He died December~6~1863, probably Andrew Co Mo aged 6 year 5 month 12 day. He died about the time the bushwhackers burned the family home, but no one knows whether his death was related to that incident.
In 1863 or early 1864, bushwhackers burned the house of James Washington Bradley after attempting robbery. The family hid in a draw southeast of the house and watched the burning. A series of houses have since been constructed on the site of the burned house. Norman Bowland, who now owns the land, located on the south side of Highway 59 west of Savannah, dismantled an older house and built a new house there in 1964. In digging the basement, he found at a depth of about six feet a bed of ashes two feet thick. In the ashes were the metal remains of a mid~nineteenth century plow which could have belonged to James Washington Bradley. James W's house had a basement, or cellar, with masonry walls of native stone. He had hidden his gold money behind a loosened stone in the basement, and the money was there during the fire. When the ashes cooled somewhat, a plank was laid over them and one of the children walked on the plank to retrieve the money. After the house was burned, James W. and his brother, Robert W Bradley who had migrated to Andrew Co. Mo about 1854, moved their their families to Clay Co Mo., where they had Judy relatives.
Found this information in the book:
DANIEL AND SUSANNAH BRADLEY OF KENTUCKY AND
SOME OF THEIR DESCENDANTS
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
FRANCIS L, STUBBS, Ph.D.
He died December~6~1863, probably Andrew Co Mo aged 6 year 5 month 12 day. He died about the time the bushwhackers burned the family home, but no one knows whether his death was related to that incident.
In 1863 or early 1864, bushwhackers burned the house of James Washington Bradley after attempting robbery. The family hid in a draw southeast of the house and watched the burning. A series of houses have since been constructed on the site of the burned house. Norman Bowland, who now owns the land, located on the south side of Highway 59 west of Savannah, dismantled an older house and built a new house there in 1964. In digging the basement, he found at a depth of about six feet a bed of ashes two feet thick. In the ashes were the metal remains of a mid~nineteenth century plow which could have belonged to James Washington Bradley. James W's house had a basement, or cellar, with masonry walls of native stone. He had hidden his gold money behind a loosened stone in the basement, and the money was there during the fire. When the ashes cooled somewhat, a plank was laid over them and one of the children walked on the plank to retrieve the money. After the house was burned, James W. and his brother, Robert W Bradley who had migrated to Andrew Co. Mo about 1854, moved their their families to Clay Co Mo., where they had Judy relatives.
Found this information in the book:
DANIEL AND SUSANNAH BRADLEY OF KENTUCKY AND
SOME OF THEIR DESCENDANTS
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
FRANCIS L, STUBBS, Ph.D.
Family Members
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Sarah E Bradley Vaughn
1846–1930
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Lucinda Catherine Bradley Maupin
1849–1873
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Jacob Elisha Bradley
1850–1903
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Emily L. Bradley Martin
1852–1939
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James A. Bradley
1853 – unknown
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Susan Isabella Bradley Wilson
1858–1902
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G. W. Bradley
1859–1917
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Henry Clay Bradley
1861–1946
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Paulina Price Bradley
1863–1886
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Ada Lee Bradley Freeman
1867–1920
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John S. Bradley
1868–1900
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