Ralph Abbott Bradshaw
1908 - 1947 (39 years)-
Name Ralph Abbott Bradshaw Birth 17 Mar 1908 McDowell, Highland Co., VA 
[1] Gender Male Death 6 Apr 1947 Stonewall District, Highland Co., VA [1] Cause: burnt to death in home destroyed by fire Burial 7 Apr 1947 McKendree Methodist Church Cemetery, McDowell, Highland Co., VA [1] Person ID I49584 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 9 Feb 2020
Father Robert Orrin Bradshaw, b. 30 Jan 1881, Highland Co., VA d. 2 May 1959, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA (Age 78 years) Mother Cosby Bennett Armstrong, b. 1 Sep 1878, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 6 Nov 1944, Stonewall District, Highland Co., VA (Age 66 years) Family ID F17289 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bertha Brown Rexrode, b. 19 Jul 1908, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 15 Jun 1971, Waynesboro, VA (Age 62 years) Marriage 7 Feb 1931 McDowell, Highland Co., VA [2] Children 1. Ralph Dennis Bradshaw, b. 4 Nov 1933, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 1 Feb 2005, Verona, Augusta Co., VA (Age 71 years)2. Joanna Pearl Bradshaw, b. 27 Jan 1940, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 7 May 2002, Deerfield, Augusta Co., VA (Age 62 years)3. Peggy Darlene Bradshaw Family ID F17305 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Feb 2020
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Notes - Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Friday, 11 Apr 1947, p. 2, col. B
Ralph Bradshaw Dead
April 8, 1947 — Early Sunday morning fire destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Bradshaw and he, being the only one at home was burned also, his wife and children being with her mother, Mrs Rexrode that night.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Bertha Rexrode, three children, Dennis, Joanna, and Darlene, his father, Orrin Bradshaw of Holden, W. Va., two brothers, Robert of Pennsylvania and Glenn of Washington.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mann of Richmond at the Presbyterian Church.
Hymns used were "Sometime We'll Understand"; 'Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me."
His body was taken to the cemetery at McKendree.
The active pallbearers were: Guy Siron, R. M. Sunderlin, Theodore Eisenhower, Don Armstrong, Keith Hook and Charles Hook. Honorary: Dr. Stover, W. H. Darby, Uhl Graham, Omah King, Wm. Hoover, Forest Evick, J. E. Hair, George Flesher, George Hogshead, W. H. Swadley, Frank T. Ralston, Frank Hiner, Willis Jenkins, Glenn Hammer, Pat Maloy, M M Folks, Boyd Stephenson, Chas. Sennett, Jake McCray, Geo. Hook, Louie Williams, Louie Ralston, Claude Malcolm, and Jesse Wiseman.
- Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Friday, 11 Apr 1947, p. 2, col. B
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Sources - [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 9173 (1947), Ralph Abot Bradshaw, accessed 9 Feb 2020. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1700] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2013)), accessed 9 Feb 2020), Bradshaw-Rexrode, 1931, Highland County. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 9173 (1947), Ralph Abot Bradshaw, accessed 9 Feb 2020. (Reliability: 3).