Marin-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Bradley, A. F. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 6, 2007, 3:33 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880) A. F. Bradley. Was born in Logan county, Kentucky, September 17, 1831. When five years of age he moved with his parents to Johnson county, Missouri, where the subject of this sketch received his education and resided until 1853, when he crossed the plains to California, arriving in Sonoma September 2d of that year. Here he was variously employed until 1856, when he commenced dairying, which he followed for two years. In the month of December, 1859, he came to Marin county and settled on his present farm of three hundred and seventy-five acres in San Antonio-township, near the Sonoma line. In 1852 Mr. Bradley spent six months in Arizona. Married, firstly, October 19, 1859, Louisa J. Fine, who died August 6, 1877, leaving seven children, Mary, Perry T., Vida, Rena, Ada, Quin, and John T. Married, secondly, April 28, 1878, Mrs. Lydia F. Bradley, by whom he has Walter P., Richard H. and Eva L. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; INCLUDING ITS Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; TOGETHER WITH A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships; Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men; ALSO An Historical Sketch of the State of California, In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/marin/bios/bradley1228nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb