Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Joel D., 1923 

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JOEL D. BRADSHAW

   Joel D. Bradshaw, third child of Goodwin and Elizabeth Bradshaw, was born 
on a farm in the Corinth neighborhood October 15, 1845.  He spent his 
childhood and young manhood during those times of stress and poverty incident 
to the Civil War and the Reconstruction period following it.

   When Friends traveling in the ministry used to speak their messages of love 
and the compelling power of truth in saving man and directing their lives, 
they called the community together at the home of Joel Bradshaw’s parents, and 
this home in time became the nucleus of Corinth Meeting.

   He was a Birthright Friend and in young manhood became a dependable member 
of the church.  He was an overseer in Black Creek Meeting for more than 35 
years.  During his active life he was a regular attendant at both Sabbath and 
mid-week meetings for worship, saying that no one need ask if he would attend 
meeting, for everyone might know that he would always be there if he was well 
enough to do so.

   On January 19, 1888, he was united in marriage to Martha Beaton and they 
established their home on the farm where he spent the remainder of his life 
and left it as a goodly heritage to those who follow after.

   Joel Bradshaw was firm in his convictions of loyalty to the principles of 
Friends and their testimonies concerning thrift, simplicity and economy.  He 
thought it wrong to engage in extravagance or unnecessary expenditure of money 
upon ourselves, when it was needed so badly for the work of the Lord and for 
aiding those who are in want.

   He passed away January 31, 1923, age 77 years, three months, 15 days, 
leaving a widow, a son and a daughter and their families to mourn his passing.

   His was a useful life, well rounded in its fullness, and his passing is as 
a shock of wheat fully ripe gathered into the Heavenly Father’s storehouse.


Joel D. BRADSHAW, farmer, 
b. 15 Oct 1845, Southampton Co., d. 31 Jan 1923, Southampton Co., 
interred in the Corinth Friends Meeting (RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery*, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 9, 1923, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

An abstract of his death certificate (1923, Vol. 672, No. 2972) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b632j2dc.txt 

*His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 13, 1928), with their marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b632m1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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