23 Dec 2009

Bradley Family History

nnie, William, Emma, and David, four of the five known children of Leonard K. and Mary A. Bradley, removed with their parents from Missouri to Mt. Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas. The parents and three children moved between 1875-80, and the fourth child, David, was again living with them by 1885.

Annie Bradley

Ann E. Bradley and Children,
c.1891

Ann Elizabeth Bradley was born on 4 or 5 Nov 1859 in Huntsville, Randolph County, Missouri. After moving to Kansas with her parents, Annie married Charles White Barber on 9 Aug 1882 in Atchison County. Charles died on 20 Dec 1899 leaving a widow and three children. By 1905, Annie had moved the family into the town of Atchison where she was earning a living as a dressmaker. She continued living here with her daughter until Ellen married in 1930. They both then moved to southern Kansas to live in Iola with Ellen's new husband and step-children. After living for nearly fifty years as a widow, Annie died here on 7 Apr 1949. She was buried with her husband in the Cummings Cemetery in Cummings, Atchison County, Kansas. Annie and Charles had the following children:

1. Mary Ellen (Ellen) (1884-1970).
2. Joseph Leonard (1885-1958).
3. Frank Clinton (1892-1916).
4. [See Barber Family History for more details on these children.]

William Bradley

William E. Bradley, a younger brother of Annie, was born 17 Aug 1866 in Missouri, probably Huntsville. He came to Kansas when still a boy and married Ora M. Cline 1895. In 1920, William and his children were living in Benton Township, Atchison County, Kansas. They had the following children:

1. Myrtle E. (c.1896).
2. David Charles (c.1898).
3. Lloyd R. (1900) who married Norma Morton c.1922.

David and Emma Bradley

David Clinton Bradley was born 05 Dec 1854, and Emma A. Bradley was born c.1872. Both were born in Missouri, probably in Huntsville as well. Emma, still a young child, had come to Kansas with her family prior to 1880. David was an adult by that time, and he must have initially remained in Missouri or gone elsewhere. However, both were living in Kansas with their parents in 1885. This is the last known of either of them.

Leonard Keeling Bradley Jr.

Tombstone of
Leonard K. Bradley Jr.
and Mary A. Hunt, 1999 Leonard Keeling Bradley, Jr., the father of these children, was born 1824 in Missouri, probably Randolph County. He married Mary Agnes Hunt on 20 Nov 1853 in Huntsville, Randolph County. Mary was born 1837 in Missouri, probably also in the same area. In 1894, Leonard died and was buried in Cummings Cemetery. Mary died in 1910 and is buried with him. Their known children, all of whom were born in Missouri, were:

1. David Clinton (1854) previously discussed.
2. Laura Catharine (1856) who is not known to have moved to Kansas.
3. Ann Elizabeth (1859-1949) previously discussed.
4. William E. (1866) previously discussed.
5. Emma A. (c.1872) also previously discussed.

Kentucky to Missouri

The father of Leonard K. Bradley, Thomas Bradley, was born 1 Oct 1792 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He served as a Private in the Kentucky Militia for about 5 weeks during the War of 1812 from 8 Feb - 17 Mar 1815. Later that year, he married Elizabeth Cockrill 24 Dec 1815 in Fayette County. After having their first child here, they removed in 1818 to Randolph County, Missouri, where their remaining children were born. They had the following children:

1. Joseph Terry (1816-1898).
2. Mary Jane (1818-1894) who married a minister named Lewis Conner 1850 in Schuyler County, Missouri, and died in Adair County, Missouri.
3. Susan A. (c.1821-c.1902).
4. Mandana (1822-1906) who married David Barrow Rice 1845 in Randolph County, Missouri, and died in Amador County, California.
5. Leonard Keeling (1824-1894) previously discussed.
6. Nancy Lucas (c.1826-c.1899).
7. Clinton C. (c.1828-c.1865).
8. Edward Milton (c.1835-c.1876).
9. Lura (c.1836-c.1918) who married Francis Preston Hall.
10. Martha Elizabeth (c.1838-1878).
11. Louisa (1806) who died after 1865.
12. Calvin (1811-c.1874).

Thomas died 17 Feb 1853 in Schuyler County, Missouri.

Leonard Keeling Bradley Sr.

Tombstone of Leonard K. Bradley Sr.,
c.2005 The father of Thomas Bradley, Leonard Keeling Bradley, Sr., was born 1756 in North Carolina. By his own account in his Revolutionary War pension records, Leonard served in the North Carolina Militia for seven tours during the war, each lasting between three and nine months. His first tour was as a volunteer, or minute man, in January 1776. By his third tour in June 1778, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant and was part of a detachment in charge of the supply wagons. He remained with them at Ashley Ferry, South Carolina, while Gen. Benjamin Lincoln led an eight mile march to attack at the Battle of Stono Ferry on 20 Jun 1779. His sixth tour found him defending the city against the British during the Siege of Charleston which began 2 Apr 1780. He was among the thousands of soldiers who were surrendered to the British as prisoners of war on 12 May 1780. He was paroled eight days later and obliged to remain on his plantation in St. Jude’s Parish, Surry County, North Carolina, until a general exchange of prisoners occurred in the Summer of 1781. He was drafted into his final tour soon afterward in September of the same year, and he remained in service until 1 March 1782. During this period he was in a company of horsemen, or cavalry, involved in several skirmishes outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina.

North Carolina to Kentucky

Ft. Boonesborough State Park,
2004 After the end of the war, Leonard left North Carolina for Kentucky in 1783. He married Mary Day Boone at Boone's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky, on 20 Jun 1785. An unpublished manuscript written by Tim Capps in 1985, recounts the history of the Boone’s Creek Baptist Church located near here using the original church records. One of the eighteen founding members of this church was Samuel Boone who was Leonard’s father-in-law as well as an older brother of Daniel Morgan Boone, the legendary frontiersman. These records show that Leonard probably wasn’t the most pious member of his congregation. He was charged but cleared of a fist fight in 1799, then he was suspended from the church in 1801 for excessive drinking. According to the pension record, his family relocated in 1825 to Randolph County, Missouri, where his son, Thomas, was already living. He died here 2 Dec 1834 and was buried in Bruce Cemetery near Clark, Randolph County, Missouri. His wife died 1 Nov 1851, and, according to local history, she was buried with her husband. Leonard and Mary had the following children, all in Fayette County, Kentucky:

1. Terry Joseph (1786-1862).
2. Elizabeth (1787-1819).
3. Samuel Boone (1790-1871).
4. Thomas (1792-1853) previously discussed.
5. Keeling (1794-c.1837).
6. Edward R. (1797-1833).
7. Levi Day (1799) who died before 1865.
8. Squire Boone (1801-c.1871).
9. Milton (1803-1865).
10. Newton (1805) who died in infancy.
11. Louisa (1806) who died after 1865.
12. Calvin (1811-c.1874).

Terry Thomas Bradley

Bradley Family Migration to Kansas
1. Albemarle County, Virginia
2. Surry County, North Carolina
3. Fayette County, Kentucky
4. Randolph County, Missouri
5. Atchison County, Kansas Finally, the last known ancestor is the father of Leonard Keeling Bradley. Terry Thomas Bradley was born between 1720-25 in Virginia. He married Mary Keeling c.1750, and they lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, probably until the late 1750’s. They then moved to a part of Rowan County, North Carolina, which would later become Surry County. By 1775, Terry owned a sizable 975 acre plantation which must have been the one referred to on Leonard’s parole. Terry died c.1784-85 in Surry County, North Carolina, and his will divided his land among three of his sons. 200 acres went to Leonard who was already in Kentucky. 300 acres went to John, and 475 acres went to George. This will also refers to his "beloved wife", but it is not clear if this was Mary, or if perhaps he had remarried at some point. Terry and Mary’s known children are:

1. Molley (c.1752).
2. Leonard Keeling (1756-1834) previously discussed.
3. John (c.1758) who remained in North Carolina and purchased Leonard’s 200 acres in 1791.
4. Edward R. (1760-1826) who married Elizabeth Winn. He was also a Revolutionary War veteran and moved to Ft. Boonesborough after Leonard. They resettled c.1821 as one of the original "Old Three Hundred" families who colonized present day Austin, Texas, while it was under Spanish control.
5. Richard (c.1761-c.1826) who died in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
6. George (c.1762-1815) who married Elizabeth Briggs and died in Smith County, Tennessee.
7. Matthew (c.1766) who probably died before his father’s will was written in 1784.

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Links

• Ann Elizabeth Bradley {fam group, lineage, fam hist}
• Charles White Barber {fam group, lineage, fam hist}
• Leonard Keeling Bradley (jr) {fam group, lineage, fam hist}
• Leonard Keeling Bradley (sr) {fam group, lineage, fam hist}