BIOGRAPHIES:  Ira B. BRADFORD, Augusta, Eau Claire County, WI

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Hon. Ira B. Bradford, lawyer and banker.  Was born in the town of Fulton, 
Rock Co., WIs., June 24, 1851.  When he was but a few months old his parents, 
Elbridge and Lovina A. (Burnham) Bradford, removed to New Hampshire, with 
their family.  Ira was educated in the academies and seminaries of New 
Hampshire.  He read law in that State and in Erie Co., Pa.  In the Spring of 
1873, he came to Wisconsin.  After spending a few weeks at Janesville, in the 
office of Cassoday & Carpenter, he went to Monroe, Green Co., where he was 
admitted to the Bar.  He then came to Augusta and began practice in April, 
1873.  In 1875, he commenced the banking business, in partnership with Russell 
Hackett, a well-known farmer of this region; theirs was the first and only 
banking institution ever established in this place.  Mr. Bradford is manager 
of the business.  He has been village attorney most of the time since he came 
here.  In 1880, he was elected Assemblyman, and was chosen Speaker of the House, 
being the youngest officer who ever filled that position.  He was married in 
Edinboro, Erie Co., Pa., Aug. 20, 1872, to Allie M. Burnham.  They have two 
children, Archie E. and Sadie M.  Mr. Bradford's parents now reside in 
Washington, N. H.

--Transcribed from "History of Northern Wisconsin,"  The Western Historical 
Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1881.  Page 339