Joseph William Bradburn

1870 - 1931  (61 years)

• Name	Joseph William Bradburn
  Birth	5 May 1870	Catawba County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	49CCDAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E8F60
  Death	5 Jun 1931	Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Earlsboro Township, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I15838	sorrells
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2001

  
  

  Father	Isaac Newton Bradburn,   b. 11 Sep 1837, Hickory (Near), Catawba County, North Carolina d. 29 Jan 1922, Maud, Pottowatomie, OK (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rachael Mahala Lewis,   b. 3 Jan 1836, Burke County, North Carolina d. 27 Apr 1913, Earlsboro Township, Pottawatomie County, Indian Territory, Oklahoma (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1866	North Carolina
  Family ID	F5698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aurie Jane Miller,   b. 18 Jun 1872, St. Joseph, Montague County, Texas d. 24 May 1950, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1891	Carter, Chickasee Nation, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Grace Mahala Bradburn,   b. 16 Nov 1892   d. 3 May 1966, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (Age 73 years)   2. Stella Maggie Bradburn,   b. 28 Feb 1894   d. California   3. Walter Newton Bradburn,   b. 22 Jul 1896, Emmett, Johnston County, Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma d. 24 Feb 1960 (Age 63 years)   4. George Dewey Bradburn,   b. 22 Sep 1900, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma d. 14 May 1955 (Age 54 years)   5. Mary Bell Bradburn,   b. 24 Jun 1902, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
  Family ID	F5716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Joe was a farmer and cattle buyer. In 1912 they bought the Remus Rural Telephone Company. The telephone company switchboard was in the Bradburn rural home. The area they served was from Little River on the North to Salt Creek on the South and about 15 miles East and West. The system grew and the annual report to the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma had 123 rural residential telephones for the year 1926. Joe and Aurie operated the phone system until 1926 and moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. At that time their daughter and son-in-law, Grace and Emsley Floyd Akin Sr., took over the operation of the system and operated it until 1958. (Written by Emsley Floyd Akin, Jr.)