The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-29
Captain D. J. Bradham Dead.

The death of Cap;. Daniel Judsor
Bradbam, familiarly known to hi:
friends as Capt. Sumter Brad ham. il
the cary hours Of Christmas morning,
1915. removes from the county the
rarking confederate. veteran left 10 the
county and one If the cornty's most
widely known ciJiz..ns Capt Bra,t-
| ham had passed his rs h birth day
ard therefore had lived his three score
and ten years, AMI was well iCto the
last decade OF his frur sc>re years He
had been quite feeble for quite While.
and an attack Of gr p which seized him
several days before lis death was too
much for his constitution at bis age,
and in the early hours of the day set
apart as the celebration OF the birth OF
the Saviour of men he passed peace
fully on the shore. The funeral SER
wees were held on the 26th inst, in
the Baptist church at Manning, Rev.
J. A. Ansley, the beloved pastor, OIL
ciating, in most appropriate remarks,
and the deacons of the church, the fell
low workers of this devoted member of
the church which he loved so we'll, act
ing as pail bearers. The remains were
Inferred in the Mapning cemetery, the
internmept being witnessed by q large
concourse of relatives AID friends from
this and other counties. In his death
the last charter member of the Ian
nlng Baptist church has passed away.
Capt. Bradham was the Oldest Of a
large family of prominent citizens of
the county, and was twice married.
he leaves a sorrowing widow and two
daughters by his last marriage, Misses
Fannie and May, and only two surviv-
ing children by the first marriage, Mrs.
Hogan of Greeleyville, and Mr.. Frank
Bradham of Manning. OF the sorrow
ing brothers and sisters there are now
only four, Messrs. D. NJ. Bradham and
J. Furmap Bradham of Manning, and
W. j. Bradham OF Bloomville and Mrs
j. Carson Stukes of Sumter county.
Capt Rraobam was q lifelong and
devoted member of the Baptist church,
being most of his life an officer of the
church, and made open profession Of
his acceptance of the Christ. He was
all his life very temperate man. in-
dulying neither alcoholic beverages of
any kind nor of tobacco, and was a
most ardent advocate of temperance
and of prohibition.
AS soldier he was most patriotic
man, and one,of the crowning elements
of bis nature was his love for his State
and his county. When very young
man be enlisted as member of Com
pany l., .of the 25rd South Carolina
Regiment, the Company being locally
known as the ''Sprott Guards" and
was orderly seargent Of that famous
company when it went to the front
with Col. Harry Banbow as Capt,
Major Henry Lesesne as first iieuten
ant, and Capt. W. j. r. Canty as Sec
ond lieutenant. Col. Benbow became
Col. of the 23rd Regiment, Major Les
esne became Captain of the company
and afterwards Major of the regiment,
and Canty became Capt. and was killed
at the famous ''blow up'' or Cratou.
Capt Bradham's rising as officer in
the Virginia company was cut short
by bis being severely wounded at the
second battle of Manassas, where be
lost an arm in battle. otherwise be
doubtless would have gone much high
er 10 the ranks of the Virginia armies.
Being thus disabled for active service
in Virginia he had to return home,
where he was obliged to return to civil
life, and was Sheriff of Clarendon coun-
ty during the last years OF the war and a
short while after the close. When the
raid OF Gen. Potter, us one OF Sher-
mans generals, was made through
South Carolina and Clarendon county,
be was very active in his command of
the company OF boys and old men who
were willing to follow him in trying to
defend our homes from the. invasion OF
the armies from the north.
Capt. Bradham then returned to pri-
vate life and began It's struggles in
depleted and much down trodden state,
and in 1856 he was elected county aud
itor, being reelected several times,
and in May, 1891 he was appointed
Sheriff of the county by Governor Till
man, serving several terms In 1895
he was elected and served as member
OF the Constitutional Convention, and
after his retirement from the Sheriff's
Office be was also elected a member of
the House OF Representatives from
Clarendon county. In his lasS years,
being TOO feeble for more active public
service, he was first appointed and
then several times reelected as local
Magistrate at Manning. Capt. Brad
ham was always most public spirited
citizen. and at the lime of his death
enjoyed the distinction of having he'd
public positions of honor more than
any other citizen who has ever lived in
the county. He was ALWAYS sympa-
thetic with the masses of the people
and the poor always went to him as