"Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications of Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. This is the reprinted Jay County section out of the original combined 1887 History of Jay and Blackford counties. P. 317: "John BRADLEY, eldest son of Benjamin and Mary (REED) BRADLEY, is a native of Ohio, born in Trumball County, May 6, 1848. He has always lived with his parents, and since his majority has been associated in business with his father, first in the harness and saddler trade in Portland, and since 1876 in the ownership and management of their farm on section 24, Green Township. He served an apprenticeship at harness making, and followed that business altogether about ten years. May 13, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth A. MASON, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, October 24, 1847, a daughter of Jehu and Maria MASON. Her parents died in Jay County, the mother dying at her home in 1879, and the father dying in 1870, his death resulting from a limb falling from a tree while at work in the woods. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. BRADLEY, two are deceased -- Charles R. died at the age of sixteen months, and Carrie F. died at the ages of eleven years. Rufus R. and Earl E. are the names of the children living. Mr. BRADLEY is now serving as trustee of Greene Township, having been elected to that office in the spring of 1886. He was reared in the faith of the Christian church, his parents being members of that church. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to Omega Lodge, No. 281, of Portland." ********************************************************* "Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications of Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. This is the reprinted Jay County section out of the original combined 1887 History of Jay and Blackford counties. P. 317: "Albert RUSSELL, civil engineer and surveyor, Pennville, is a native of Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana, born February 10, 1849, a son of Isaac and Rachel (JANNEY) RUSSELL. He was reared on a frontier farm in his native township, receiving his early education in the district schools, completing his studies at Lebanon (Ohio) normal college. While at college he studied civil engineering, which he has followed since 1874. He remained at home with his parents until attaining his majority. October 1, 1878, he was united in [p. 318] marriage to Miss Ellen ENGLISH, a daughter of Thomas and Cynthia (BOLAND) ENGLISH, who came from Ross County, Ohio, where Mrs. RUSSELL was born in 1855. They are the parents of one son, named William E. In 1882 Mr. RUSSELL engaged in the drug business at Pennville, which he followed with fair success until 1887, when he disposed of his drug store. In 1876 he was elected to the office of county surveyor, serving as such two years. In 1884 he was elected towhship [sic] trustee, re-elected in 1886, and is still serving in that capacity with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, Relief Lodge, No. 145. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the Society of Friends. Isaac RUSSELL, the father of our subject, was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1810, a son of Jesse RUSSELL, a native of Frederick County, Maryland, and a grandson of John RUSSELL, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1736. The latter came to American in 1750, but subsequently returned to his native country, coming again to America in 1764, when he settled in Maryland. He married Rebecca FINCHER, a native of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors came to America with William PENN. Jesse RUSSELL married Content GARRETSON, a native of Pennsylvania. Isaac RUSSELL was married in 1830 to Miss Rachel JANNEY in Warren County, Ohio. She is a daughter of Stephen and Letitia (TAYLOR) JANNEY, natives of Loudoun County, Virginia, her father, a son of Joseph JANNEY, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a grandson of John JANNEY, a native of Pennsylvania, whose father Joseph JANNEY came from Yorkshire, England, to America with William PENN in 1684, and settled in Philadelphia. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Isaac RUSSELL located in Vigo County, Indiana, where the father followed carpentering. He remained in Vigo County until 1845, when he came with his family to Jay County, and settled on a heavily timbered farm which had been previously entered from the Government by his father-in-law. He cleared and improved a tract of 160 acres and followed farming until his death, September 7, 1881. He was a consistent member of the Society of Friends. His widow who still survives, is yet a member of the Society. She is now seventy-one years old and is living with her son, the subject of this sketch. Isaac RUSSELL served Jackson Township as trustee for three years. He and his wife had a family of five children, of whom four still survive -- Francis, living in Nemaha County, Kansas, was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, being a member of Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry; Albert, our subject; James A., a publisher living at Pennville, Indiana, and Mary L., wife of A. C. NORWOOD, of Albuequerque [sic], New Mexico. Jesse J. was a member of Company F., Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, and died in the service of his country at Memphis, Tennessee, in February, 1863." ********************************************************** "Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana," Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Reprinted by Mayhill Publications of Knightstown, Indiana, 1974. This is the reprinted Jay County section out of the original combined 1887 History of Jay and Blackford counties. P. 318: "W. W. PAYTON, merchant, Dunkirk, is a native of Indiana, born in Delaware Township, Delaware County, September 16, 1840, a son of Rev. John H. and Temperance (DRAGEO) PAYTON. The father was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and when a boy removed with his parents to Washington County, Ohio, and from there to Fayette County, Indiana. In the early days of Delaware County he entered land in Liberty Township, that county, about half of which he cleared from the heavy timber. In 1842 he removed to Liberty Township, and while living there was ordained [p. 319] a preacher in the Methodist church. In 1849 he went to Bluffton to take his first charge, and one year later was appointed to the church at Monmouth. From there he went to Auburn, Allen Circuit, thence to Leesburg, where he spent two years, and subsequently had charge of churches at North Manchester, Columbia City, eighteen months, Bluffton, one year, Winchester, one year, Albany, one year. >From Albany he went to Selma, where he remained until 1865, after which he spent four years and a half in Woodhull, Henry County, Illinois, going thence to Champaign County, where he resided until his death, December 14, 1883, his widow being still a resident of Champaign County. W. W. PAYTON, the subject of this sketch, made his home with his parents, attending the schools of the various places where his father's pastoral duties called him. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, July 2, 1861, and was assigned to Company K, Nineteenth Indiana Infantry. He [sic] regiment rendezvoused at Indianapolis, going thence to Washington City, where it joined the Army of the Potomac, First Corps, General McDOWELL. He participated in the battles of Gainesville, Manasses Junction, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. His regiment wintered at Belle Plain. He was in the first day's fight at Gettysburg, where his corps lost its commander, General REYNOLDS, and where our subject was wounded and taken prisoner, but left in hospital. On the third day of the battle he was recaptured and sent to Philadelphia, where he remained in hospital three and a half months. He was then transferred to the hospital at Indianapolis where he was furloughed, and in December, 1863, rejoined his regiment near Rappahannock Station, Virginia, going thence to Culpepper Court House where he re-enlisted. He was promoted Sergeant of Company K, March 1, 1864, and April 21 following he was made Commissary Sergeant of the Nineteenth Indiana Regiment. He went with his regiment to Petersburg, where he was discharged October 19, 1864, on the consolidation of the Nineteenth, Seventh, Fourteenth and Twentieth Indiana Regiments. After his discharge he returned to his home, teaching school that winter, and the following spring he removed to Henry County, Illinois, where he was engaged in farming four years. He then went to Champaign County, Illinois, and three and a half years later came to Indiana, where he has since divided his time between farming and mercantile pursuits. He established his business at Dunkirk, December 13, 1881, and by his reasonable prices, and strict attention to the wants of his customers he has built up a good trade. Mr. PAYTON was married November 5, 1863, to Miss Adaline BOWEN, a native of Blackford County, Indiana, and a daughter of William and Rebecca BOWEN. She died December 17, 1886. Their only child, Charles W., who was born July 23, 1871, died March 2, 1872. On the 16th day of August, 1887, Mr. PAYTON was married to Miss Lizzie BROTHERTON, a native of Randolph County Indiana, but then a resident of Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana, a daughter of James T. and Lucy A. BROTHERTON. Mr. PAYTON is a charter member of Benjamin SHIELDS Post, No. 289, G. A. R., which he has served as Adjutant and Quartermaster. He is a member of Dunkirk Lodge, No. 275, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to Dunkirk Lodge, No. 306, I. O. O. F." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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