Thomas Bradshaw left Kentucky on account of slavery, and came to Jasper Township in 1819, and improved a farm, entering the southwest quarter of Section 10, where he died in 1822, and was buried the first in the cemetery at that place. He left a large family to the care of one of the most excellent mothers of the pioneer times, and she is said to have fully discharged her onerous duties to her children, and to the community, in a manner that cast a halo of glory around her memory, that is not easily forgotten. A friend to the needy, a wise counselor to those in distress, she gave comfort and relief to the afflicted within her reach. A smile of pleasure and approbation is seen to play over the countenances of men whose heads are silenced with age at the mention of her name, after the lapse of more than half a century. Truly, it may be said, "her works do follow her.”
HISTORY OF WAYNE & CLAY COUNTIES ILLINOIS
HISTORY OF WAYNE & CLAY COUNTIES ILLINOIS
Thomas Bradshaw left Kentucky on account of slavery, and came to Jasper Township in 1819, and improved a farm, entering the southwest quarter of Section 10, where he died in 1822, and was buried the first in the cemetery at that place. He left a large family to the care of one of the most excellent mothers of the pioneer times, and she is said to have fully discharged her onerous duties to her children, and to the community, in a manner that cast a halo of glory around her memory, that is not easily forgotten. A friend to the needy, a wise counselor to those in distress, she gave comfort and relief to the afflicted within her reach. A smile of pleasure and approbation is seen to play over the countenances of men whose heads are silenced with age at the mention of her name, after the lapse of more than half a century. Truly, it may be said, "her works do follow her.”
HISTORY OF WAYNE & CLAY COUNTIES ILLINOIS
HISTORY OF WAYNE & CLAY COUNTIES ILLINOIS
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