Born in Scott County, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Marr Bradford
and Anna Elizabeth (Barnes) Bradford
Sister of
Thomas A Bradford, Susan A (Bradford) Hawkins, Martha A Bradford, Narcissa Bradford, William Talbott Bradford [half], Harriet Eliza (Bradford) Gardner [half], Sarah Jane (Bradford) Parkinson [half], Isabella M (Bradford) Hazlett [half], James Bradford [half] and Edward Tolbert Bradford [half]
Wife of
David I Madison
— married
about 24 May 1840 in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
Wife of
William Wesley Sheets
— married
11 Sep 1856 in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 79
in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 22 Apr 2015
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in 1823. Elizabeth Bradford married David I Madison on 24 May 1840 in Illinois and they had one child before he passed in 1844. She was living on the family farm in 1850 with her parents, siblings, and son, James. She married William Sheets in 1856 and they had two daughters. She passed in 1903
- Fact: Also Known As E Sheets
- Fact: Residence (11 April 1903) United States
- Fact: Obituary (11 April 1903) Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 May 2022, 15:44), entry for Edith Elizabeth Bradford (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZP6-NB1 ); contributed by various users.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-CFF : 27 August 2020), Elizabeth Madison in household of James M Bradford, Sangamon county, part of, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing family 1436, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHG-78W : 11 November 2020), E Sheets in entry for W Sheets, 1860.
- "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5M5-32J3 : 18 July 2020), Mrs Edith Elizabeth Madison Bradford and Mrs W H Parkinson, 1903.
- "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MP-TMFF : 18 July 2020), Mrs Edith Elizabeth Madison and Mrs W H Parkinson, 1903.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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