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    On November 20 1879, he married Caroline Barbara Steiner, who
was born in Harrison township, a daughter of Christian and Mary Ann
Steiner. Four children have been born to Mr, and Mrs. Scherb, namely:
William Otto married Flora Ferguson, and they have one son, Alexander;
Henry E. married Martha E. Schlegel, and they have one son, Estel;
Samuel Irving married Effle Krauchi; and Clara Naomi. Religiously
Mr. and Mrs. Scherb were reared in the Evangelical faith, but are now
members of the Free Methodist church.

    CAPTAIN CULLEN BRADLEY.—Noteworthy among the venerable and
respected citizens of Harmony is Captain Cullen Bradley, who faithfully
served his country during his early manhood, and was subsequently for
many seasons closely identified with the agricultural interests of Van
Buren township. A son of Cullen Bradhury, he was born in Wayne
county, North Carolina, May 15, 1828. His paternal grandfather, Cullen
Bradbury, Sr., a life-long resident of North Carolina, was of English
ancestry.
    Born in 1792, in Wayne county, North Carolina, Cullen Bradbury
there spent his earlier life, learning while young the trades of both a
plasterer and a bricklayer, serving an apptenticeship of seven years at the
former and of three years at the latter. Migrating to Tennessee in 1835,
he there followed his trades most successfully, building the court house
and jail at Smithville and at Woodbury, and working on large buildings
in other places. Settling permanently in Wilson county, Tennessee, he
resided there until his death in 1848. His wife, whose,maiden name was
Zilpha Atkinson, was born in North Carolina and died about 1836 in
Woodbury, Tennessee. She reared five children, as follows: Cullen,
the subject of this brief biographical sketch; Curtis, who lost his life at
the battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican war; Martha; Sarah; and
Lemuel, who died at Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of sixteen years.
    But seven years old when his parents migrated to Tennessee, Cullen
Bradley, as we now know him, was soon afterwards left motherless, and
at the age of twelve years was bound out to a farmer. Finding a good
home, he lived with his employer until 1848, when he enlisted in Company
B, Second United States Artillery. At the December muster of that
year it was found that the former clerk had made a mistake in enrolling
the names of Company B, giving the name Bradley instead of Bradbury
to the subject of this sketch, a name which he has since retained. At
the expiration of his term of five years, Mr. Bradley re-enlisted for five
years in Company D, same regiment, and when that term had expired
again re-enlisted in the same company, serving until October 23, 1861,
when he was discharged so that he might join the brigade that was being
raised by Hon. John Sherman at Mansfield, Ohio. Subsequently, when
the Sixth Ohio Independent Light Battery was organized, he was com-
missioned captain of the battery, which he commanded until February,
1865, when he was mustered out of service, During the time that he was
with his comrades Captain Bradley was acting chief of the artillery con-
nected with Woods’s division of the Army of the Cumberland, taking
an active part in all of its marches, campaigns and battles, at all times
proving himself a brave and gallant soldier. Onhis retirement from the
army he came to Van Buren township, purchased a farm, and until 1907
devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. Disposing of his land, he