E. T. Bradley, who was born January 21, 1838, where he now resides, at the age of 16 started in life to earn a livelihood for himself August 19, 1862, he enlisted in Co. I, 151st N. Y. Vols., was selected as corporal, and participated in the battle of Mine Run, Va., and was wounded in the right elbow. After being in the hospital at Alexandria nine months he was discharged as sergeant. Since his return he has been engaged in farming and coopering, beginning the latter business in i868. He has served three years as justice, five years as clerk, two terms as deputy sheriff, and now holds the position of constable and collector. He is a son of Horace and Emeline (Bigelow) Bradley, natives respectively of Sunderland, Vt., and New York. Horace Bradley came to Pavilion with his parents in 1814, with an ox-team. He reared four children, Amanda, E. T., Sophia, and Fannie. He died May 22, 1855, aged 58 years. Horace was a son of Benjamin Bradley, who was born in Vermont, married Sally Brunson, reared five sons and two daughters, and died aged 89 years.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890