James Marr Bradford (1795 - 1852)

Born 28 Sep 1795 in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Elizabeth (Barnes) Bradford — married 4 Jul 1820 in Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA

Husband of Arseneth (Talbott) Bradford — married 14 Dec 1836 in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1852 at age 56 in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1795 to Austin Augustine Bradford and Elizabeth Hord in Culpeper County Virginia. James M. Bradford was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Scott County, Ky. James married Anna Elizabeth Barnes (1802 - 1835) in Port Gibson, Claborne County, Kentucky on the 4th of July 1820. James and Anna had 4 children before she passed in 1835. James married Arseneth Talbott (1814 - 1898) in 1836 in Sangamon County, Illinois. James and Arseneth had 6 children. He served one term in the General Assembly of Illinois, elected in the fall of 1840. He passed away on Mar. 3, 1852. Currently buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield. Sangamon County, Illinois, Plot: Block 8, 89

Other Children {Calculated relationships}:

Narcissa Bradford (1834 - 1835)

Note: Removed from Bradfordton cemetery to Oak Ridge in Sept 1882 with: Anna, Narcissa, Martha, James, Lizzie, Laura, Jennie and Sue Bradford.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Sangamon county, part of, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Obituary (23 February 1898) Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Birth: Sep. 28, 1795

FROM: EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876 by John Carroll Power

BRADFORD, JAMES M., was born Sept. 28, 1795, in Culpepper county, Va. His parents moved to Scott county, Ky., when he was twelve years old. His commencement in business was trading down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He was married July 4, 1820, at Port Gibson, Miss., to Ann E. Barnes, who was born Sept. 10, 1802, in North Carolina, and in 1807 was taken by her parents to Mississippi, where they settled. She was educated at Port Gibson in a French Catholic convent. After a residence of three years there, they moved to Scott county, Ky., where they remained one year, and moved to Franklin county, near Frankfort, and within three miles of Dick Johnson's Indian school. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Gardner township. Of their four children--

THOMAS A., born August 2, 1821, at Port Gibson, Miss., brought by his parents to Sangamon county, was educated at McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., graduated at that institution, and was married in Lebanon to Jane Baker. He went to Missouri and there enlisted in Co. B., Col. Doniphan's regiment, and marched overland to Mexico, in 1846. Col. Doniphan had orders, on arriving at Chihuahua, to report to Gen. Wool. He was unable to learn the whereabouts of Gen. Wool, and Thomas A. Bradford was one of six men who volunteered to carry through the dispatches, which they delivered to Gen. Wool at Saltillo, having gone the distance of three hundred miles, through an enemy's country, without the loss of a man. He was, with John Calhoun, engaged in the survey of public lands for the U. S. Government, and died Dec. 25, 1856, near Wyandotte, Kan., his wife and only child having died before.

ELIZABETH E., born July 31, 1823, in Scott county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, May 24, 1840, to David Madison. He died two years later, leaving a son, JAMES B., who died at fourteen years of age. Mrs. Madison resides near Bradfordton, Sangamon county.

SUSAN, born May 25, 1825, in Kentucky, married June 11, 1858, in Sangamon county, to William G. Hawkins, who was born Sept. 14, 1827, in Boone county, Ky., but resided in St. Louis at the time of his marriage. They live in Sangamon county.

MARTHA A., born May 26, 1832, in Kentucky, died while attending school in Springfield, August, 1848.

Mrs. Ann E. Bradford died in Sangamon county, July 8, 1835, and James M. Bradford was married, Dec. 27, 1836, to Arsenath Talbott. They had six children in Sangamon county, one of whom died in infancy. Of the other five children:

WILLIAM T., born June 8, 1838, was married Oct. 1, 1861, to Grizella A. Parkinson. They had six children. The eldest, JAMES, and the fifth one, SUE H., died under three years. ELIZABETH A., THOMAS P., LAURA M. and WILLIAM A., resides with their parents, in Gardner township.

HARRIET E., born Feb. 3, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Hiram E. Gardner.

ISABELLA M. resides with her mother in Springfield.

SARAH J., born Nov. 3, 1845, married William H. Parkinson.

EDWARD T., born May 19, 1850, was married, Feb. 17, 1870, to Carrie M. VanPatten. They have one child, EDWARD M., and reside at Bradfordton.

James M. Bradford died March 3, 1852, and his widow resided on the farm which has become Bradfordton, on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, until April, 1874, when she moved to Springfield, and lives on north fifth street. James M. Bradford was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Scott county, Ky. He served one term in the General Assembly of Illinois, elected in the fall of 1840.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2023, 23:31), entry for James Marr Bradford (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZP6-RWC ); contributed by various users.
• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZJ-DNF : 14 February 2020), James M. Bradford, 1820.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28G-XGPG : 22 July 2021), James M and Arsenath Talbott, 14 Dec 1836; citing Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,132,337.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-NH1 : 2 March 2021), J M Bradford, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing p. 33, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-CFD : 27 August 2020), 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.).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24059195/james-m-bradford : accessed 20 February 2022), memorial page for James M. Bradford (28 Sep 1795–3 Mar 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24059195, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476) .
• History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "Centennial Record" By: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.) ; Pages 129 and 130 ; Topics: Sangamon County (Ill.) -- History, Sangamon County (Ill.) -- Biography, Illinois -- Genealogy : published in 1876 by Edwin A. Wilson & Co. in Springfield, Ill.; Internet Archive ( https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7108228M )