Alexander Blackburn Bradford
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:
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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