benjamin Cope, who was a Quaker.
At age 16, David was "bound out" as an apprentice blacksmith to Joshua Hodges, who taught him the trade. David remained with Mr. Hodges until age 20 or 22. He married Sarah Piersol in 1836, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
David and Sarah joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1840.
After Sarah and three of her four children died, he married Elizabeth Hoopes, who bore one child.
Because of religious persecution, they joined the Mormon exodus organized by Brigham Young, from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters*, which is near Omaha, Nebraska. Elizabeth and son died in Winter Quarters.
David then married Harriet W. Dilworth, whose family had been West Chester neighbors. After a two-year stopover in Savannah, Missouri, during which two sons were born, the new family continued westward.
They arrived in the Utah Territory on 17 September 1850. David established his home and blacksmith shop in Holladay, an area ten miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Harriet gave birth to seven more children.
While in the Salt Lake region, David also married Hilda M. Bradesen, a plural wife with whom he had four children.
David served as a Mormon missionary in both England and the eastern United States† and as Bishop of his congregation for 21 years. In addition to blacksmithing, he started the Big Cottonwood Co-op, a general store at Brinton's Corner.
David died on 17 May 1878, and is buried in the (Brinton) Holladay Cemetery.‡
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David in-all fathered 18 children. 14 of them may have survived to maturity. For more about David see his wife Harriet’s notes.3
As homes were built, commercial ventures developed, first at the intersection of Highland Drive and Murray-Holladay Road, with David Brinton’s Mercantile Co-op and Brinton-Gunderson Blacksmith Shop.3356
*Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2,500 members of the LDS church as they waited during the winter of 1846-1847 for better conditions for their trek westward. It was located in present-day Nirth, Omaha overlooking the Missouri River, the settlement remained populated until 1848.3357
†According to this source David also served a six month mission to Iron County, UT in Dec 1850 and answered a colonizing mission to help construct Ft. Supply near Ft. Bridger, Wyoming in Nov 1853.3358
‡I’ve been unable to locate a Brinton Cemetery anywhere in Utah nor is David’s grave among those listed at the Holladay Cemetery. However his son Joseph Hammond is buried at Holladay Memorial Park.3
(Head of the Mormon branch of the American Brintons)
A Descendant of William Brinton, Sr. (1635-1699)
Biography
David Brinton was born 29 December 1814, to John and Priscilla Branson Brinton in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
As a young boy, David lived in The William Brinton 1704 House, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. After his father died in 1818, he was raised by his Uncle Benjamin Cope, who was a Quaker.
At age 16, David was "bound out" as an apprentice blacksmith to Joshua Hodges, who taught him the trade. David remained with Mr. Hodges until age 20 or 22. He married Sarah Piersol in 1836, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
David and Sarah joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1840.
After Sarah and three of her four children died, he married Elizabeth Hoopes, who bore one child.
Because of religious persecution, they joined the Mormon exodus organized by Brigham Young, from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters*, which is near Omaha, Nebraska. Elizabeth and son died in Winter Quarters.
David then married Harriet W. Dilworth, whose family had been West Chester neighbors. After a two-year stopover in Savannah, Missouri, during which two sons were born, the new family continued westward.
They arrived in the Utah Territory on 17 September 1850. David established his home and blacksmith shop in Holladay, an area ten miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Harriet gave birth to seven more children.
While in the Salt Lake region, David also married Hilda M. Bradesen, a plural wife with whom he had four children.
David served as a Mormon missionary in both England and the eastern United States† and as Bishop of his congregation for 21 years. In addition to blacksmithing, he started the Big Cottonwood Co-op, a general store at Brinton's Corner.
David died on 17 May 1878, and is buried in the (Brinton) Holladay Cemetery.‡
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David in-all fathered 18 children. 14 of them may have survived to maturity. For more about David see his wife Harriet’s notes.3
As homes were built, commercial ventures developed, first at the intersection of Highland Drive and Murray-Holladay Road, with David Brinton’s Mercantile Co-op and Brinton-Gunderson Blacksmith Shop.3356
*Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2,500 members of the LDS church as they waited during the winter of 1846-1847 for better conditions for their trek westward. It was located in present-day Nirth, Omaha overlooking the Missouri River, the settlement remained populated until 1848.3357
†According to this source David also served a six month mission to Iron County, UT in Dec 1850 and answered a colonizing mission to help construct Ft. Supply near Ft. Bridger, Wyoming in Nov 1853.3358
‡I’ve been unable to locate a Brinton Cemetery anywhere in Utah nor is David’s grave among those listed at the Holladay Cemetery. However his son Joseph Hammond is buried at Holladay Memorial Park.3