JOHN C. BRADBURY
John C. Bradbury was born in the town of Stow, Maine, October 8, 1844. His parents, Josiah and Mindwell Bradbury, moved to Lee county, Illinois, in 1854. Here Josiah Bradbury died. He was a member of company A, of the Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served one year, when he was discharged on account of sickness, in consequence of which he died one month after his return home, in October, 1863. His widow still survives and is now living in Nebraska, where she has two sons--E. C. and William A. The subject of this sketch, in the spring of 1864, came to Iowa for the purpose of finding a home for the family, and settled one-half mile from the State's center, in Marshall county. Here the family, with the exception of one brother, joined him in the spring of 1867. This brother, Noah, was a member of company F, Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served through the war. He now lives in Antelope county, Nebraska. John C. Bradbury and Almeda Easton were married at Dexter, Michigan, January 12, 1869. She is a daughter of Paul and Sarah Easton, of that place, and was born there September 10, 1842. Mr. Bradbury formed the acquaintance of Miss Easton in Marshall county, where she was engaged in teaching school. He sold his property in Marshall county, in 1874, and in the spring 1875 became a resident of Cass county, purchasing then his present farm on section 9, Bear Grove township. He owns one hundred and twenty acres, which was then unbroken, but is now well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury have nine children: Bertha, born in July, 1870; Leland, born in January, 1872; Jay, born in September, 1874; Mark, born in April, 1876 ; Bessie, born August, 1878; Charlie, born in June, 1881; and Belle, born in November, 1882. Mr. Bradbury was elected a member of the board of trustees in November, 1883, and has served several terms as school director. He is a highly esteemed citizen.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 719.
