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Alexander Blackburn Bradford

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Born: June 2, 1799

Birthplace: Jefferson County, Tennessee

Father: Benjamin Bradford 1774 – 1819

Mother: Mary McFarland 1781 – 1835
(Buried: Roach Cemetery, Fackler, Alabama)​

Wife: Darthula Olivia Miller 1802 – 1836
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tennessee)​

Children:

Mary Louise Bradford Upshaw 1825 – 1874​
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)​
Malvina Bradford 1830 – 1850​
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)​
Edmund G. Bradford 1831 – 1869​
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)​
Darthula Olivia Bradford Williamson 1832 – 1906​
(Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Whig Party

Occupation before War:
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Attorney General for the Circuit Court in Tennessee​
1836: Served in the Creek War​
Major General of Tennessee State Militia​
1837: Tennessee State Senator​
1839: Moved to Holly Springs Mississippi​
Attorney in Holly Springs Mississippi​

Mississippi State Representative​
Major of First Mississippi Rifles Regiment in Mexican American War​
Voted a Sword for his service at the Battle of Buena Vista​
Owner of Bradford Place Plantation in Bolivar County Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Mississippi State Representative​
1861: Elected to Provisional Congress after Alexander Clayton resign.​
1861 – 1862: Mississippi Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
1862:Choose not to seek election to the Confederate regular Congress​
1863 – 1864: Mississippi State Representative​
1864 – 1872: Attorney and Plantation Owner in Bolivar County Mississippi​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1872: Attorney and Plantation Owner in Bolivar County Mississippi​

Died: July 10, 1873

Place of Death: Bradford Place Plantation, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi

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Died: July 10, 1873
Place of Death: Bradford Place Plantation Bolivar County Mississippi
Interesting. I wonder where Bradford Place is located now? Bolivar County was divided once and maybe twice to create new counties.

Im sure he worked with James Z. George during the Provisional Congress. Thanks for posting.
 
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