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About Seymour Brunson
- Seymour Brunson (September 18, 1798 – August 10, 1840) was an early Mormon convert.
- He is most noted since it was at a speech given at his funeral that Joseph Smith first presented the doctrine of Baptism for the Dead. Brunson was born in Orwell, Vermont.
- In 1813, at the age of 14, he enlisted in the United States military as a 16-year-old and served during the War of 1812.In 1823, Brunson married Harriet Matilda Gould.
- They eventually had seven children. Brunson was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in early 1831.
- He served as a missionary in both Ohio and Virginia and then moved to Daviess County, Missouri just south of Far West.
- After a year he moved into the town.
- In April 1838 it was Brunson who brought the charges against Oliver Cowdery that led to Cowdery's excommunication.
- During that fall Brunson served as a major in the Davies County militia.
- After this he moved to Quincy, Illinois for a short time and then on to Nauvoo, Illinois.At Nauvoo, Brunson served as a member of the High Council and as a lieutenant colonel in the Hancock County Militia.
- He also served as one of Joseph Smith's bodyguards.
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