Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-05-22
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OBITUARY.

mdICn i, looo, was beVereu from Itt
tenement of clay and took its fight into
the regions of the unknown, though he
left the best of testimony that our loss
is his eternal gain.
Major j. A. Bradshaw, the deceased
was born May 8, 1881, in Mcdowell
County, North Carolina; his education
was that of a very common school, tho
by dint of application he became a very
good English scholar and was very
fond of reading books and the newspa-
pers of the day. He was a born geu-
ius and became one Of the very best of
mechanics, he was able to fashion from
iron, steel, wood or leather, any article
that he choose to make, and when fin
ished by him no one could detect but
what the article made by hand was the
product Of the best machine manufac-
ture. A few years prior to his death
he made from rough boards a violin
that compares favorably in finish, sound
and tone with any violin that is to be
found. From this instrument he often,
for the benefit of his family and friends,
made some very sweet music; he often
played with the organ Accomplishments
by his daughters to the delight of any
who heard him. t'
About the year 1856, the deceased
wishing to see and learn something
of the world outside of his mountain
home he packed his knapsack" and
bid adieu to the loved ones of his ma
tive heath and wendell his steps ACROSS
the mountains that divide North Caro-
lima and Tennessee, and 500 found his
way to Broylesville, Tennessee, there
he made an engagement to act as fore
nan of Col. Chas. Eame's Boot and
Shoe manufacturing establishment.
The deceased's ~congenial nature, his
moral and industrious habits and his
skill as a mechanic oon won for him
the confidence and respect of all with
whom he came in contact; especially
did Col. Eames learn that j. Bradshaw
was the person 10 whom he could rely
upon to superintend the business of his
extensive boot and shoe business.
About the year 1868, Col. Eames estab-
lished a more extensive boot and shoe
plant neal Telford Depot, thither the
deceased went and continued as fore
man of Col. Eames' boot and shoe bust
ness; the former habits of the deceased
was strictly adhered to, and he was the
favorite of all with whom he came in
contact; soon he learned to love. and
wooed and won the heart and hand of
Miss Phoeba NJ. Wilson, who he mar.
ried August 30, 1860, and went to house
keeping at or near the place of his bust
ness. Prosperity, peace, happiness and
love reigned supreme in their house
hold, and soon the dark clouds of the
civil war spread oyer this fair land of
ours, and the deceased from the very
incipiency of the rebellion vas an in
compromising Union man. After be.
ing for nearly two years harrassed by
the Confederate authorities, in August
1862, he decided the proper thing for
him to do was to leave his business, his
dear and much beloved young wife and
all that was near and dear to him in
Tennessee and scout his way to Ken
lucky and join the Federal army, and
do all he could to assist in putting
down the rebellion. Therefore as he
was a man of great firmness and never
faltered from what he conceived to be
his duty, one dark and stormy night
in August, 1869, he, in company with
some of the hands from the shoe shop,
started for the Federal lines; after ten
days of hardship and dangers incl
dental to such a trip they, tired and
foot sore reached their objective point,
and there they had an opportunity
to enlist as soldiers under the flag of
the Union, and very soon the deceased
did enlist and received a commission to
assist in enlisting soldiers for the
Twelfth Regiment of Tennessee Cav
airy; on its organization he was elected
and commissioned as Captain of Com
-, soon he was promoted to the office
of Major, and before he was mustered
out he was further promoted by being
commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel.
Major j. A. Bradshaw was a true sol.
der, a brave and generous officer and
did much efficient service for his coun'
try. After peace was declared he was
sent with a portion of his regiment fal
out on the Western plains to help quell
the hostile Indians. He was mustered
out of the service in 1865 as Lieutenant
Col. of the Twelfth Regiment of Cav
airy of Tennessee volunteers. Soon
the Colonel returned to his old home
in Tennessee and bought the farm one
mile northeast of Washington College
that belonged to Alexander Wilson, the
father of his wife. Once more the Ma
jor was well and happily situated and
five children were born to them, two
sons and three daughters; the sons dice
young and the three daughters survive
him; but on the 3Oth of July 1878, the