Individual Details

William Penn Bradford

(11 Oct 1853 - 23 Nov 1929)

BURIAL: IOOF Cemetery, Marion, Indiana. Some of the family buried in Fairview cemetery near his farm

RESIDENCES: Life-long resident of Grant County, Indiana. State routes 9 and 37 north to Morris Chapel Rd. then east to Washington Twp. school, then north 1/4 mile on Bethlehem Rd. "Centennial Place," owned since 1876

CHURCH: Member of Morris Chapel M. E. Church

Events

Birth11 Oct 1853Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Census1 Jun 1860Washington Township, Grant, Indiana
Census1 Jun 1870Washington Township, Grant, Indiana
Marriage26 Dec 1874Grant County, Indiana - Ida Alice Armstrong
Census13 Jun 1880Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation13 Jun 1880farmer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Marriage2 Jul 1888Grant County, Indiana - Nancy Jayne "Jennie" Moore
Census22 Jun 1900Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation22 Jun 1900farmer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Census6 May 1910Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation6 May 1910farmer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Census13 Jan 1920Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Death23 Nov 1929Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
BurialMarion, Grant, Indiana

Families

SpouseIda Alice Armstrong (1857 - 1886)
ChildNora Mae Bradford (1876 - 1959)
ChildLouella "Ella" Bradford (1877 - 1957)
ChildCharles Jack Bradford (1878 - 1962)
ChildAlbert E. Bradford (1880 - 1953)
ChildCarrie Dell Bradford (1882 - 1963)
ChildEarl Blaine Bradford (1884 - 1918)
ChildVernon Eber Bradford (1886 - 1969)
SpouseNancy Jayne "Jennie" Moore (1862 - 1944)
ChildRosa Ethel Bradford (1888 - 1971)
ChildLillian Esta Bradford (1889 - 1928)
ChildWilbur Arthur Bradford (1891 - 1974)
ChildHazel Ann Bradford (1893 - 1971)
ChildHomer Leroy "Jack" Bradford (1895 - 1945)
ChildNellie Marie Bradford (1897 - 1991)
ChildMinnie Belle Bradford (1899 - 1988)
ChildMerlie Gladys Bradford (1902 - 1986)
ChildVelvia Bernice "Belva?" Bradford (1904 - 1962)
FatherWilliam R. Bradford (1825 - 1895)
MotherMary Elizabeth Gaines (1826 - 1911)
SiblingCatherine R. Bradford (1849 - 1880)
SiblingOliver Newton Bradford (1851 - 1895)
SiblingMary Elizabeth "Mollie" Bradford (1852 - 1946)
SiblingMargaret A. Bradford (1855 - 1934)
SiblingHenry Lincoln Bradford (1857 - 1934)

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