BRADLEY, James L.

Date of birth:  29 Mar 1819 Scott County, Kentucky
Date of death: 8 Feb 1901 Indianapolis, Indiana

Source: Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 15, 1901

JAMES L. BRADLEY.

James L. Bradley died at 11:35 o’clock Friday night at his home in Indianapolis. The News says:

“His death was due to an accident. Last Saturday in descending a stair­way leading from the second story of his home to the floor below, he tripped and fell. The distance was incon­siderable, only two steps, but he fractured the small bone in his leg above the ankle. The shock was followed by cerebral hemorrhage, re­sulting in his death.”

Deceased was the son of Henry Bradley and was born in Scott county, Kentucky, March 29, 1819, near what was known as the “old stamping ground.” His father was a man of distinct prominence in the early days of the state, and was the founder of Franklin college.

He went to Indianapolis September 6, 1821, with his parents and uncle, being at that time a child two years of age. The city and state were in their infancy. The capital had just been removed from Corydon. His father and uncle, within a few weeks after going there cleared away some land near the site of the present Military park, and raised their first crop in it in the fall of 1821.

James L. Bradley continued to reside in Indianapolis until the age of twenty-one when he made a trip through Iowa, selling clocks. Subse­quently, in that state, he drove a stage. Upon the death of his brother, William H. Bradley, he removed to Johnson county. For many years he was identified with this county and owned at the time of his death a large farm in Blue River township. His daughter, Mrs. Hougham, widow of the late W. T. Hougham, resides in Needham township. A son, Harry Bradley, is living in Columbus.

Henry Bradley, the father of the deceased, removed from Indianapolis to this county in 1835, where he continued to reside until his death in 1859.

James Bradley had been a success­ful man in business. His enterprises included farming, merchandising and banking, and in addition he had been connected with railroad interests. He was at one time president of the Citizens National Bank of Jefferson­ville, and had been president of the Bank of the State at that place.

Funeral services were held Mon­day and the remains interred at Crown Hill, Indianapolis.

Submitted by Cathea Curry