Biographical Sketch of J. T. Bradshaw, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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J. T. Bradshaw, editor of the Rustic, at Lebanon, was born in Clay
county, Ill., June 27, 1859, and is a son of Francis A. and Mary 
(Curry) Bradshaw, natives of Kentucky and England, respectively.  The
father immigrated to Wayne county, Ill., at an early date, and served
an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade.  He then moved to Clay
county, Ill., where he followed his trade until the spring of 1869,
when he moved to Laclede county, locating at Lebanon, where he has 
since resided, and where he has since followed his trade.  He has 
built a great number of the houses in Lebanon, and was the contractor
for the Laclede Hotel.  He is the father of eight children: Belle 
(wife of J. W. Farris, Edith, James T., Lydia, Edward, Andrew, Mamie
and Maude.  James T. Bradshaw was reared in Clay county, Ill., until 
ten years of age, when he came to Lebanon, and was here educated.  At
the age of twelve years he entered the Laclede County Leader office,
and served an apprenticeship.  During his vacations in the office he
attended school.  In 1876 he went to Richland, where he had charge of
the Pulaski County Sentinel during the campaign, but returned to Leb-
anon in 1878, where he established the Lebanon Leader, which publica-
tion he controlled until 1880, when he consolidated with the Lebanon
Rustic, and continued the publication as the Rustic Leader, on account 
of them both being Democrats.  In 1881 Mr. Bradshaw went to Joplin,
Mo., where he was connected with the Daily Herald until early 1883.  He
then went to Springfield, Mo., and began working on the Patriot, but 
only remained with that paper a short time.  He was then associated 
with D. C. Kennedy in the publication of the Daily Leader, of Spring-
field, but in 1884 he returned to Lebanon to again take charge of the
Rustic.  In October, 1884, on the death of the editor, Dr. John W.
Armstrong, he purchased the paper, and has since continued its publica-
tion.  This paper is published in the interest of the Democratic party.
Mr. Bradshaw was for a short time connected with the St. Louis Times,
as traveling correspondent.  The Rustic has a good circulation, and 
Mr. Bradshaw is an able editor.  He was married in April, 1887, to Miss
Amie M. Wilson, of Cairo, Ill., and to them has been born one child, 
Margaret Eugenia.  Mr. Bradshaw is a member of the A. O. U. W. and 
Select Knights.  Mrs. Bradshaw is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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