Richard and Mary Ratliff Bradley
Family
Richard Bradley was b.
12/27/1795 in Scott Co., Ky. and d. 7/25/1865 near Huntsville, Randolph Co.,
Mo. Richard Bradley was the son of Beverly Bradley
and Nancy Waggoner.
Richard Bradley m. Mary Ratliff on 2/21/1818 in
Barren Co., Mo. Mary Ratliff was b. 12/26/1800 in Center,
Barren Co., Ky. and d. 2/23/1864 near Huntsville, Randolph Co., Mo.
Mary Ratliff was the daughter of William Ratliff
and Margaret Hinson.
NOTE: Mary Ratliff's burial
site was once called the Eldad Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The
Presbyterian Church no longer owns the site. It sits on a point of land that
is encircled by the county road north of Huntsville, Mo. The cemetery is
well kept and there are quite a number of tombstones, but we found no stone
for Mary Ratliff. We were told that church records list her
as being buried in the cemetery but no one could tell us who has those
church records.
NOTE: Richard Bradley's Will
was written at Fort Henry. Mo. on 11/23/1864. It was witnessed by
William Fort and Thomas Gunn, Sr. It is recorded
in the Court House at Huntsville, Mo.
In the Will, Richard Bradley requests his son, John
W. Bradley to strictly carry out his wish that no inventory or
amount of his property be returned to any Court or officer.
He leaves his farm and other items to his daughters, Susan
and Mary as long as they remain single. When they married
the farm was to be sold and the profits divided among all of his children.
Richard Bradley and
Mary Ratliff had the following children:
1. Nancy Bradley b. 1/17/1819
in Barren Co., Ky. d. 3/19/1903 in Elk City, Montgomery Co., Ks.
Nancy Bradley m. Thomas Bright Gilstrap
on 9/8/1839 in Randolph Co., Mo.
2. William R. Bradley b.
11/3/1820 in Barren Co., Ky. d. 8/9/1863 in Mobile, Mobile Co., Al.
William R. Bradley m. Martha Ema Jean Rowland on
2/14/1841 in Randolph Co.,
Mo.
NOTE: William R. Bradley was at
the Battle at Vicksburg but was too sick to fight. He had typhoid fever and
was being transported back to Missouri by way of New Orleans,
however his condition worsened and he died enroute in Mobile, Al. No one
seems to know where William R. Bradley is buried.
3. John Williams Bradley b.
2/3/1822 in Barren Co., Ky. d. 2/13/1879 in Randolph Co., Mo. John
Williams Bradley m. 1st. Rebecca Haines on
12/9/1841 in Randolph Co., Mo.
He married 2nd. Eunice Allen Bradsher on 12/23/1847 in
Randolph Co., Mo.
4. Martha Bradley b. 12/27/1823
in Barren Co., Ky. d. 1/18/1824 in Barren Co., Ky.
5. Mary W. Bradley b. 6/30/1826
in Barren Co., Ky. d. 12/5/1826 in Barren Co., Ky.
6. Eliza Ann Bradley b.
10/2/1827 in Barren Co., Ky. d. 2/27/1850 in Randolph Co., Mo.
7. George Waggoner Bradley b.
5/25/1829 in Randolph Co., Mo. d. ? in Texas. m. 1/25/1859 in Randolph Co.,
Mo. Martha Frances Mathis.
8. Sarah Bradley b. 4/16/1831
in Randolph Co., Mo. d. 5/17/1895 in Randolph Co., Mo. m. 1/7/1861
Charles H. Baker, Sr. in Randolph Co., Mo.
9. James W. Bradley b.
9/15/1835 near Huntsville. Randolph Co., Mo. d. 12/27/1909 in Mexico,
Audrain Co., Mo. m. 1/14/1966 Martha Elizabeth Baker in
Randolph Co., Mo.
NOTE: James W. Bradley was a
traveling preacher and during a revival he took his young sister-in-law.
Anniva Jane Baker, with him on his travels. Anniva Jane
Baker was said to have had a beautiful singing voice. At some point
the relationship between James W. Bradley and
Anniva Jane Baker became intimate. One day after returning home
Anniva Jane Baker complained to her mother and father that
she was having severe stomach pains. A doctor was called and he announced to
Anniva Jane Baker's parents that she was giving birth.
James W. Bradley and his wife hurried to the Baker
home with baby clothes and other necessities. When Anniva Jane
Baker's brothers demanded to know who the father of her baby was,
she confessed that it was none other than her brother-in-law the
Rev. James W. Bradley.
James W. Bradley was blasted in
the Moberly newspaper who stated that a "boiling cauldron awaited his putrid
soul". Baker family members went to the library in Moberly
and broke off the tape of the first newspaper articles about this scandal. A
friend of ours had fortunately saved a copy of the second article and
provided it to us. It clearly gave all the grisly details of this sordid
affair.
Anniva Jane Baker later married
Samuel Noah Sutton and he raised the child of James
W. Bradley. We were later contacted by a descendant of that child
who was unaware of the details of his birth but knew there was some sort of
scandal connected with it..
James W. Bradley was forced to
move to Audrain Co., Mo. where he published a Christian newspaper.
10. Susan A. Bradley was b.
2/20/1838 in Randolph Co., Mo. and d. 3/23/1906 in Randolph Co., Mo.
Susan A. Bradley m. 1st. Thomas E. Tabor on
10/11/1871 in Randolph Co., Mo. Susan m. 2nd. William Goggin Riley
on 8/19/1874 in Randolph Co., Mo.
11. Elizabeth Bradley was b.
7/13/1839 in Randolph Co., Mo. and d.? Elizabeth Bradley m. James
William Wallis on 2/9/1860 in Randolph Co., Mo.
12. Mary Catherine Bradley was
b. 9/14/1843 in Randolph Co., Mo. and d.? Mary Catherine Bradley m. 1st.
John T. Sears on 12/25/1866 in Randolph Co., Mo.
Mary Catherine Bradley m. 2nd. John T. Banning on
2/14/1875 in Randolph Co., Mo.
Andrew and Elizabeth McCully
Baker
Submitted by: B. J. Merrell,
bjmerrell@olp.net
Andrew J. Baker was b.
12/21/1807 in Wayne Co., Ky. d. 11/30/1888 in Randolph Co., Mo. m.
5/23/1833 in Hward Co., Mo. Elizabeth McCully b.
4/9/1814 in Tn. d. 7/26/1836
Andrew J. Baker and
Elizabeth McCully had the following children:
1. Mary Jane Baker b.
2/11/1835 in Randolph Co., Mo.
2. Pamela Margaret Baker b.
6/19/1836 in Randolph Co., Mo. m. Horace Buckner Ficklin
? Horace Buckner Ficklin was b. 2/3/1883 in Va.
3. Martha Elizabeth Baker
was b. 12/15/1837 in Randolph Co., Mo. d. 11/24/1814 in Mexico, Audrain
Co., Mo. m. 1/14/1866 in Randolph Co., Mo. James W. Bradley.
NOTE: James W. Bradley was
the son of Richard Bradley and Mary Ratliff.
Information on James W. Bradley was previously sent to
you.
4. William Rice Baker b.
3/5/1839 in Randolph Co., Mo. d. 4/29/1919. m. ? Sarah E.
Stewart b. Abt. 1844 in Ky.
5. Ellen Baker b. Abt. 1842
in Mo.
6. Thomas Henderson Baker
b. Abt. 1844 in Mo. d. 6/1/1914
7. Richard Baker b. Abt.
1849 in Randolph Co., Mo.
8. Anniva Jane Baker b.
7/3/1852 in Huntsville, Randolph Co., Mo. d. 11/17/1929, m.?
Samuel Noah Sutton.
Anniva Jane Baker's laison
with her brother-in-law James W. Bradley
was previously sent to you.
Horace Buckner Ficklin and
Pamela Margaret Baker had the following children:
1. Adelia J. Ficklin b. abt.
1859
2. Frances L. Ficklin b.
Abt. 1861
3. Mary A. Ficklin b. Abt.
1863
4. Elizabeth Ficklin b. Abt.
1865
5. Leonard Bruce Ficklin b.
Abt. 1867
6. William A. Ficklin b.
Abt. 1869
7. George B. Ficklin b. Abt.
1871
8. Katie Ficklin b. Abt.
1874
9. Susan E. Ficklin b. Abt.
1878
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