Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Susan A. Mangum, 1924 

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SUSAN ANN MANGUM BRADSHAW 

MRS. SUSAN M. BRADSHAW DIES IN SOUTHAMPTON 

  Suffolk, Va., May 7.  Mrs. Susan M. Bradshaw died at her old home place in 
Southampton County, April 30th. 

  She had been visiting her daughter in Franklin, Va., and left for her home 
only a few days before her death. 

  She was a well known and honored citizen and had spent all her life in that 
community. 

  She joined Millfield Baptist church when she was a young girl. 

  She is survived by six children, Mrs. A.L. Cutchins of Sedley, Va., Mrs. 
Rosa Spivey of Emporia, Mrs. Ella Johnson of Suffolk, Mrs. Mary Lee Blythe of 
Petersburg, Mrs. Mattie Harris of Franklin and Walter Bradshaw of Sedley, Va., 
27 grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.

  On account of the illness of her son's wife, Mrs. Walter Bradshaw, funeral 
services were conducted at the grave by Rev. H.M. Pickett of Sedley, Va., and 
interment was in the Sedley cemetery. 

  Mrs. Ella Johnson and Miss Vergie Brock of Suffolk, Mrs. Rosa Spivey, Mrs. 
Clara B. Whitlock and Miss Susie Bradshaw of Emporia, attended the funeral. 

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MRS. SUSAN M. BRADSHAW 

  Mrs. Susan M. Bradshaw was born in Southampton County November 7, 1835, and 
died at her old home place April 30, 1924.  She had been living with her 
youngest daughter in Franklin and went home a few days before her death.  Her 
long and useful life was spent in the community in which she first saw the 
light.  She was a well-known, honored and respected citizen. 

  When a very young woman she joined Millfield Baptist Church and was one of 
its oldest members.  At the close of the Civil War she was married to William 
J. Bradshaw, who preceded her to the grave June 15, 1905.  To this union were 
born eight children.  She is survived by five daughters: Mrs. A.L. Cutchins of 
Sedley, Mrs. Rosa Spivey of Emporia, Mrs. Ella Johnson of Suffolk, Mrs. Mary 
Lu Blythe of Petersburg, and Mrs. Mattie Harris of Franklin, and one son, 
Walter Bradshaw of Sedley; twenty-seven grandchildren and sixteen great-
grandchildren. 

  The funeral services, on account of the illness of her son's wife, were 
conducted at the grave by Rev. Na-. than Pickett of Sedley, and her body laid 
to rest in the Sedley Cemetery beneath a mound of fragrant flowers.  Those 
from out of the community who were present at the funeral were Mrs. Ella 
Johnson and Miss Virgie Brock of Suffolk, and Mrs. Rosa Spivey, Mrs. Clara B. 
Whitlock and Miss Susie Bradshaw of Emporia. 


Susan Ann (MANGUM; Mrs. William Juston*) BRADSHAW, 
b. 5 Nov 1835*, Southampton Co., d. 30 Apr 1924*, at home, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 
"Ledger-Star" (Norfolk, VA), Wed., May 7, 1924, p. 16; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 19, No. 31, Fri., May 16, 1924, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Max - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92672156; shows b. 7 Nov 1835, d. 1 May 1924. 

D.Cert. 10258 (Berlin & Ivor #4) gives parents not known; the informant was 
   her son J. Walter BRADSHAW. 

Walter (1880 - 1972) is also buried in Rosemont (S-8); his D.Cert. gives 
   his father as William Judson. 


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