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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power
These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM
, was born in 1786, in Green county, Kv., and was married there Sept. 20, 1810, to Elizabeth Crowder. They moved to Sangamon county, arriving September, 1831, in what is now Ball township, bringing eight children, and had three born there. Of their children, the eldest--
MARY, born Aug. 4, 1810, in Green county, Ky., was married there to Jacob Greenawalt. See his name, page 339. He died and she was married Oct. 29, 1863, to Michael Fay, as his third wife. He was born July 18, 1824, in Baden, Germany, and was brought by his parents to Sangamon county, in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Fay reside in Cotton Hill township, southwest of New City, Sangamon county, Ill. Mrs. Fay is the only one of her father's family living in the county.
William Bradley died Dec. 20, 1849, in Sangamon county. His widow lives with her son, Thomas, near Owaneco, Christian county, Illinois--1874.
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