Quinn Bradley
Quinn Bradley, druggist, Jefferson, is a son of Daniel Bradley, who was a pioneer and native of Monroe Township, Madison County, where our subject was also born in 1843. He was left fatherless at an early age, and reared by a widowed mother. As soon as he was large enough, he was hired out as a farm hand, and thus continued until May 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the expiration of his enlisted term, one hundred days. In 1863, he re-enlisted in Company C, Second Ohio Cavalry, and remained in service until the close of the war. He participated in the common hardships connected with military life. He returned home and resumed farming, and, in 1869, married Miss Kate Zinn, of Franklin County, Ohio. The issue of this union is one child – Elta. Farming was Mr. Bradley's pursuit until the centennial year when he located in Jefferson, and, two years later, opened a drug store. He carries a full line of drugs, druggists' sundries, paints, oils, varnishes and stationery.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Among those who have been so successful financially that they are enabled to lay aside the cares of life and spend their declining years in the enjoyment of suitable comforts, is Mr. Bradley, a retired merchant of West Jefferson. He is the owner of the old homestead located in Monroe Township which was the scene of his labors for many years. He is residing in a very comfortable home surrounded by his family and enjoying the esteem of numerous friends and acquaintances.
The parents of our subject were David and Nancy (Morrow) Bradley, the former of whom was born in Monroe Township, Madison County, and the latter in Tioga County, N. Y. The father passed away in his native place, July 6, 1850, while the mother, who survived him a great many years, died in Jefferson Township, the same county, January 26, 1892. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters, of whom our subject was the youngest, he being born March 10, 1844, in Monroe Township, where he grew to manhood. The education which he received was of a practical kind, as his advantages in the educational line were very limited. He aided his mother in carrying on the farm until the outbreak of the Civil War, when, in May, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and served with his regiment until the following September. Early in the winter of 1864, however, he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Company C, Second Ohio Cavalry, and remained in the array until the close of the war. Returning home to Madison County, Mr. Bradley again resumed farming.
October 28, 1869, the original of this sketch was married to Miss Kate, daughter of Adam Zinn, one of the old settlers of Franklin County. The lady was born in Columbus, in October, 1843. and continued to reside with her husband on the old homestead in Monroe Township,which he had purchased, until 1875, at which time they came to West Jefferson. Here Mr. Bradley engaged in the grocery business for eighteen months, when he sold out, and in 1878 established a drugstore, carrying on a very paying business until August 1, 1890, when he disposed of his stock and has since lived retired from active work of any kind.
Mr. Bradley has taken an active part in local affairs and has been chosen by the citizens of the township to hold many offices of trust, among which was Township Clerk and School Director. Being a Grand Army man, Mr. Bradley is a member of Wilson Burrows Post No. 389, and as an Odd Fellow is connected with West Jefferson Lodge No. 412. He is always interested in measures which tend toward the upbuilding of his community, and during elections invariably casts a Republican vote. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have one daughter, Elta, who with her parents is a member of the Baptist Church.
From PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAYETTE, PICKAWAY AND MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO - Chapman Bros. [Chicago, 1892]