Hugh Bradley came to the United States when but a boy, working for E. C. Rynearson in this county by the month for several years. After his marriage he located in Marshall County, purchasing two hundred and forty acres of land, in the improvement of which he became broken down in health. Returning to his native land in hopes of regaining strength, he died there about 1868. He left three children—Mary, now Mrs. John Logue; Fanny, now the wife of Alphonso Dunn, and William H., of whom we write. He was a Republican in politics. His two brothers, Francis and Barney, and his sister Catherine, now Mrs. Sloan, came to the United States after his death, and the brothers are now living in Iowa.

The mother of our subject has been twice married since the death of Mr. Bradley, but has no children by the later unions. She is a daughter of John King, who was among the earliest settlers in Rosefield Township and the parent of four children—William, Jacob, Phebe Jane and Catherine. The latter is now Mrs. Van Arsdall. The mother of this family died some years since and the father marrying a second time removed to Oregon.

Since the death of his father our subject has shifted for himself, but has fortunately found friends able and willing to assist him in worldly affairs. He was reared in the family of Henry Hulick, and early settler of this township where he had entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land. Eighty acres of this was willed to our subject, who has since purchased the other eighty and a forty-acre tract additional. On this fine estate of two hundred acres he is carrying on the work of the general agriculturist, successfully prosecuting his calling and gaining the respect of those who know him by reason of his manly, upright character. He has had $1,000 from his father’s estate, which, together with the land he inherited, gave him an excellent start in life.

A most important member of the household on the estate of which we are writing, is Mrs. Bradley, formerly Miss Minnie Harper. She is an intelligent lady, possessing much housewifely skill and a fine character. She became the wife of our subject August 12, 1880, and their union has been blessed by the birth of two children—Hulick R. and Leon Forrest. Mrs. Bradley is a daughter of David and Christenah (Vanover) Harper, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Bradley followed school teaching for nine years before her marriage, teaching several terms at one place, and was quite successful in her labors.

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