Joseph Smith BAGLEY

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Joseph Van Bagley was born 17 November 1872 at Charleston, Wasatch County, Utah. His father was named Joseph Smith Bagley and his mother was Anna Van Wagoner. His mother died when he was a small boy leaving five small children. He attended grade and high school in Charleston. Later went to the Brigham Young University-taught school in Utah for a while and then went to Wyoming to explore and hunt in the wild regions around Yellowstone country. He liked what he found and spent the rest of his life in and around the mountains of Western Wyoming. He continued to hunt the big game of Wyoming as long as he was able. He enjoyed being out in the hills and forests. He passed his hunting techniques on to his three living sons.Joseph Van Bagley met Cora Sophia Yeoman in Granger, Wyoming. After a brief courtship they were married in Reno, Nevada. My father had some mining interests there in Nevada. They lived in Rock Springs and Granger, Wyoming where they became the parents of eight children:-five boys and three girls. Two of the boys died  one when ten days old and the other one, Dale when he was almost one year old. The second eldest boy Grant was killed in his airplane when he was twenty-two years old. Joseph Van Bagley was very proud of his Dutch Heritage and reminded his children of the many qualities of their ancestors.He spent the last twelve years of his life a semi-invalid because of an automobile accident. His time was spent in the hospital in Rock Springs and at Granger  he passed away March 2, 1942 and is buried in Granger.