"My father, Pleasant Adams Hackleman, was the oldest son and born in Brookville township, Ind., Nov. 15th, 1814." — "He was married to Sarah Bradburn, Oct. 31st, 1833 at the home of the bride's father, Dr. Bradburn, who also lived in Brookville township, about 2 1/2 miles from Brookville, where he had a beautiful home and the finest garden flowers and vegetables in the state at that time." — "My grandfather was a man of wealth and finely educated, being a graduate of William and Mary college, (now Princeton, I believe) and was a real old Virginia aristocrat. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, I think, born in Virginia—don't know the date, but that is not necessary. His wife, my mother's mother's maiden name was Mary Churchman, was English and Dutch mixed; was a beautiful woman and well educated. She was born in Pennsylvania at Bedford and removed with her husband, Dr. Bradburn, to Kentucky, afterward to Fayette Co., Ind., where he had a fine large farm and where he carried out his ideas of a fine garden and flower culture. His gardens, I have been told by old men in Rushville, were visited by the people, what few there were, like we go to the parks, but such things were rare then. Dr. Bradburn was a noted surgeon and had a large practice. I forgot to say that he lived both in New Albany, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio, before he settled in Fayette Co., at least that is my impression. he was a great student of nature, a fine botanist and astronomer; had his apparatus for observing the stars and could compute their distances. He was not popular with the masses, only those who knew him best appreciated him. His ideas were too high-flown, he was too aristocratic for the times in the west. He left Kentucky because he did not believe in holding slaves, although he was partly raised in a slave state. He died when but 62 years old, very suddenly of heart failure. He was a grand man in every way, large and commanding in person, about six feet in height and weighing over 200 pounds. My mother simply worshipped him." (pgs. 208-209)
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"She and my father were near of an age and were married very young. They had nine children, of whom I was second. My sister Mary Anne was the oldest. There are only four of us living now, three in the old home town, Rushville, Ind., and myself here." (pg. 209)
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"He was married, as I said, Oct. 1st, 1833, to Sarah Bradburn in Brookville township, by Rev. Lewis Deweso, a prominent Baptist minister of the old school." (pg. 209)
