BRADLEY, John Joseph

Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Friday, February 28, 1913, page 5, column 2 Passes Away At Green Age of 88 Years J. J. Bradley, for the past five years a resident of this city, passed away yesterday at the ripe age of 83 years. There was no special ailment to cause his death, his advanced years occasioning a general breakdown in health, resulting in serious illness about two months ago. Since that time he had been confined to bed awaiting the summons from the unknown. The deceased was born in Morgan County, Tennessee, but when a you man removed with his wife to Texas, arriving on the border in 1859, where he followed his trade as a contracting carpenter and builder. When the Civil War broke out, he tendered his services to the cause of the confederacy, and was elected captain of the 26th Infantry regiment. After the close of the war he returned to that state where he was an esteemed citizen afterwards. He he bore an excellent name as a citizen, and his death is regretted by many in this section. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Mattie Keese, two sons, J. J. Bradley, Jr., and D. S. Bradley, residents of this city, and two sons and one daughter in Texas. The body is at Ruffner's to be prepared for burial in this city. Transcriber's note: Mr. Bradley is buried at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.