Biographies   Bamberg County - South Carolina Genealogy Trails BRADHAM, HENRY JASPER, merchant and banker, is the son of Josiah J. Bradham, a planter and merchant, who was a member of the state legislature for several terms, and a member of the secession convention, a man who bore the reputation of an excellent all-round business man, warmly interested in all the affairs of his state. The family is of Scotch descent, but has resided in South Carolina for four generations. Henry Jasper Bradham was born in Barnwell county, near Buford's Bridge, South Carolina, September 3, 1843. His home was in the country and he attended country schools until he was fifteen; then he was sent to a small military school at Aiken, South Carolina. The outbreak of the War between the States, when he was eighteen, particularly enlisted the interest of young Mr. Bradham, who at once became a member of the Confederate army and served for nearly four years, becoming second sergeant of Company C, First South Carolina volunteers. Even in his early boyhood he had felt a strong taste for mercantile affairs and trade, and October 1,1865, he began active business life. For nineteen years he was a merchant; for twelve years he served as cashier and for eight years as president of the Bamberg Banking company. He has also been for twenty years a director of the Bamberg Banking company. He is also a director of several of the cotton mills of Bamberg. He was elected an alderman, and then for several terms he was mayor of Bamberg. He served as chairman of the special committee which created Bamberg county. He is identified with the Democratic party. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he has served as chairman of the board of stewards of the local church, and he is secretary and treasurer of the Carlisle Fitting school, which is supported by that denomination. He is a Mason. His principal relaxation and amusement he has found in reading history and historical fiction, and in the cultivation of flowers. On December 18 1878, he married Miss Adele J. Jennings. They have had four children. Mr. Bradham has been actively and closely engaged in business all his life, and in his advice to the younger citizens of this state he lays great emphasis  not only upon "thruthfullness, honesty and sobriety" but also upon "constant employment"  for the development of sound character  and the attainment of true success. The address of  Mr. Bradham is Bamberg, Bamberg County, South Carolina Men of Mark in South Carolina By James Calvin Hemphill Published 1907 - transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer BACK to Bamberg County South Carolina Genealogy Trails© all rights reserved to the original submitter