son of Randolph Bradford - Nancy Hall

His parents are buried on their homestead near the Coosa River, Cherokee County, Alabama.

William Henry Bradford married Mary Lawson on 23 May 1850. The couple moved to Texas in 1854 settling first at Black Jack Grove in Hopkins County, then moved to Campbell in Hunt County near Timber Creek. Mary preceded him in death. There were four children born to this union: Columbus Rudolph Bradford, John Henry "Jack" Bradford, Reuben Randolph Bradford, James Thomas Bradford. In 1853, William Henry and his wife Mary came to Texas settling in Hunt County.

William Henry Bradford married Delilah Catherine Caroline Brumbelow on 12 January 1860 in Hunt County, Texas. Children born to this union were: Martha Emily Bradford, Eliza Q. Bradford, Bunyan B. Bradford, Charlie R. Bradford, Mary Ann "Molly" Bradford, Mandy B. Bradford, Albert B. Bradford, W.H. "Dick" Bradford, Stella Bradford, Andrew J. Bradford. She preceded him in death.

William Henry Bradford married Mrs. Sarah L. Landreth on 11 November 1894 in Palo Pinto County, Texas. The couple lived near Brazos.

After the death of his first wife, William Bradford stopped for a few months in Dallas County where Oak Cliff is located today. He traded his oxen for horses and went as far as Buffalo Gap in Taylor County where he stayed for a short time, returning east and landing in the South Fork of Palo Pinto Creek south. William Henry Bradford decided to come to Palo Pinto County in 1860, settling in the vicinity of what is now Brazos, south of the present town of Strawn. When the Civil War broke out, he and the Cowden families and two other families forted up in the bend of South Fork of Palo Pinto creek. The land in 1974 was owned by Mrs. Vivian Allen, a descendant. All of his children lived in this area near Palo Pinto Creek or Lone Camp.

He was a member of the Baptist Church.