Samuel Bradford Hardy
Samuel Bradford (Brocklebank) Hardy (1804-1899) was born 21 Sep. 1804 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Benjamin Hardy and Hannah Brocklebank. He married Caroline Rogers on 17 Jan. 1826 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 11 May 1842 in Georgetown, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He and his wife Caroline were friends with Wilford and Phebe Woodruff from their acquaintance in Massachusetts in 1849 through their church service in the 1880s. He died 9 Sep. 1899 in St. George, Washington Co., Utah.
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