Biographies:  Ira B. BRADFORD, Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Ira B. Bradford, a member of the Eau Claire county bar, has practiced law 
at Augusta since 1873.  He was born in the town of Fulton, Rock county, 
Wisconsin, June 24, 1851.  he was educated in the academies and seminaries 
of New Hampshire, and in the fall of 1869 went to Edinboro, Pa., and 
entered upon the study of law.  In the fall of 1871 he returned to New 
Hampshire and continued his studies at Newport until the summer of 1872, 
when he went again to Edinboro.  In February, 1873, he reached Janesville, 
Wis., and entered the law office of Cassoday & Carpenter as a student.  
In March, 1873, he was admitted to the bar at Monroe and immediately went 
to Augusta.

Mr. Bradford was the first mayor of Augusta.  In 1879 and 1881 he was a 
member of the assembly, and served as speaker during the latter year.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 278.