John Hanna had a drug store, the custom and merchant mill, which was formerly run by Thomas Woods and William Mohlenbrock, 'a large and well-conducted establishment, and afford the farmers a home market for their grain'. Augustus Dudenbastle was postmaster and dealer in dry goods and groceries. A prosperous Sunday School was connected with the church. Among the members of this church, in its early years, mention is made of David Underwood, his sons and families, the Gordons, the Phoenix, and Downen families. This is the strongest religious organization in that part of the county. Judge Bradley and his brother Richard Bradley had both been pastors of this church along with George Gordon. One church was built in the town, erected by the Baptist society, known as 'Looney Spring' Church. Benson, and its reputation may be inferred from the fact that it was to his hotel the passengers northward or southward on the railroad turned for their dinners. In its early days it boasted one hotel kept by Mr. has a station here, and Bradley is deserted, and its glory has paled in the presence of the more youthful competitor.' ' The source goes on to say that the township had one school building built in 1877, at the considerable cost to the taxpayers of about $1,200, with architectural expertise as well as taste and culture. A somewhat prospective but nonetheless partly critical historic description reads 'St.

Hamilton, Circuit Clerk and Recorder, two months later on 19 March. This village of Bradley was surveyed and laid out by Edward Newsome, county surveyor, and certified on January 10, 1874. It contains two towns, Campbell Hill on the railroad named above, 4 miles (6.4 km) from its rival, Ava. The township contained a few settlers before the organization of the State in 1818. ( April 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īradley Township lies in the extreme north-western part of Jackson County and was named in honor of Judge William Bradley who had migrated to the county with his father Joshua Bradley from Tennessee.

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