Bradfield, Charles (1841-1915)

BRADFIELD

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/8/2008 at 13:35:47

Charles Bradfield
Oct 20, 1841 - June 21, 1915

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.198, Norwalk Twp.)
C. Bradfield, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Newberry, Berkshire, England, about 1842; he is the son of George and Sarah (Vockins) Bradfield, both of whom were natives of England, the father of Berkshire and the mother of Wiltshire. Our subject was raised in England and received his education in the common schools of that country. He came to the United States in 1861, and after living in New York for one year, he went to Utah. From Florence, Neb., he traveled by ox teams. He lived at Salt Lake for eight years, at the end of which time he came to Council Bluffs by rail. Here he stayed for one year, when he came to the eastern part of Norwalk Township, where he has eight acres of land. He has been engaged in farming and blacksmithing for nearly the past twelve years. He was married, in Newberry, England, in 1860, to Maria Cuin, who was born in Hampstead, England about 1840. They have had four children - all sons, of whom but one is living - Franklin thomas, born in Utah November 22, 1867. In religion, Mr. Bradfield is a Mormon, and in politics a Greenbacker.