Son of Daniel Porter Bradstreet and Lydia (Yaman) Meeker Bradstreet. He grew to manhood in Ohio and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Cincinnati. He also studied architecture there. He was granted a patent (#3,024) for a "safety truck".
Married Amanda M. Megrew (1823-1844) July 1, 1841 in Hamilton County, Ohio. They had two sons who both died in infancy. In November, 1845, as a new widower, he settled in the small village of Dubuque, Iowa. Bradstreet was a builder and contractor there for fourteen of the next eighteen years. He went to California during the gold rush, partly to recover financially and partly to recover from the deaths of his wife and children. He was a miner in both ElDorado and Placer counties from about 1849 to 1853.
After four years in California he returned to Dubuque. He married Maria Hall, a native of New York, in 1855. Bradstreet settled in Monticello, Jones County, Iowa in September of 1863 and became the first mayor of that town, serving for two years, 1867-8. He was also a city councilman, the first superintendant of the water works there, and the largest land owner in Monticello, laying out two additions to the town. When Mr. Bradstreet arrived in Dubuque, he did not have a cent, and by 1879 he was the largest land-owner in Monticello.
On June 30, 1873 he was widowed for a second time, and on January 14, 1875 he married Mrs. Eliza A. (Thompson) Wallace, in East Waterloo Iowa. She was a native of Ticonderoga, NY. They were apparently divorced in a few years, and he was married for a fourth time on July 9, 1883 at Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa to Mary Webb Fields, a widow who was also a native of Ohio. They moved about 1887 to Lamar, MO, and in 1890 he was widowed for yet again. He also suffered the loss of both his step-daughter, Lena, and step-grandaughter. At the time of his death, his obituary reported "it was sad to see an old man... sicken and die and be buried without a relative present"
His brother was John Milton Bradstreet (1815-1863), the credit rating pioneer whose name is forever linked to the famous international firm of "Dun and Bradstreet". His half-brother was the Rev. Jotham Meeker (1804-1855), pioneer missionary and orthographer for the Ottawa Indians in Michigan and Kansas, and who brought the first printing press to Kansas in 1833.
Married Amanda M. Megrew (1823-1844) July 1, 1841 in Hamilton County, Ohio. They had two sons who both died in infancy. In November, 1845, as a new widower, he settled in the small village of Dubuque, Iowa. Bradstreet was a builder and contractor there for fourteen of the next eighteen years. He went to California during the gold rush, partly to recover financially and partly to recover from the deaths of his wife and children. He was a miner in both ElDorado and Placer counties from about 1849 to 1853.
After four years in California he returned to Dubuque. He married Maria Hall, a native of New York, in 1855. Bradstreet settled in Monticello, Jones County, Iowa in September of 1863 and became the first mayor of that town, serving for two years, 1867-8. He was also a city councilman, the first superintendant of the water works there, and the largest land owner in Monticello, laying out two additions to the town. When Mr. Bradstreet arrived in Dubuque, he did not have a cent, and by 1879 he was the largest land-owner in Monticello.
On June 30, 1873 he was widowed for a second time, and on January 14, 1875 he married Mrs. Eliza A. (Thompson) Wallace, in East Waterloo Iowa. She was a native of Ticonderoga, NY. They were apparently divorced in a few years, and he was married for a fourth time on July 9, 1883 at Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa to Mary Webb Fields, a widow who was also a native of Ohio. They moved about 1887 to Lamar, MO, and in 1890 he was widowed for yet again. He also suffered the loss of both his step-daughter, Lena, and step-grandaughter. At the time of his death, his obituary reported "it was sad to see an old man... sicken and die and be buried without a relative present"
His brother was John Milton Bradstreet (1815-1863), the credit rating pioneer whose name is forever linked to the famous international firm of "Dun and Bradstreet". His half-brother was the Rev. Jotham Meeker (1804-1855), pioneer missionary and orthographer for the Ottawa Indians in Michigan and Kansas, and who brought the first printing press to Kansas in 1833.
Son of Daniel Porter Bradstreet and Lydia (Yaman) Meeker Bradstreet. He grew to manhood in Ohio and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Cincinnati. He also studied architecture there. He was granted a patent (#3,024) for a "safety truck".
Married Amanda M. Megrew (1823-1844) July 1, 1841 in Hamilton County, Ohio. They had two sons who both died in infancy. In November, 1845, as a new widower, he settled in the small village of Dubuque, Iowa. Bradstreet was a builder and contractor there for fourteen of the next eighteen years. He went to California during the gold rush, partly to recover financially and partly to recover from the deaths of his wife and children. He was a miner in both ElDorado and Placer counties from about 1849 to 1853.
After four years in California he returned to Dubuque. He married Maria Hall, a native of New York, in 1855. Bradstreet settled in Monticello, Jones County, Iowa in September of 1863 and became the first mayor of that town, serving for two years, 1867-8. He was also a city councilman, the first superintendant of the water works there, and the largest land owner in Monticello, laying out two additions to the town. When Mr. Bradstreet arrived in Dubuque, he did not have a cent, and by 1879 he was the largest land-owner in Monticello.
On June 30, 1873 he was widowed for a second time, and on January 14, 1875 he married Mrs. Eliza A. (Thompson) Wallace, in East Waterloo Iowa. She was a native of Ticonderoga, NY. They were apparently divorced in a few years, and he was married for a fourth time on July 9, 1883 at Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa to Mary Webb Fields, a widow who was also a native of Ohio. They moved about 1887 to Lamar, MO, and in 1890 he was widowed for yet again. He also suffered the loss of both his step-daughter, Lena, and step-grandaughter. At the time of his death, his obituary reported "it was sad to see an old man... sicken and die and be buried without a relative present"
His brother was John Milton Bradstreet (1815-1863), the credit rating pioneer whose name is forever linked to the famous international firm of "Dun and Bradstreet". His half-brother was the Rev. Jotham Meeker (1804-1855), pioneer missionary and orthographer for the Ottawa Indians in Michigan and Kansas, and who brought the first printing press to Kansas in 1833.
Married Amanda M. Megrew (1823-1844) July 1, 1841 in Hamilton County, Ohio. They had two sons who both died in infancy. In November, 1845, as a new widower, he settled in the small village of Dubuque, Iowa. Bradstreet was a builder and contractor there for fourteen of the next eighteen years. He went to California during the gold rush, partly to recover financially and partly to recover from the deaths of his wife and children. He was a miner in both ElDorado and Placer counties from about 1849 to 1853.
After four years in California he returned to Dubuque. He married Maria Hall, a native of New York, in 1855. Bradstreet settled in Monticello, Jones County, Iowa in September of 1863 and became the first mayor of that town, serving for two years, 1867-8. He was also a city councilman, the first superintendant of the water works there, and the largest land owner in Monticello, laying out two additions to the town. When Mr. Bradstreet arrived in Dubuque, he did not have a cent, and by 1879 he was the largest land-owner in Monticello.
On June 30, 1873 he was widowed for a second time, and on January 14, 1875 he married Mrs. Eliza A. (Thompson) Wallace, in East Waterloo Iowa. She was a native of Ticonderoga, NY. They were apparently divorced in a few years, and he was married for a fourth time on July 9, 1883 at Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa to Mary Webb Fields, a widow who was also a native of Ohio. They moved about 1887 to Lamar, MO, and in 1890 he was widowed for yet again. He also suffered the loss of both his step-daughter, Lena, and step-grandaughter. At the time of his death, his obituary reported "it was sad to see an old man... sicken and die and be buried without a relative present"
His brother was John Milton Bradstreet (1815-1863), the credit rating pioneer whose name is forever linked to the famous international firm of "Dun and Bradstreet". His half-brother was the Rev. Jotham Meeker (1804-1855), pioneer missionary and orthographer for the Ottawa Indians in Michigan and Kansas, and who brought the first printing press to Kansas in 1833.
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