William Arthur Bradley (1891 - 1936)

Born 21 Sep 1891 in Sevier County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Son of Isaac Newton Bradley and Delilah Ellen (Shults) Bradley

Husband of Lillian (Hopkins) Bradley — married 7 Nov 1909 in Cocke, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1936 at age 44 in Cocke County, Tennessee

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Biography

William was born September 21, 1891 in Sevier County, Tennessee^[1].

William Arthur Bradley married Lillian Hopkins on November 7, 1909^[2], and together, they raised six children. Three boys, and three girls.^[3]

William Arthur Bradley was a farmer, and raising a family during the Great Depression was very difficult. He was working in the fields in early March, 1936, and was caught in a heavy cold rain, which resulted in his becoming ill with pneumonia. Antibiotics, such as Penicillin were still very new and expensive treatment options for pneumonia in 1936. Cash was not easy to accumulate for small farmers in that time, and this led to his becoming critically ill, and passing on March 23, 1936 ^[4]. William Arthur Bradley's three youngest children were still at home with their mother. My father was the eldest of those three, and he was only 15 at that time^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ World War I Draft Registration Card for Sevier County, Tennessee - Image attached.
2. ↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
3. ↑ William Arthur Bradley Family Bible
4. ↑ William Arthur Bradley Family Bible Record - Image attached
5. ↑ Direct Personal Knowledge

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-Chromosome DNA testing. C. Bradley and Don Bradley match on 65 out of 67 markers on Family Tree DNA thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MCRA Isaac Bradley.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-Chromosome DNA testing. R. Bradley and Don Bradley match on 66 out of 67 markers on Family Tree DNA thereby further confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MCRA Isaac Bradley.