Abner M. Bradbury | |
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Member of the Indiana Senate from the Wayne County district | |
In office December 5, 1836 –December 3, 1838 | |
In office December 2,1844 –December 6,1847 | |
Succeeded by | David P. Holloway |
Personal details | |
Born | Northwest Territory,U.S. | July 8,1798
Died | September 17,1885 87) Cambridge City,Indiana,U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Jacksonburg Cemetery,Jacksonburg,Indiana,U.S. |
Political party | Whig Party |
Spouse | Mary Boyd |
Children | 13 |
Occupation | Politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Indiana Militia |
Years of service | 1823 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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Abner M. Bradbury (July 8,1798 –September 17,1885) was an American politician. Bradbury represented Wayne County,Indiana in the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana Senate representing the Whig Party.
Abner M. Bradbury was born in the part of the Northwest Territory that would shortly become Ohio on July 8,1798. [1] In 1814 [1] or 1815,he moved to Wayne County,Indiana,settling with his father on a farm along Morgan Creek Road. [4]
Bradbury worked as a store clerk in Richmond from June 1821 until the summer of 1822. [1] In 1821,he married Mary Boyd. [1] [4] Boyd and Bradbury met while he was living in Richmond. They would go on to have 13 children. [3] Bradbury moved to Greens Fork,Indiana,where he working in a fulling mill. As of 1823,he was serving in the Indiana Militia. He earned the rank of lieutenant colonel. [1]
In 1829,Bradbury was named deputy sheriff and a justice of the peace of Wayne County. That same year,he became postmaster of Jacksonburg,Indiana,serving until 1833. [1]
He served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1832 until 1835. He lost his reelection bid. In 1836,he was elected to the Indiana State Senate. He assumed office in December 1836 and left at the end of his term in December 1838. He ran for election again in 1844,winning,and assuming office until December 1847. [2]
Bradbury was associate judge of Indiana from 1848 until 1852,when the position was abolished. [5] Also in 1848,Bradbury was a delegate at the national convention for the Whig Party. [1] In his free time,he advocated for the establishment and expansion of the Central State Hospital. [4]
Bradbury died in Cambridge City,Indiana on September 17,1885. [1] At the time of his death,he was one of the oldest residents in Wayne County. Bradbury is buried in Jacksonburg Cemetery in Jacksonburg,Indiana. [6]
Bradbury's paper are held in the collection of the Indiana State Library. [1]
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