Biography of the Bradley family
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 758
It is probable that among the first white people to settle within the limits of Monroe Township were teh Bradley family from Virginia. There were Jonah, David and James Bradley, and two sisters, Susan and Nancy, of whom we give an account. They came here about 1804-5. Jonah settled on Spring Creek, where Sarah Ann Bradley now resides; he married Susan Powers, who was also a native of Virginia, by whom he had the following children: Alfred, who married Jemima Morrow, and settled in this township, she died, and he married a Miss Lee; subsequently he moved to Mercer County, where he resided several years, and where his second wife died, after which he returned to this county, where he remained a resident till his death, although his death occurred by accidental drowning while on a visit to Mercer County. He was the father of six children, four grew to maturity — David, John M., Elizabeth and Jemima; the latter is now deceased; Elizabeth resides in Union County, Ohio; David settled in Illinois, where he died; and John M., married, and is still a resident of this township. David and John (brothers of Alfred), married, settled and spent their lives till their death in this township; and Jonah was the fourth son. There were five daughters — Elizabeth, Mahala, Mary, Sarah and Susan — of whom Susan and Mahala now survive, and residents of Illinois. Mr. Bradley followed farming and milling through life. A few years after locating here, he erected a grist mill on Spring Fork, run by water-power, which was one of the first mills in this vicinity; prior to his building this mill, they went to Chillicothe to do their milling and to buy their groceries. This mill was one of the great improvements of that day, and was a great convenience to the people of this new settlement. Mr. Bradley was a carpenter by trade, and built his mill with his own hands, and to a great extent made his own wagons and implements for use on his farm, thus bringing his trade and skill into good use in that early day, when such articles were then so difficult to obtain. Mr. Bradley died in April, 1865, aged eighty years. David Bradley, brother of the above, first settled near Georgesville, in Franklin County, but soon after moved here to Monroe Township, where he remained till his death. He was the father of four sons — James L. and William, deceased, David M. resides on the home place of his father, and Shelton resides in Tazewell County, Ill.; and three daughters, Elsie and Jane, deceased, and Cassie, wife of Nemwan Mitchell, residing in Somerford Township. James Bradley, also brother to the above Jonah, settled here at same date, and remained here through life. He had at least four sons — Hiram, Washington, James and Jonas; but all moved away, and all are now believed to be deceased.
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