Individual Details

Wilbur Arthur Bradford

(11 Jul 1891 - 18 May 1974)

OCCUPATION: Was a farmer in Van Buren Twp., Grant County, Indiana, the Grant County, Indiana highway superintendent and a John Deere implement dealer

MILITARY: His 5 June 1917 W. W. I draft registration card lists his residence as R. R. 8, Marion, Indiana, a self-employed farmer, married. Physical description: tall, slender, blue eyes, light hair.

RESIDENCE: 1920 census: Morris Chapel Rd. in Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana. 1953: lived in Marion, Grant, Indiana; February 1962 lived in Marion, Grant, Indiana; moved to Melbourne, Florida later in 1962. Lived in 1971 and at death in Indialantic, Brevard, Florida

CHURCH: Member of Church of God in Melbourne, Florida

Member of F & AM in Marion, Indiana, Scottish Rite in Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Events

Birth11 Jul 1891Washington Township, Grant, Indiana
Census22 Jun 1900Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Census6 May 1910Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation6 May 1910farm laborer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Marriage3 Sep 1911St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan - Ethel May Weesner
Occupation3 Sep 1911farmer - Marion, Grant, Indiana
Occupation5 Jun 1917farmer - Grant County, Indiana
Census9 Jan 1920Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation9 Jan 1920farmer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Census19 Apr 1930Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Occupation19 Apr 1930farmer - Washington Twp., Grant, Indiana
Death18 May 1974Melbourne, Brevard, Florida
Burial22 May 1974Estates of Serenity, Marion, Grant, Indiana
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Families

SpouseEthel May Weesner ( - )
FatherWilliam Penn Bradford (1853 - 1929)
MotherNancy Jayne "Jennie" Moore (1862 - 1944)
SiblingRosa Ethel Bradford (1888 - 1971)
SiblingLillian Esta Bradford (1889 - 1928)
SiblingHazel Ann Bradford (1893 - 1971)
SiblingHomer Leroy "Jack" Bradford (1895 - 1945)
SiblingNellie Marie Bradford (1897 - 1991)
SiblingMinnie Belle Bradford (1899 - 1988)
SiblingMerlie Gladys Bradford (1902 - 1986)
SiblingVelvia Bernice "Belva?" Bradford (1904 - 1962)

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