James Bradford
James Bradford was born on September 11, 1807, in Kentucky to Adam and Frances Bradford. The family moved to Missouri in 1827, and he married Anna Turpin a few years later. They had at least ten children: Margaret, born around 1833; Josiah, born around 1834; Adam, born around 1838; Francis, born around 1840; Thomas, born around 1841; John, born around 1843; Nancy Jane, born around 1845; Mary Ann, born around 1847; Lucinda, born around 1851; and Malinda, born around 1851.
By 1850, they were living in Texas County, Missouri, and Bradford was working as a farmer. The family owned $1,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $2,500 of real estate and $4,400 of personal property. He remained loyal to the Union during the war, and he became a Republican after the war. His wife died around 1864, and he married Sarah Crow on September 28, 1865. By 1870, he was working as a miller and wool carder in Texas County, and he owned $1,500 of real estate and $500 of personal property. He died in Missouri on December 26, 1876.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1657) | Bradford, James | 1807-09-11 | 1876-12-26 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3254) [recipient] ~ Josiah T. Bradford to James Bradford, 16 May 1864
People - Records: 1
- (1657) Bradford, James is the [parent of] (1446) Bradford, Josiah T.
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 2
SOURCES
1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, available from Ancestry.com; History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri (Chicago, IL: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889).
