Descendants of James Henry Bradley


Generation No. 1

1.  JAMES HENRY5 BRADLEY  (JOSHUA4, HENRY3 JR.BRADLEY, HENRY SR.2 BRADLEY, FRANCIS1) was born June 13, 1797 in Caberrus,NC., and died March 15, 1866 in Shilo Hill,Jackson,ill. (Gillespie Cemetery).  He married (1) MARTHA "PATSIE HUGHES November 20, 1820 in Randolph Co,ill., daughter of JAMES HUGHES.  She was born October 15, 1804 in Randolph Co,ill., and died October 15, 1845 in Randolph Co,ill.(Gillespie Prarie Cemetery).  He married (2) SARAH W.THORN August 14, 1846 in Jackson co,illinois.  She died 1855.  He married (3) MARGARET JORDAN October 22, 1857 in Jackson co,illinois. 

Notes for JAMES HENRY BRADLEY:
His family moved to Gallatin,Sumner County,Tennesse when he was very young.He served in the Tennesse Volunteers from June 18,1812 to september 25,1814 and from September 29,1814 to April 27,1815,James recieved land for his military service and farmed it,besides stonemason work.He manufactured monuments,chimney foundations and grindstones.he was a justice of the peace,a fence viwer in Gognia TWP.overseer of Bradley road district,and served on County Juries in 1824-1826,1831-1832,1834-1839.
James and Martha had 13 children and 6 of them reached maturity.
From "Public Laws Enacted by Eleventh General Assembly" Jan 8,1840.
That James Gillespie,James Bradley,John Moore,Benjamin F.Bradley,John Barrow,William Pike,Richard Bradley,Arthur Cross,John B.Burke,William Bradley are incorporated by name and style "President and Trustees of Shiloh College" Randolph County,ill.
James died at nearly 69 years old,having been one of Old Andy Jackson`s soldiers,an educator,a trustee of a college,a stoneman,a justice of the peace,He was buried at Gillespie Cemetery in Randolph County,ill.
Per information in familt tree maker vol 16,tree 229,James was a stonecutter and a Justice of the Peace in Bradley TWP for 12 years.

Children of JAMES BRADLEY and MARTHA HUGHES are:
2. i. JAMES HUGHES6 BRADLEY, b. August 22, 1821, Randolph Co,ill.; d. August 22, 1888.
3. ii. JOSHUA JOHN BRADLEY, b. October 10, 1823, Jackson co,illinois; d. March 01, 1893, Effingham,ill.Bur: Oak Ridge Cem..
iii. RACHEL BRADLEY, b. June 1827; d. July 06, 1828, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
iv. MARY ANN BRADLEY, b. 1828, Jackson co,illinois; d. California; m. NATHAN WOODRIDGE, May 31, 1845, Jackson co,illinois.
v. MARTHA M. BRADLEY, b. August 10, 1830, Jackson co,illinois; d. September 13, 1841, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
vi. SARAH ELIZA BRADLEY, b. October 1830, Jackson co,illinois; d. September 03, 1831, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
vii. NANCY BRADLEY, b. August 26, 1832, Jackson co,illinois; d. November 07, 1913, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
viii. WILLIAM C. BRADLEY, b. June 10, 1834, Jackson co,illinois; m. (1) MALISSA KOEN, April 28, 1865, Randolph Co,ill.; b. 1835; m. (2) EMILY STEEL TASH, October 21, 1870, Randolph Co,ill.; b. 1835.
ix. BURTON BRADLEY, b. 1837, Jackson co,illinois; d. 1850.

Notes for BURTON BRADLEY:
Not in census of Jackson Co.Perhaps had gone with brother Joshua.

x. SAMUEL G. BRADLEY, b. December 08, 1838, Jackson co,illinois; d. January 10, 1846, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
xi. RICHARD H. BRADLEY, b. 1839, Jackson co,illinois; d. California.


Children of JAMES BRADLEY and SARAH W.THORN are:
xii. ELIZABETH6 BRADLEY, b. 1841; d. 1841, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
xiii. LOUISA C. BRADLEY, b. 1849, illinois.
xiv. VIRGINIA BRADLEY, b. October 07, 1845; d. October 30, 1845, Randolph Co,ill.Bur:Gillespie Cem..
xv. ISAAC BRADLEY, b. 1851, Jackson co,illinois.