Siskiyou
County
Biographies
J. P. BRADLEY
One
of the most highly respected residents of Weed, Siskiyou County, is J. P.
Bradley, who has served for the past ten years as justice of the peace, in
which position he has gained a wide reputation for his fairness and
ability. He was born at Roseburg,
Douglas County, Oregon, on the 23rd of October, 1869, and is a son
of John V. and Cynthia (Tipton) Bradley, the former having been a native of
Missouri and the latter of Tennessee.
The father, who was a farmer and stockman, crossed the plains with ox
teams in 1852 and first settled in California, where he engaged in mining. His wife came west in 1852, riding horseback
all the way from St. Joseph, Missouri, and though but seventeen years of age
she assumed her part of the labor of driving a herd of cattle through. She married John V. Bradley in Douglas
County, Oregon, and they became the parents of thirteen children, five of whom
are still living. Both parents are
deceased, the mother dying in 1897 and the father in 1912.
J.
P. Bradley attended the grade schools of Roseburg, Oregon, after which he
taught school for three years. Then he
went to Colorado, where he engaged in police work, entering the secret service
at Leadville. In 1898 he went to Alaska,
where he spent two years, and then located in Seattle, Washington. For two years he served as a deputy sheriff
there, and then made a trip to California.
Here he was married and soon afterward engaged in ranching in Amador
County, where he remained until 1912, when he established his permanent
residence in Weed. Here he was with the
Weed Lumber Company as a watchman for eighteen years and in 1920 was elected
justice of the peace, which office he has held continuously since.
Mr.
Bradley was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Payton, a daughter of Jack and
Martha (Gifford) Payton, who were pioneer settlers of California, and
successful farming people but both are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have been born three
children: Goldie, the wife of H. H. Oller, who conducts Mr. Bradley’s ranch of seven hundred
acres near Hornbrook, California, where he engaged in
the raising of thoroughbred milk goats, having had as many as five hundred
goats at one time; Esther, the wife of Charles Brady, of Sacramento, who is in
the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad, while his wife conducts a beauty
parlor; and Ruby, the wife of Price Dimsky, who is
managing the club for the Weed Lumber Company.
Politically Mr. Bradley is a strong
Democrat and has always taken a keen interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men at Weed and he and his wife
belong to the Daughters of Pocahontas and the Daughters of Rebekah. He is a man of sound judgment in practical
affairs, has been successful in life and his business, official and private
record has gained for him the uniform respect and confidence of his fellowmen.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3 Pages 192-193. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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