From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 741. City of La Crosse DAVID W. BRADLEY, painter, shop on Second street, between Main and State, was born in Kingston, Canada West, in 1848, son of William Bradley, who now lives in Greene Co., Iowa. Mr. Bradley came to La Crosse in the fall of 1869, and worked at his trade till the spring of 1876; then went to Whitewater, Wis., and followed the same business till 1879. He then went on a farm in Vernon County, which he still owns; started his present shop in La Crosse, March 1, 1881. He was married in June, 1871, in La Crosse, to Mary Ann Flynn, and has two children, Margaret and John Melville; has lost six. He was in Government employ in Montana and Colorado in 1863-65, and was employed in smelting-works there in 1866 and 1867. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]