How far back can you trace your family?

[Armistead]

How far back?

If they came to America, when?

Wars fought?

Anything else you want to share, famous people, things they did...

[Sailor Steve]

I haven't bothered to go across the ocean to England, but here, if you can stand it, is my direct lineage to that time. I'll leave out all the brothers and sisters and just stick to the direct ancestors. Well, I have to leave in one or two brothers, just because of their military service.

James Bradfield: (No birth date listed), South Wales, Great Britain. Listed as living on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1785, and in Loudon County, Virginia, in 1787
Elizabeth Lorentz: 1765, Wales
Married around 1785 - 2 sons

Lewis B. Bradfield: 1786, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia – 1870, Uniontown Alabama. His younger brother John served in the War of 1812.
Mary C. “Polly” Farrar: December 20, 1788, Rockingham County, North Carolina – 1855, LaGrange, Georgia
Married November 24, 1807 - 6 sons, 3 daughters. The youngest son served in the Confederate army.

William Bradfield: April 15, 1813 – November 7, 1893, Madison, North Carolina
Ann Elizabeth Talley: July 4, 1822, Green County, Georgia – November 7, 1893, Madison, North Carolina - 1 daughter, 6 sons

James Olin Bradfield: December 2, 1843, Troup County, Georgia – March 7, 1932, Austin, Texas
Served in Company E, 1st Texas Regiment, Hood’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. His younger brother, John Anderson Bradfield, served in Company F, 4th Texas, Hood's Brigade.
Louisa A. Estes: I have no other information on her, or when they were married - 2 sons

Robert Olin Bradfield: October 24, 1889 – July 1, 1965, Dallas, Texas
Blandena Frances Safronia Keller: July 28, 1895, Dallas, Texas – May 22, 1973, Dallas, Texas
Married January 1914 - 7 sons, 3 daughters

Donald Edward Bradfield: December 11, 1927, Dallas, Texas – July 19, 2012, Redondo Beach, California
US Navy, 1947-1949. He had two older brothers who were at Pearl Harbor, and several more served in the war, but I have no details.
Doris Gwendolyn Sutton: December 12, 1927
Married 1949, Divorced 1958 - 1 son - me
Barbara Daily: November 23, 1939
Married August 1, 1961 - 1 daughter, 1 son




Now aren't you sorry you asked?

[Red October1984]

I know my grandma has published books on the lineage of that side of the family.

Back to the Mayflower I think. I know I've got family from England and Ireland on that side.

On the other side, it's Italian and German.

Having an Italian family is awesome...The food alone is good....


I think I'll start up an Ancestry.com account and do the free trial and see what shows up. Thing is, my name is so common it'll be hard.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Lewis B. Bradfield: 1786, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia – 1870, Uniontown Alabama. His younger brother John served in the War of 1812.
Mary C. “Polly” Farrar: December 20, 1788, Rockingham County, North Carolina – 1855, LaGrange, Georgia
Married November 24, 1807 - 6 sons, 3 daughters. The youngest son served in the Confederate army.



Now aren't you sorry you asked?

You might be related to my wife by marriage...Steve, we're family

Several Farrah family members still around here from Polly. I got married in the Wentworth Courthouse. I bet they went drinking in the old tavern across the street from it..

[Armistead]

The earliest I can trace my family is to 1561.

Coming to America

Philip Wolf 1760's, settled on land in NC/SC border granted him by King George III. Fought and wounded in battle of King's Mountain. His brothers son was George Wolf, Governor of Pa around 1830's.

Henry Wolf
Sampson Wolfe Large Planter, about 5000 acres
Martin Wolfe Capt. 22NC Company E. CSA {Survived Pickett's Charge}

and so on down to me.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Survived Pickett's Charge

I still remember the chilling line from Gettysburg:

"General Lee... I have no division."

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I still remember the chilling line from Gettysburg:

"General Lee... I have no division."

The 22nd had a wonderful history. They have the honor of being the farthest to the front during Pickett's charge. He kept a detailed CW journal that we have, along with his sword, uniform and pistol. He was wounded twice, but returned to service. His worse injury being a sabre slash to the achilles.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I haven't bothered to go across the ocean to England, but here, if you can stand it, is my direct lineage to that time. I'll leave out all the brothers and sisters and just stick to the direct ancestors. Well, I have to leave in one or two brothers, just because of their military service.

James Bradfield: (No birth date listed), South Wales, Great Britain. Listed as living on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1785, and in Loudon County, Virginia, in 1787
Elizabeth Lorentz: 1765, Wales
Married around 1785 - 2 sons

Lewis B. Bradfield: 1786, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia – 1870, Uniontown Alabama. His younger brother John served in the War of 1812.
Mary C. “Polly” Farrar: December 20, 1788, Rockingham County, North Carolina – 1855, LaGrange, Georgia
Married November 24, 1807 - 6 sons, 3 daughters. The youngest son served in the Confederate army.

William Bradfield: April 15, 1813 – November 7, 1893, Madison, North Carolina
Ann Elizabeth Talley: July 4, 1822, Green County, Georgia – November 7, 1893, Madison, North Carolina - 1 daughter, 6 sons

BRADFIELD, WILLIAM
Headline: Two Madison news items
Abstract: Death notice for William Bradfield.
Subject term: Bradfield, William, d.1899
Subject term: Death notices -- 19th century
Newspaper: Reidsville Weekly Review 06/09/1899: December 2, 1843, Troup County, Georgia – March 7, 1932, Austin, Texas
Served in Company E, 1st Texas Regiment, Hood’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. His younger brother, John Anderson Bradfield, served in Company F, 4th Texas, Hood's Brigade.
Louisa A. Estes: I have no other information on her, or when they were married - 2 sons

Robert Olin Bradfield: October 24, 1889 – July 1, 1965, Dallas, Texas
Blandena Frances Safronia Keller: July 28, 1895, Dallas, Texas – May 22, 1973, Dallas, Texas
Married January 1914 - 7 sons, 3 daughters

Donald Edward Bradfield: December 11, 1927, Dallas, Texas – July 19, 2012, Redondo Beach, California
US Navy, 1947-1949. He had two older brothers who were at Pearl Harbor, and several more served in the war, but I have no details.
Doris Gwendolyn Sutton: December 12, 1927
Married 1949, Divorced 1958 - 1 son - me
Barbara Daily: November 23, 1939
Married August 1, 1961 - 1 daughter, 1 son




Now aren't you sorry you asked?

SInce William/Talley are a known historical couple here, thought I would do some research for you. You probably know of most of this. William was the richest man in his county around 1861. Ann Talley was considered one, if not, the most beautiful woman in the South. I think I found where I can get an earlier picture of her in Madison, would like to see for myself.

He also served in the CW.

"He was Quartermaster of the 7th Texas Regiment, CSA until the fall of Fort Donelson, and was afterwards Provost Marshal at Marshall, Texas with the rank of Major".

They had another son named Charles that also served in the CW as a special messenger to Gen. Tighlman.

They had 10 Children....., although one site has it as 7.

"Major William Bradfield, a North Carolina native, was the first stationmaster and the first postmaster. He came to Mesquite in 1873 with the railroad and has been recognized by Texas historians as the first settler of Mesquite" Before that, seems he started a stagecoach and ran a large plantation in Marshall in the 50's. The RR put an end to his stagecoach business. However, his stagecoach business also worked and received payments from the CSA govt. However, he later became DIrector of the RR. Found this, thought funny

"TEXAS REPUBLICAN [MARSHALL], April 18, 1868, p. 2, c. 2
Major Bradfield upon reading the criticism of the Tyler Index upon the present management of the Southern Pacific Railroad, so far as he is concerned, and he thought he was doing pretty well. That he has taken charge of the road in December last, and, with the exception of four days, had made daily trips regularly, to and from Shreveport, carrying freight and passengers. That he had been abused during that period but by two people: the editor of the Index and an old Irish woman."

His historical marker stagecoach.
http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_d...ber=5203010197

Guess you know his Stagecoach Rd. today is considered the scariest road in Texas and they have used it numerous times in movies.
http://myetx.com/stagecoach-road/

It appears when he joined the 7th, during Fort Donelson many died or were captured, but some escape. From what I can tell, he was one that escaped and never saw action with the 7th again. He either joined Terry's Rangers for awhile or quickly became Provost. I guess his wealth and quartermaster skills with the 7th helped that.

Here is a clip of Major B's action as Provost Marshall during the CW, sounds exciting. I assume the cargo he was after was slaves.
http://books.google.com/books?id=QQd...derate&f=false

I found several of his Provost arrest and other reports, some trivial, some rather tough.

You can find him mentioned several times in the [MARSHALL] TEXAS REPUBLICAN" The newspaper of the day there. Give it a search, great reading.


The reason for this obit of sorts in Reidsville is that Madison was so small, it didn't have a paper then.

William also died in 1899
BRADFIELD, WILLIAM
Headline: Two Madison news items
Abstract: Death notice for William Bradfield.
Subject term: Bradfield, William, d.1899
Subject term: Death notices -- 19th century
Newspaper: Reidsville Weekly Review 06/09/1899

Ann Talley Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=59494100

William Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=59494076

Also, you have a William after a William, which should be James Olin Bradfield who served in Company E, First Texas Regiment, Longstreet's Corps, Hood's Brigade, the Army of Northern Virginia. Robert Olin is of James loins...

Robert Olin grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=48790334. Assume you remember him.

Found this son that obviously served in the navy, John Clifford.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=76197428

You have some great history. I may be in Madison this weekend and will stop and see if they have info/pictures of them in the church that exists now. It's old, but think the original where they're buried is gone.

Did you inherit any of his money? Wonder if he lost most of it after the war? Strange they would return to Madison, as it was a small rural poor town of sorts then.....and now.

I plan to go to Basset Historical Center in Va. soon. That small town probably has the best material available for all CSA, even did the research for Michelle Obama's slave heritage. I'll see what I can pull out for your CSA family.

Forgive me for breaking the history up, worked on it as I went along. Love history.

[Sailor Steve]

Cool! The Death Notice date is at variance with what I already had there. I'm sure some research there will clear it up for me.

Thanks!

[edit] The tombstone says 1899, so now I'm wondering where the date I have came from.
I just figured it out. The 1893 date is Ann's. I repeated it somehow.

[edit 2]

They had 10 Children....., although one site has it as 7.

The information I already have lists

Mary Anna Bradfield: October 17, 1841, Troup County, Georgia

James Olin Bradfield: December 2, 1843, Troup County, Georgia – March 7, 1932, Austin, Texas (great-grandfather)Served in Company E, 1st Texas Regiment, Hood’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

John Anderson Bradfield: October 30, 1845, Long Cane (Troup County), Georgia – December 24, 1932, Dallas TexasServed in Company F, 4th Texas Regiment, Hood’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Joseph Nicholas Bradfield: October 14, 1851, Troup County, Georgia – January 23, 1919

George Reese Bradfield: November 5, 1854, Harrison County, Texas – April 19, 1926, Helena, Arkansas

Harry Langdon Bradfield: March 16, 1860, Harrison County, Texas – 1892(?), Texas

Thomas Otis Bradfield: July 19, 1864, Harrison County, Texas – 1892, Throckmorton, Texas

So that's ten.

[edit 3]

Robert Olin grave. Assume you remember him.

Yes indeed. His 1962 visit to L.A. was one of the highlights of my young life. I already had looked at that site. Thanks.


[edit 4]

Found this son that obviously served in the navy, John Clifford.

Don't know if I've seen that or not, but I didn't have it in my records. Thanks again.

[edit 5]

His historical marker stagecoach.

Guess you know his Stagecoach Rd. today is considered the scariest road in Texas and they have used it numerous times in movies.

Nope, I did not know that. I only had information that he had owned a stage line and several slaves.

[Armistead]

I called the lady at the Pres. Church. She says the church has a lot of info, some pictures. Be nice to see a younger picture of Talley since she was the most beautiful woman of the South during her day.

Sorry the looks didn't make it to you...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Armistead

ISorry the looks didn't make it to you...

Not at all. In fact I'm grateful I'm not regarded as the most beautiful woman in Utah.