Thomas Smith Bradley (1818 - 1898)

Born 27 Jan 1818 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara Ellen (Crews) Bradley — married about 1838 in Howard County, Missouri

Husband of Francis Patience (Buckler) Bradley — married 16 Nov 1862 in Boone County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1898 at age 80 in Missouri, United States

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Biography

Smith Bradley was born on January 27, 1818^[1] in Kentucky^[2] to Thomas Bradley and Rachel Roberts.

In 1838, Smith married Barbara Crews. From this union were born eight known children:

Martha Ellen Bradley

Thomas Minter Bradley

Melissa J. Bradley

William Wright Bradley

Squire Bradley

Hampton Boone Bradley

Elizabeth Ann (Bradley) Lewis

John J. Bradley

According to the 1850 census, Smith lived with Barbary and their children, Martha, Thomas, Melissa, and William in Howard County, Missouri.^[2]

He was a part of Clark's 9th Infantry Regiment for the Confederates. The regiment fought at Prairie Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkin's Ferry ^[3][4]

Barbara died between 1860 and 1862.

On November 16, 1862, Smith married Francie Buckler in Boone County, Missouri.^[5]From this union were born three known children:

Alfonso Hibert Bradley

Clabern Jackson Bradley

Lucy Beulah (Bradley) White.

Smith died on November 16, 1898. He is buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Randolph County, Missouri.^[1]

Thomas was the paternal great grandfather of Five Star General Omar Nelson Bradley.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39630016/thomas-smith-bradley
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-34B : 22 December 2020), Thos S Bradley, Howard, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=28185185-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
4. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CMO0009RI
5. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-86NT : 25 February 2020), Smith Bradley and Frances Bunbridge, 16 Nov 1862; citing Marriage, Boone, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424335.

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Prairie, Randolph, Missouri; Page: 837; Family History Library Film: 803642, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4233991_00252?pId=40639651
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46K-X2C : 29 May 2021), Thomas S Bradley, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FW-1FB : 6 January 2022), T. S. Bradley, Prairie Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .