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Alfred Mack “A. M.” Bradley

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Alfred Mack “A. M.” Bradley

Birth
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
13 Sep 1932 (aged 98)
Urbanette, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
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Born May 13, 1834, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, as a son of Jess E. (circa 1813-1872) and Susan Coffman (circa 1813-?) Bradley. After attaining his own maturity, he hired himself out to drive a team of oxen from Georgia into Searcy County, Arkansas, and that employment brought him into Northwest Arkansas.
Two years after his arrival in Arkansas he was united in marriage with Nancy Elizabeth Lawrence. Nancy had been born November 23, 1839, Chattanooga County, Georgia, as a daughter of James "Jimmie" and Kizziah (Wade) Lawrence, and it was her father who hired Alfred to drive the wagon across country.
During the Civil War, Alfred Mack Bradley served the confederacy as a First Lieutenant in Company E, of the 45th Arkansas Militia from November 22, 1861, until December 20, 1861. That Company was under the command of his brother-in-law, captain John R. Redwine (1825-1864). Later, he would reenlist to serve in Company F. Arkansas Regulars, the Arkansas Infantry, and the 14th Missouri Cavalry, with another brother-in-law, George Melton Lawrence (1845-1925). Although that last military outfit carried a Missouri designation, the 14th was made up entirely of men from Arkansas. He was discharged in either May or June of 1865, official War records differ on the actual time of his discharge.
After the War, Arkansas remained a very violent place to live during those days that have become known in history as Reconstruction, and thus Alfred Mack Bradley took his family and fled to Monett, Missouri, after his life was threatened in Searcy County, Arkansas.
Then during 1867, he moved his family into Carroll County, Arkansas, to settle in the Parker Community, north of Green Forest. The people of Carroll County chose Alfred Mack Bradley, as their Treasurer in 1872 and he served in that capacity until 1874. He also served as a Justice of the Peace in 1886.
In later years of his life, Bradley moved into the Polo Community, north of Berryville, where he farmed and sold the produce he raised in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, door-to-door.
Twelve children were born to the union of Alfred Mack and Nancy.
Alfred died in September 13,1932, having lived to be the oldest man in Carroll County, Arkansas, according to local newspaper accounts at the time of his death at the age of ninety-eight, and he was buried in the Jones Cemetery, five miles northeast of Berryville, Arkansas. (Carroll County Families:These Were The First, Carroll County, Arkansas by Geraldine Littleton)
Father: Jessie E Bradley b: 1813 in SC
Mother: Susan Coffman b: 1813 in TN

Marriage 1 Nancy Elizabeth Lawrence b: 23 NOV 1839 in Chattooga Co., GA
Children
Clementine" Clemmie" Bradley b: 16 APR 1878 in AR
Malinda Bradley b: 1856 in AR
Matilda F Bradley b: 8 MAR 1858 in Stone Co., AR
James Bradley b: 1860 in AR
Martha Bradley Ashe b: 1864 in AR
Melissa "Lissie" Bradley b: 1867 in AR or MO
Wilson Laford Bradley b: BEF 1867
Walter Bradley b: 1870
Susan "Susie" Bradley b: 1874
Barton Ellis Bradley b: 1880
Sources:
Title: Carroll County Families(These were the first)Carroll Co., AR 1888 by Geraldine Littleton
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: 82
Father: Jesse E. Bradley b: 1816 in South Carolina
Mother: Susan Coffman b: 1816 in Tennessee

Marriage 1 Nancy J Lawrence b: 13 MAY 1834
in Jefferson County, Tn

Children
Melinda Bradley b: 1855 in Arkansas
Malicia Bradley b: 1856 in Arkansas
James Bradley b: FEB 1860 in Arkansas
Martha Bradley b: 1864 in Arkansas
Wilson L Bradley b: 1866 in Arkansas
Matilda Frances Bradley b: APR 1870 in Arkansas

Brothers and Sisters
Nancy J Bradley b: 1832 in Tennessee
Litecia Bradley b: 1835 in Tennessee
James A Bradley b: 1836 in Alabama
Wilson Bradley b: 1838 in Alabama
Barton Kamon Witt Bradley b: 13 AUG
1839 in Cherokee County, Alabama
Elizabeth Bradley b: 1841 in Alabama
Louisa Bradley b: 1842 in Alabama
Martha C Bradley b: 1843 in Alabama
William C Bradley b: 1845 in Alabama
Amanda L Bradley b: 1846 in Alabama

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BRADLEY, A M (Alfred Mack Bradley)
Private—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas,
May 21, 1862; age 28, in Arkansas; deserted,
November 30, 1862; subsequently served in 13th
Missouri Cavalry.


Alfred Mc. Bradley is a Tennesseean, who was
born in Jefferson County May 13, 1834. His
father, Jesse Bradley, was a native of North
Carolina, and a son of James Bradley, also a
native of the Old North State. Jesse
Bradley was reared in his native State and in
East
Tennessee. In Jefferson County, Tenn., he
married Susan Coffman, a native of the State.
He removed his family to Alabama in 1837,
locating in Cherokee County, and resided there
until his death, about 1872. Alfred Mc. Bradley
was reared on his father's farm in Cherokee
County, Ala. In 1862 he enlisted in the
Confederate army, joining Col. Shaler's regiment
of infantry. After serving one year with that
regiment he joined Col. Wood's battalion, and
served until they were disbanded at Jackson
Post, Ark., at the close of the war. He
participated in the battle of Poison Springs.
Mr. Bradley came to Arkansas in 1854, and
located in Searcy County. The following year
he married Nancy E. Lawrence, a native of
Chattooga County, Ga., where she was also
reared. After their marriage they resided in
Searcy County until after the war, when they
removed to Barry County, Mo., and engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1867
they came to Carroll County, and the following
year located on their present farm. He purchased
120 acres of raw land, and has since cleared
seventy-five acres and made fair improvements.
On his farm is an orchard of over 400 bearing
trees of a fine variety of apples. About 1870
Mr. Bradley was elected county treasurer, and
served two years.
In 1886 he was elected justice of the peace of
his township, and still serves in that capacity.
He and wife have seven children living, namely;
Melinda (Mrs. Andrew Walker), Matilda, Martha
(Mrs. W. J. Ashe), Melissa (Mrs.A. J. Goforth),
Susan, Clementine and Barton Ellis, and five dead,
one who died in early childhood, three infants,
and Walter, who died September 2, 1887, aged
seventeen years. Mr. Bradley is industrious,
enterprising and well respected.
From Carroll County Goodspeed Biographies
Born May 13, 1834, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, as a son of Jess E. (circa 1813-1872) and Susan Coffman (circa 1813-?) Bradley. After attaining his own maturity, he hired himself out to drive a team of oxen from Georgia into Searcy County, Arkansas, and that employment brought him into Northwest Arkansas.
Two years after his arrival in Arkansas he was united in marriage with Nancy Elizabeth Lawrence. Nancy had been born November 23, 1839, Chattanooga County, Georgia, as a daughter of James "Jimmie" and Kizziah (Wade) Lawrence, and it was her father who hired Alfred to drive the wagon across country.
During the Civil War, Alfred Mack Bradley served the confederacy as a First Lieutenant in Company E, of the 45th Arkansas Militia from November 22, 1861, until December 20, 1861. That Company was under the command of his brother-in-law, captain John R. Redwine (1825-1864). Later, he would reenlist to serve in Company F. Arkansas Regulars, the Arkansas Infantry, and the 14th Missouri Cavalry, with another brother-in-law, George Melton Lawrence (1845-1925). Although that last military outfit carried a Missouri designation, the 14th was made up entirely of men from Arkansas. He was discharged in either May or June of 1865, official War records differ on the actual time of his discharge.
After the War, Arkansas remained a very violent place to live during those days that have become known in history as Reconstruction, and thus Alfred Mack Bradley took his family and fled to Monett, Missouri, after his life was threatened in Searcy County, Arkansas.
Then during 1867, he moved his family into Carroll County, Arkansas, to settle in the Parker Community, north of Green Forest. The people of Carroll County chose Alfred Mack Bradley, as their Treasurer in 1872 and he served in that capacity until 1874. He also served as a Justice of the Peace in 1886.
In later years of his life, Bradley moved into the Polo Community, north of Berryville, where he farmed and sold the produce he raised in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, door-to-door.
Twelve children were born to the union of Alfred Mack and Nancy.
Alfred died in September 13,1932, having lived to be the oldest man in Carroll County, Arkansas, according to local newspaper accounts at the time of his death at the age of ninety-eight, and he was buried in the Jones Cemetery, five miles northeast of Berryville, Arkansas. (Carroll County Families:These Were The First, Carroll County, Arkansas by Geraldine Littleton)
Father: Jessie E Bradley b: 1813 in SC
Mother: Susan Coffman b: 1813 in TN

Marriage 1 Nancy Elizabeth Lawrence b: 23 NOV 1839 in Chattooga Co., GA
Children
Clementine" Clemmie" Bradley b: 16 APR 1878 in AR
Malinda Bradley b: 1856 in AR
Matilda F Bradley b: 8 MAR 1858 in Stone Co., AR
James Bradley b: 1860 in AR
Martha Bradley Ashe b: 1864 in AR
Melissa "Lissie" Bradley b: 1867 in AR or MO
Wilson Laford Bradley b: BEF 1867
Walter Bradley b: 1870
Susan "Susie" Bradley b: 1874
Barton Ellis Bradley b: 1880
Sources:
Title: Carroll County Families(These were the first)Carroll Co., AR 1888 by Geraldine Littleton
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: 82
Father: Jesse E. Bradley b: 1816 in South Carolina
Mother: Susan Coffman b: 1816 in Tennessee

Marriage 1 Nancy J Lawrence b: 13 MAY 1834
in Jefferson County, Tn

Children
Melinda Bradley b: 1855 in Arkansas
Malicia Bradley b: 1856 in Arkansas
James Bradley b: FEB 1860 in Arkansas
Martha Bradley b: 1864 in Arkansas
Wilson L Bradley b: 1866 in Arkansas
Matilda Frances Bradley b: APR 1870 in Arkansas

Brothers and Sisters
Nancy J Bradley b: 1832 in Tennessee
Litecia Bradley b: 1835 in Tennessee
James A Bradley b: 1836 in Alabama
Wilson Bradley b: 1838 in Alabama
Barton Kamon Witt Bradley b: 13 AUG
1839 in Cherokee County, Alabama
Elizabeth Bradley b: 1841 in Alabama
Louisa Bradley b: 1842 in Alabama
Martha C Bradley b: 1843 in Alabama
William C Bradley b: 1845 in Alabama
Amanda L Bradley b: 1846 in Alabama

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BRADLEY, A M (Alfred Mack Bradley)
Private—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas,
May 21, 1862; age 28, in Arkansas; deserted,
November 30, 1862; subsequently served in 13th
Missouri Cavalry.


Alfred Mc. Bradley is a Tennesseean, who was
born in Jefferson County May 13, 1834. His
father, Jesse Bradley, was a native of North
Carolina, and a son of James Bradley, also a
native of the Old North State. Jesse
Bradley was reared in his native State and in
East
Tennessee. In Jefferson County, Tenn., he
married Susan Coffman, a native of the State.
He removed his family to Alabama in 1837,
locating in Cherokee County, and resided there
until his death, about 1872. Alfred Mc. Bradley
was reared on his father's farm in Cherokee
County, Ala. In 1862 he enlisted in the
Confederate army, joining Col. Shaler's regiment
of infantry. After serving one year with that
regiment he joined Col. Wood's battalion, and
served until they were disbanded at Jackson
Post, Ark., at the close of the war. He
participated in the battle of Poison Springs.
Mr. Bradley came to Arkansas in 1854, and
located in Searcy County. The following year
he married Nancy E. Lawrence, a native of
Chattooga County, Ga., where she was also
reared. After their marriage they resided in
Searcy County until after the war, when they
removed to Barry County, Mo., and engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1867
they came to Carroll County, and the following
year located on their present farm. He purchased
120 acres of raw land, and has since cleared
seventy-five acres and made fair improvements.
On his farm is an orchard of over 400 bearing
trees of a fine variety of apples. About 1870
Mr. Bradley was elected county treasurer, and
served two years.
In 1886 he was elected justice of the peace of
his township, and still serves in that capacity.
He and wife have seven children living, namely;
Melinda (Mrs. Andrew Walker), Matilda, Martha
(Mrs. W. J. Ashe), Melissa (Mrs.A. J. Goforth),
Susan, Clementine and Barton Ellis, and five dead,
one who died in early childhood, three infants,
and Walter, who died September 2, 1887, aged
seventeen years. Mr. Bradley is industrious,
enterprising and well respected.
From Carroll County Goodspeed Biographies


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