... serving in Capt. John W. Rading's company under Col. Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky. He was wounded in the chest by an arrow at the battle of the Thames, and saw the Indian Chief Tecumseh fall. For a while he commanded a boat plying between Nashville and New Orleans. Shortly after his marriage he moved to Nashville "where I heard him say he arrived with 62 1/2 cents in his pocket," to quote one of the authors of the Bradford article. His ability and industry, however, soon enabled him to become a very successful cotton factor. He married (2) July 27, 1845, Mrs. Isabel B. (Anderson) White (died April 23, 1873) and removed to Memphis. ...