Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 456-457 [McCracken]

     WILLIAM FRANCIS BRADSHAW, attorney-at-law, and a prominent resident
of Paducah, Kentucky, was born in Christian county, Kentucky, June 13,
1840, a son of Albert and Marianna (Rumsey) Bradshaw, both natives of
Christian county, Kentucky.  The paternal grandfather was Edward
Bradshaw, a native of Kentucky, and a son of Benjamin Bradshaw, a native
of Virginia.  Albert and Marianna Bradshaw were Presbyterians in
religion, and they had but two children, Edward R., of Paducah, and
William F.
     William F. Bradshaw was only about six years of age when he came to
McCracken county, and has always made his home here.  His education was
obtained in the public schools and the University of Mississippi, from
which he was graduated in 1872.  Mr. Bradshaw studied law in Paducah and
was admitted to the bar in 1874, and began practicing in Paducah.
     From 1878-1882 he was county attorney: from 1884 to 1892 he was
county treasurer, and commonwealth attorney of the second judicial
district in 1892 and served until 1897, when he was re-elected for a
second term.  In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and takes an active
part in local matters.
     In Christian county, Kentucky, Mr. Bradshaw was married to Miss
Virginia E. Wheeler, and they have two children: W. F., JR., and Frances
Elouise.  W. F. Bradshaw, Jr., was born in Paducah, Kentucky, September
17, 1878, and educated in the city and at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee, from which he graduated.  He then studied law and
after a year spent at Columbia University, New York, was admitted to the
bar in 1900.
     In addition to his other interests Mr. Bradshaw, Sr., is director
in the American-German National Bank, and is a very popular and
prominent business man, attorney and politician.   

Bradshaw Wheeler
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Christian-KY VA

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