Submitted by
David Bradley

Wedded for 50 Years

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bradley,
Of Old Hamlin, Ia.

Exira, Ia., Jan. 4 -- Special:  Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bradley of Old Hamlin celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedded life this week, when all of their immediate family were in attendance.  A. W. Bradley and Jane S. Bell were married at Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1857, that being four years before the civil war.  Mr. Bradley answered the call to (?) and served his country faithfully.  Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have four children living, namely, Mrs. H. H. Crosser of Omaha, Harry A. of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. Marshall McNutt of Hamlin and James C. of Missouri Valley, Ia.  They have six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  Their home now is at Old Hamlin, Ia., near where they first stopped when they came to the county.  Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are pioneers of Audubon county, having come to Audubon county, when the county seat was still at Exira.