Bradshaw, Mrs. Mackey

BRADSHAW, HOPKINS, HEDDEN, WALLACE, JAMES, ELLIS, COTTON, BEACH, LEONARD, BRADSHAW

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PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA 1886 (CHAPMAN BROS.)  Containing full page portraits & biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. (Also available on FHL film 1036331 Item 9)
MRS. MACKEY BRADSHAW. The lady whose name heads this notice was born in Fayette County, Pa., April 20, 1814, and is the daughter of James and Hannah (Hopkins) Hedden. Her parents were natives of New Jersey and settled in Fayette County, Pa., soon after their marriage, being pioneers there. Her father improved a tract of land in that county, and was occupied in the development and cultivation of it until his death, being a respected and honored citizen of the same. Mrs. Bradshaw was married Dec. 25, 1838, to John G. Wallace.          
Mr. Wallace was born in Fayette County, Pa., June 3, 1818, and was the son of Thomas and Catherine Wallace, of Scotch descent. Mr. Wallace had, previous to his marriage, purchased a farm in Fayette County, and onto this place he and his wife moved, and he was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1843. During that year he sold a farm which he and his father owned, and in company with his family started for Iowa. They came via the Alleghany, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and after a tedious journey of fourteen days arrived at Camanche. In the neighborhood of that place Mr. Wallace purchased a timber claim, and when the land came into market he entered it. It was located three miles east of DeWitt. The first year the family resided at Camanche and then removed to DeWitt Township, where Mr. Wallace rented an old log cabin, which stood in close proximity to his land and into which the family moved. It has a slab floor and a clapboard roof, and the continued to reside in it for two and a half years, In the meantime Mr. Wallace erected a frame house on his land, and removing his family into it, he entered actively upon the improvement of the place. He was a good farmer, economical and industrious, and added to his possessions until, in 1860, he was the proprietor of 600 acres of good land, all fenced and under cultivation, besides his timber land. On the 3d of June in that year the fearful tornado swept over the county and destroyed all his buildings. The family were all in the house at the time, and the tornado completely demolished it, and the different members of the family were scattered in all directions and some of them were seriously injured. After the destruction of their house the family removed to DeWitt, where Mr. Wallace had previously engaged in the hardware business. He continued to reside at that place and rebuilt the house on his farm and rented his land. His demise took place in DeWitt, Sept. 17, 1862. Six children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Wallace: Emily, born Dec. 29, 1839, is the wife of John James, a resident of Eden Township; Catherine, born Jan. 13, 1842, married T. H. Ellis, and they lived at Clinton: Mary W., born Feb. 15, 1845, became the wife of W. A. Cotton, a resident of DeWitt; George W., born Dec. 26, 1947, married Miss Lillian Beach, of Tipton, and they have two children and live at Clinton; Albert G., born Oct. 29, 1854, married Miss Stella Beach, and they have one child and reside at Clinton; Clara, born Jan 16, 1850, wife of George Leonard, died in 1873, leaving one child, named Lura Leonard.
Mrs. Wallace formed a second matrimonial alliance. March 2, 1875, at which time Rev. John W. Bradshaw, a native of Connecticut and a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, became her husband. He died May 19, 1880. Our subject was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and is a lady respected for her kindness at heart.
Mrs. Bradshaw continues to reside on the Wallace homestead in DeWitt.