Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-06
MRS. MARY BRADFORD DEAD.
Early Resident of the City Passes
Away Monday Evening.


| Mrs. Mary l.. Bradford one of the
early residents of the city and we'll
known in Marshall and Tama counties,
died at her home 30 West State
| street, at 6:55 Monday evening. Or
ganic heart trouble, with which Mrs.
| Bradford had been suffering for some
| time, was the the cause of her death,
which was not unexpected Mrs. Brad
ford had been failing rapidly for the
past eighteen months, but only during
the past two weeks has her condition
been considered serious.
Mrs. Bradford was one of Gods
women, a noble Christian character,
and her life had been devoted to her
family. Left q widow, after a few
years of married life, with two small
sons to support. she emulated the
Puritan stock from which she sprung,
made the best of poverty and want,
and struggled that her sons might
have the advantage of an education.
Mary Lucinda Boardman was the
fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. ElderlSin
Jewett Boardman, and was born Sept.
%, 1885, in Randolph, VT, and there
received her education. Having a
talent for music, and having been
given advantages in musical way,
she went south when a young girl, and
taught music in an academy at Coll
unbia. Tenn. Here she met rheo-
derrick f. Bradford, young Tennessee
can of fine family to whom she was
married on Dec. "a, 1856. knowing of
the advantages of the north Mrs.
Bradford induced her husband to leave
the south and together, on Sept. IL,
1861, they arrived at Marietta. They
remained there until December of the
same year, when they went to Tama
county, where Mr.. Bradford was soon
afterwards appointed county judge.
He was elected to succeed himself,
but resigned the bench in the sum-
mer of 1868, to return to his native
state to assist his brother, William p.
Bradford, in organizing Bradford's
battalion Of the Thirteenth Tennessee
cavalry, to assist in suppressing the
rebellion. Mr.. Bradford, who was
made lieutenant colonel of the regi-
ment, fell wounded at the rebel attack
upon Ft. Pillow, Tenn, and was bay
onetted in the massacre that followed,
on April IL, 1864, simply because, he was
a southernor and an eX-slave holder,
in charge Of union troops.
Altho at the outbreak of the war Mr..
Bradford was worth In slaves and land
between $4,000 and 100000, the end
of the war left his estate valueless, and
his young widow was left penniless,
with two small sons to support. She
took up her task without complaint,
and for years walked every day be-
tween Tama and Toledo, having music
classes in both places, that she might
earn money to give her boys an edu-
cation. In 1877 she came to MARSHALL
town, and has resided here ever SINCE
Mrs. Bradford mad been a. member of
the First Baptist church and the La
dies Aid Society of the church since
her residence here, and was also a
member of the Marshalltown Wom-
ans Club and the Shakespeare Club
Mrs. Bradford is survived by one
son, MIR, Theoderick F. Bradford, of
this city, and two sisters, Mrs. Louisa
C. Carpenter. of Salem, Mass, and Mrs
Annette B. Boynton, of Brooklyn, N
Y. Her other son, Mr.. William f.
Bradford of Britt, died Jan. IL, 1903
and there have also preceded her to
the grave two brothers, Messrs. H. E.
J. and G. E. Boardnlan, and two sis
tiers, Mrs. R. G. Black and Mrs. Sarah
e. Mack.
The funeral will be held from the
residence Thursday morning at 10:3O,
conducted by Rev. Elijah Brown
Jones. D. DIS