Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Church, Bradford C, Sr 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Bradford C. Church, Sr., deceased, in his life-time a highly respected 
business man of Sterling, was born in Portageville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., April 
28, 1834. In 1854 he came to Chicago, where he was employed in a store for 
five years; then, until 1862, he was engaged in the hardware business in 
Kankakee, Ill.; then, for five years, in the same business at Morris, Grundy 
Co., Ill.; and finally, in the spring of 1868, he came to Sterling and engaged 
in the milling business. In 1871 he entered into partnership with Samuel 
Patterson, the firm name being Church & Patterson. In 1875 he was elected 
Mayor of the city of Sterling, and in 1876 was re-elected. In his political 
action he was a Republican. Mr. Church died of apoplexy on the cars, on his 
way home from St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1883. He was one of Sterling's most 
respected citizens. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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