BRIEF SKETCHES

AlIERICAN BRAD LEYS~

THELR ENGLISH PRO·.JENITORS,

JO::S:~ O_ BRADLEY-:, HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y.

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EXPLANATIONS.

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\Vheu a nu-mber at the left hand of a 1uunc in the genco­

logicnl ta.bl<: is found printed in hen,~y type, it indicates that

further notice of that person is mltdc-.-in the ~tppc11dix. 'l1lie

1u1n1<1s in the san1e table printe<l. .in ~BL\. LL c~\.PIT_;.L:; wil1

enable the readel' to readily tr,~cu the allCC'~try of Ethan ' . .

Bradley, and this will serve n.-3 a kC'y to the ,vhole btble.

_The abbro\'1ati011 h. stands for .iJorn, 111. for 111a1·ri('(l.. ntlll

<l. fo1· <lir<l.

INTRODUCTION. --o--

Fe,v people, perhaps, understand the perplexities ,vhich are invariably encountered in collecting material for a l?an1ily History. It- is a task requiring time, patience and perse~"erance; and yet to one interested in genealogy it is a pleasant recreation. · iiy efforts to secure information relative to my ancestors was a \vork ,vhich I sha.11 recall \\ .. ith great pleasure ; for by the co1'respondenre \vhich necessarily took place, 1nany a delightful aeqnaintance ,vas formed, ,vhich, I trust.; has ripened into abiding friendship. This \YOl'k, printecl at the solicitation oJ others, is designed more particn­larlv for Ethan Bradlev~s descendants, and contains

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only a sn1all part of the historical n1atter, ·which I have colleeted during the past t,vo years. To publish a gen­eral hi~tory of the Bradley family is a ~Tork too stupen­dous for n1e to consider, and besides, such a ,vork is contemplated by others ·who are competent to do the na1ne j nsticP.~ eonseq uently it " .. oulcl n~t he right for 1n~ to tlo nn~·thing: "'"hich 111ight deprive A1uerican readers of n ,York of great intel'est and value. I take

'- . pride in saying that. the nutny Bradleys to who1n I addressed letters of inquh·y ,vhile prosecuting n1y researches in Bradley genealogy, " .. ere prompt and courteon::; in replying to the same, and for this kind­ness I desire to P.Xl)l'PSS n1y sincere thanks. And no,v, ,vithont further r.0111ment and ,vith no a.pology, I offer this little book to 1ny ronsins, hoping that it may prove an inducen1ent for eaeh of then1 to keep a. family record for the hc1nefi t of r.on1ing genera.tions.

,JOHN C. BRADLEY. Hoo~H·K F.\LL:-;, X. Y .. ),farc:h. 1880.

EARLY HISTORY-

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The ,vord Bradley is .A.nglo-Sa.xon, compounded of hrad, broad or w·icle1 and ley or lea., a fielcl or pasture.

The earliest mention in England of the-name Bradley, thus far kno,vn~ is in the year 1183, at the feast of St. Cuthbert, in Lent, :when the Lord Hugh, Bishop of ·nurhan1, ennsecl to be described all the revenues of his· "phole Bishopric.

rrhis Slll"\"ey of Hugh Pudser' called Bolton Bnke, 1n~ntions. in ,, ... olsinghan1, ,vhich contains three hnn­dr2d acres. Roger de Bradley, ,v ho llold.s forty acres at Bradlev .. ancl renders half a mare, besides forest . ~ . ,

:,:.:e1Tire. to-,vit: forty days in the fa-\vn season, antl forty in the rutting s_eason.

ln 1-1:H7 thP.re is 1nention n1ade of Brn.clleys,of Brnclley-. In the will of Ralph Snaith, \Yhich \Yas pro,+ed )l&rch 23, 1-172 or ·1:\ he n1entions a farm had of Bradley. Agnin. in 1475, the ,Yill of Sir John Pilkington, Knight of Yorkshire. h~qneaths to his brother Charles a place nan1e<l. Brn.r1ley. The name see1ns to ha:re been nppliecl to places in Englancl nt a compurath-ely early date; hut fron1 ,Yhnt so,u·ee they sprung is not n.scertnined. A.t the present tin1e there are in England a nun1her of townships ,vhieh bear the na1ne in Cheshire, Linroln­shirP~ I)erhyshire. Sontha1npton, ancl Sta:ffortlshire-1

,\·hieh is nhont the· largest-, containing three thousand three hn1H.1recl and se\·entY-six. acres . ..

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There are also Great and Small Bradley parishes in Suffolk, and Lo,ver and -Upper, or Bradley .Both, in Kildwick, Yorkshire.

John Bradley was Bishop of Shaftesbury in 1539. In 1578 Alexander Bradlev resided in the see of Dur-.,

ham, and about the san1e year Cuthbertus Bradley ,vas curate of Barnarde Castle.

Thomas Bradley, was Doctor in I)ivinity and chaplain to King Charles the :B"'irst, after\,-ard l)rebencl in the Cat.hecll'al Church of York, and rector of .... -\..ck,,~orth in Countv Ebor . .,

His son, Savile, "·as :Fellow· of )lngdalene College in Oxfo1·cl, and another son~ Thon1as. a 1nerehant in , .... ir-­g1n1a. Abon t this time the 11ersecu tions in :Eng land led many to emigrate to .An1erira~ and this Pn1igration ~o increased that a ta.x ,vas leYie<l on all those ,vho left the country; but this, instead of decreasing the num­ber of en1igrants led many to slip.a \vny by 8tealth, and thus leave no record of their d_epnrture. · .... -\.n1ong the original lists of emigrants, religions exi.les, etr., a nun1-ber of Bradleys are- mentioned as 1u1Ying en1barkecl for _A .. merica. These lists of course are very hnperfect. and there. n.re still n1any unpublished doeu1n':'nts. \\-hich, ,vhen brought before the pub1ir. n1ay hµl_p ~o ·n1end the broken links in many fa1nily hhitorieY,. .·

There are several diBtinrt hranr hes of thc- Tlracllev .. iau1ilv in the l~nitecl States, the founder~ of "'·hirh .. cn1ne fron1 England, an<l "-erfl. pel'hnps. descended fron1 a <'0m1non unce8tor, as the sarne nan1es are often repeated.

The ·• HaYt1rhill ., branr-h ,va8 folUH.1?t1 by Daniel Bracllev, vv'110 ·was born in 101 fi in En~lnnd. and en1ne

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to this eountry in the ship · · Elizaheth. · · fl'otn London, . lG 0 -1n i.J•>-

I-Ie n1arried, ).f:iy 21. 1on2, }fary. tlanght~r of John \\Tillia1nf-, of I-L.t\"(-'l'hill. \Yht-:>1\·: he 1•, .. ~itlP(l ~ w:ls kilh .. (l

by the Indians, .A.ug. 13, 1689. He had seven children, t\VO of ,vhom,· '~Ia.ry a.nd Hannah were killed by the Indians, 1Iarch 15, 1697.

There ,Yas also a Peter Bradley, a mariner, who lived at X P-"\,9 London in 1654. He married a.nd had children .

Ji.,rancis Bradlev \Vas the founder of the '' Fairfield .. branch.~, He 1narried Ruth, daughter of John Barlow, by ,vho1n he had six ch~ldren. . He die~ the latter part of 1639.

Then there is the '' North Haven branch,'' which ,vas founded by Isaac Bradley, whose descendants are numerous and vridespread.-History of the Bradlee ~arnily, by Saniuel Bradlee Doggett.

In the early part of the seventeenth century there resided in the market .town of Bingley'! i~ the \Vest Riding of Yorkshire, England, a family by the name of Br-adley. ,,~hat his Christian nam_e, or occupation ,,-as, has uot been detern1ined. \Ve know, however, that he '"'as twice married. By his first wife he had one son ntuned ,,Tilliam, and b"y. his second wife one daughter and four sons named respectively, Ellen, Danie-l, ,Joshua, Nathan and Stephen. "\Villiam, it is said, ,vas a staunch dissenter and an officer in Crom­,ve11" s army. He e1nigrated to America in 1643 or '44 and joined the :Ne\v Ilaven Colony.

}learing of-his father~s lleath a year or two later, he sent for his step-m~ther and her children, the one cln ngh ter and four sons named above. They doubt­le~s ar.repted the invitation to emigrate to .. A.merica in1n1ediately-, for \Ve soon find them all living under \\,.illia1n·s (~tU'P., in Xe,v Ha.ven, where they continued to reshle till the younger members of the family attained to 111anhootl. .A.bout this time Daniel was ac<'ident:lll , .. <lro,Ynetl. Thi8 sad event oe-curl'ed in Dec.,

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1l:>3.3. Joshua \Yas 1na.rriecl in Ne\.v Haven, and there onP ~on. na1necl .To~hnn. ,ya.shorn Dec. 3L 1665. Ko

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further trace of this family has been disco-rered. Pos­sibly they removed; but 1nore probably the fa.n1ily became extinct.

Nathan and Stephen, the t\-vp yo1:1ngest, remoYed to G·uilford, Ct. ,vhen quite young, ancl- there they con­tinued to reside during the remainder of their lire~. They testified in court, in (]·nilford. as appears hy Guilford Records, in 1H,18 : then Xatbau ,vas twenty year~ old, a1id Stephen sixteen. They 1n·ohably be~ ca1ne ritizens of (fni]forLl that. yt'nr. 01\ 1wrha1):;. the year preYions.

'fhl:lir n1other subsequently nutrried ancl sptth~cl in G·uilfortl, ,vhere she died in January, lu~B.

· The follo"ring sketch. taken fro1n p Barher':-; lli:-.to• rical Collections of Connecti('.nt, · · urny inh:•rest t lH~ rPader.

·u Mr. Xathnn Bra,Hey, ·who wa!-; quite u, hnnt~r. wa~_tlw tirst whifl.' pN~on who discovered the sou.1·ce- of HumhiouassN Hin•t', whir~1 11l"igi• uiltes in •a pond still caHed X11thau's p·1:>nu. :\fr. Brndlt•~- lin•d t<1 an advanced age, and it. is said he killed se,·e1·11l hn1uli·•~tl ,leL'l' whih~ l1t· 1·~sided in this town [~ia\disou]. lu the winter Beuson, lwa1·~. w11l\'l_. ... , n111l other wi.ld a11huah; \Von Id l'esort to d11! "iP-.t•cunst in crm:-idcl'ulil<· IHHHl,r•t·~.

l\Ir. BradlP-y in his old nge went to :See ll ·frieiul ,·dm lh·<'cl ah<,ut a 1uih• northerly from the present rne~ting house _iu ~la,iison. On h1~ wa~·. lit' wa.s met l>y n bea1· aud her clt.l>~. lie t>11dt•11.v;11·1•tl tu l'i1l1_. rciunil ltl'I'.

but, as he moved, the !Jent· mo,·(:!Cl; wh~n h~ stopp~d, ~hL· Ktc,pp1.•1l a111l pn•:;ented au uu1ln.unted front. nnd ~et-'mell dl:'tt:>t'llliue1l to 1.1pp11se hi.; t'urthet' tH'ogres~. Mt·. Bt·t\tllt.•~- ,,·1\s nuligetl tt• turn lmck, 1rn,l lil'i11.:; i:-,11mi:-whnt cltilclit;h i.n hi8 old ag·e, :-shl'd Tt:~n~. that .lw wh,1 hnd ldll1·1i ~-' many of the~c crentut·e::1 i:;houhl ht• obltg;-ed Ht ln!-it to tarn hi.-- lme . .;, 1tpun

one of th~m.

•• 1t i~ rt·cor<lt!d t.hat Xatlrn.n Hrn1\it>y with lio,·. Lt'~tc~ .n111l 11\lu·1·s

bought the tmn:iship nf Eust Unil(11nl, 110w :'-liu\i:-:11n, pf l~arn:-:., rlw lndh.m 8achem. On. thtlt rH:c1i:;;io11 tht;y to11k 1lim11:1· 11H tL rnck ll<•tll' l11t.' plac:e wht:"l't? an ohl i;l'ist-tnill now !::ittllllls, on tlll' liauk of tht.! lfou111111111L:s-­

'.,;l!t HiYPI", ~bout (11,1.•-thirtl of a mil!.1 t'rnm wh~rt< 1111.· ;-;.hon• Lhw HaH­rnatl t'\'t"1s:-.a:>:i the l'i-,·e1·. :SAthan B1·nllit•~- 1:a1\'t•d hi:-,; iuitiub 1q111H tl11•

ruck, and thl· piaci.• hn\'illg t·L'tllltillt•d in th1· family. rite l'1.1t:k Lw-.. lw,.- .. 1

pn•:--1•rY1•1l with t\1P initinl~ ◄ "l'\l ••fnll~· k~·1,r 1·l 1'i\ll a nil \"r,•c• frn11t 1110~:--."

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,,,..nuan1 Bradley "·as the head of the '' New· Ha,~en t,

hranrh·~ of the Bradley family. He married Alice Pritchard Feb. 18~ 164n. ancl fro1n this· union \\"RS born four sons nnd four daughters. So1ne of his descen­dants teached di~tinetion in 11nblic life, a.ncl many of his ,Yide:,preacl })O~tt:irit-y a.re no,v eminent bnsinP.ss 1nen. Stephen H.o"- Brn<lle~.,.~ L.L. ,n., and his son~ Tion. \ \Tillhnu C. l1rudl~y, ,Yel'e two of hi~ 1nost lli8,. tingui~htt<l cles(1entlants. The for1uer \Vas hot·n -~.,eb. 2ll, 17.1-:b! in Cheshh·t-\ Conn.· He griulnatecl at Yale Col­lt'ge in ,lnly, 177;\ antl beran1e captain of a co1npany of •· Cheshi1•p ,-olunteers·:- in the continental se1Th1 e in ,1 nnnnrY. 1770. In I>eeen1her of that vear he under-.. . ....

took otlu~r 111ili tary :,;e1Tiee ,vith the ranl( of acljntant ; nurl ~uon after. "·as nhl-cle-can1p to (}en. David ,,T'oos­tPl\ a11<l ,n1~ pr~~Pnt. "·hen that general ,vu~ :,;lain at. l)nnbnry in ... \pril. 1777. In 1778 he ~erv-etl as .con1-· "J11i:-;sa1·y. and in the snn1n:1er of 1779 as n1ajor at Ne,v IlnYt-111. Conn. In the ·1neantime lie had pnrsnec1 the ~t1Hly nf l~n,· under Ta1)pin Reeve; the distinguished instrncto1· Ht Litehtield. Conn~ His first _nppe~1ranee in ·,- e1'n1ont ,,·a~ at,.\\ .. eHt1ninster, lia.y 26, li70, ,vhen ]u.1 \\·as adn,itt(~cl to t.hP. bar of the Snpel'ior Conl't of that -~tatP. ancl ,nu-, appointe{l it.➔ clerk. His atten~ tion 1nnst haY.e turned at onee. to the rontroYersy of . ~

·rPr1nnnt ,vith.the three adjoining States, since he \,-as appointt><l on thP 22d of Oct. as one of the agents to })l'P:~H~nt the ens~ to Congress~ and. his , •. A.ppenl · - \Yas

\\Ti ttt.-ln pl'e,·ious to T)ecen1ber of the. sn.1ne yen.r. In Ft~h.~ l 7~o he attended u1,on Congre~s in his capacity a~ a~f~nt. bnt lhe ·<•a:-;e was deferred. In June~ 1780 he

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wa:-; appointt-•Ll ~tat~/s .A.ttorney for Cnn1berla.nd l'ouury : u11Ll. in St.•1>ten1bt~r he again attended Congre:-5s i1t l·1t'haU ul'. \-ennuut. and nnitecl ,~;ith Ira .,,..\.llen in nut king a \·jµ:, >tolls 1•pn1on:.;t1·nne~ at that, tin1e against the ('IJHl'!";t·• tilkP1l with \rPl'Illont. Frorn hiH firs1i Rt=t-ttlP-

ment in : the State in 1779 until he retired from the United States Senate in 1813-a period of thirty-four years-Mr. Bradley ,vas almost constantly employed in public service, and for about half of that time in offices that interfered ,vith his professional hnsiness. He represented \Vestminster in the General Assenibly in 1780, 1781, 1784~ 1785, 17~8, 1790 and 1800. He ,vns Clerk of the House in 1779, and in 1785 its Speaker. ~'rom December~ 1781 to 1Iarch, 1791 he ,vas Register of Probate for ,vindhan1 county_; in 1783 a Judge of the County Conrt; ancl in 1788 a Judge of the Snpre1ne Court. He was one of the ~on1n1issioners appointed in October, 1789 to settle the controversy ,vith X tnv . York, and a delegate in the State Convention of 1791 11thieh adopted the Constitution of the l'nited Stutes. On the admission of ·v· ermont to the "Gnion in 1791, 1Ir. Bradley was elected the first l~nited States ~.enator

"' for the eastern side oi the State1 holding that office until March, 1795. · He 1v-as· again and still again elected to the same office, holdip.g fron1 11-arc h 1801 to 1813. His early services · to the State in the contro­v-ersy for independence, ,vere e1ninent1y useful ancl entitle_ him to lasting and gra tefnl ren1en1branre\ but h_e 1nost highly honored it hi his ~bility and reputation as a Senator. He 1·eceived · fiye elections as President of the Senate ·; the third office in the G-overn1nen t, highest in rank. He was President of the Convention of Republican members of Congress, and us such, tJ an­uary 10, 1808, he summoned the Uon,·ent1on of n1en1-bers w"11ich 1net and non1inatecl :\Ir. 11adi~on a: Presi. dent. He clid this apparent] yon his o,,·n respon~ihility, and hence offence was taken by nu1n Y n1en1bers-nota-.. .. bly by the New York Delegation, only one of who111 attended. X evertheless the noniination thns 1nacle ,vas confinnetl by the country. ~lr. Bradley ·was at that tin1e the leading 11epulJliean ~-enator 11·0111 ~ ew Eng-

land, but he ,Yas opposed to ,var ,vith Great B1~itian, and earnestly counselecl )Iaclison against it. " So dis­satisfied,"' said B. H. Ilall,-doubtless.on-the.authority of the late Hon. ,, ... n1. C. Bradlev-'' did 1-Ir. Bradlev

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becon1e ,vith the National Policy of this })eriod, that, on the 4th of ~Iarr.h. 18_13 at the close of his Co~gress­ioual labt>rs, he ,vitllclrew· altogether fron1 pn blic lite, deter1ninecl, sinre he ,Yas unable to p1;eYent a needles8 ,var, not to continue in any position ,vhere he. ,Yonkl he· subjf:)ctecl to the ruhunnies and odium of a major~ty fron1 ,vhom he dissented.~, * * -* Senator" Brn<llev has been described bv those "-ho kne,v hin1 .. . ... ,vell~ "as a hnYyer of clistingnishetl abilities, and a good orator.'' ~- Fe,Y m~n have more conipnnionable talents. a greater share of social cheerfulness, a n1ore inexhaustible fl.o\\T of ,vit, or a larger portion of nnaf­fer.tec.l urbanity:' .A .. 1nuch later ,Yriter, n. son-in-la"'" of 1fr. Bradley, said: '' I-Ie ~;as distinguished for political sagacity,_ a 1--endy· ,vit, boundless stores of nneedotes, ·a. large acquaintance "Ti~h mankind, and an extensh-e range of historical kno\l\-,.ledge."

It is evident, not only fro1n hono~s conferred upon )Ir. Brnc1ley by the Senate.· but also fron1 the part he took in business and debates of that pody, that he ranked n1nong its artiYe nnd influential n1embers. The journals of the Senate shcnv- that he ,, .. as placed npon <·01nmitte.es to ,,·hich the n1ost in1portant and delicate questions ,1tere referred. * * * .A.n hn­portant ser,·ire ,vas rendered by 1ir. Bradley in 180B, ~ls a n1en1her of the co1nn1ittee on a proposal of amencl-1nent to the Constitution as to the mode of electing President and \~ice-President~ he having been the author of that part of the existing Constitution vd1ich reqniretl that the ·rice-President, like the President, ~hall bt::1 c:ho~en by n n1njol'ity of the electoral votes.

~Ir. Br~ulley resi<1ed in\ \,..1:::-;t111inster until 1818, ,vhen

he removed to the neighboring ,yillage of ,, ... alpole, X. H., "where he lived in ease, independence arid honor, until he took his willing and not painful departure with the cheerful expression oi a mind at peace ,Yith itself, _\\ith the ,,torld, and ·with hea,ren.', He died Deee~ber 9th, 1830.-Taken front- (-l-o·vernor and Council, Vol. II, P. 200, Hon. E. 1:,. 1v·azton, editor.

Hon. "\Y1ll~am C. Bradley. son of Stephen Ro,Y and ~ferah ( .... .\.twater) Braclley, ,,·as born a.t ,, ... est1ninster., , ... t., 1Iarch 23, 1 i82.

He ·was a precocious child ; he began to ,vrite poetry at six years of age; published his first 11rose ,vork. at t,,el ,·e .

... -\.t nine he had read the Bible through seven tbnes : ,vas fitted for college at eleYen, ·and entered \~nle at thirteen. He ,vas ex1)elled fro1n co1leg~ auring th~~ ~arly part of his course, on account of so111e n1i~ehief "·hich he always said -he never J)erpeh·ntecl,. although. he frankly confessed he '' ha.cl _done nndeteete<l n1is­chief enough to deserve censure~ u

Nothing daunted.at. the clisa.ppoint1nent he hnd 1n~t. and the cold treatI11ent ,v-hich he receiYetl at hi!; father·~ lu~nd, he 1·esolved to becon1e _the_ lenrnecl nutn whieh the college had 1•efusedto make hiln. lle enterc-'1 upon the stndv of la.\v at ... .\..mllerst, l\Iass .. ·with JuL1g·e Silneon

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Strong ; and after the appoint1nent of ~Ir. Gtl'ong to the office of Judge of the Supren1e Court. he 1·etnrne1.l to his father's office, ·where, by his distinguished ta1c1nt and zealous application, he acq~uired n large 1·,~no,\·11.

.A.t the age of seventeen, he "·ns appoilltetl to de1i\·pr n Fourth of July oration at ,Ye~tn1in:"°'tt1r. ·whirh wa:--; follovted by an ode ,vhieh he had con1posetl. rrhe Sll('­cess of this effort contain~d so1ne 1n·eulonitio11 of th,· ·fntnl'e greatness of the n1nn.

lle ,vas :.uln1itt1:1<l to the bar at thP a!.rt~ of 20. and • t__ •

ha Ying heen 1·ef n:-:Ptl l)Pl'lll j:,{~ion tn Jll'~H·r i <'P in r he--, ~n"

pren1e Court on account of his youth, so great ,vas the respect he hacl ,,~on for his talents, that he ·was appoint­eel by the Legislature ... -\..ttorney for \V"indham Cot1nty, vd1ich secured hin1 access to the Supre1ne Court. This office he held for seYen years. .....:\.t 24, he representetl his natiYe town in the Stn.te J..,egislatnre (18Of1 anll lSOi); at 30, ,vas a n1e1nht:1r of the Council, anll at a~, ,vns a l'epresentn.tive to Congre:-:;s. · ..:\.fter the expiration of the tin1e for ,Yhich he ,Yas ele.eted, at the elo:;se of the \Yar of 1812. he ,vas nppointecl agent of the "Cnited States, nncler the treaty· of G·hent., for fixing the North­eastern Boundary. This ,vork. lasted five vears~ and ... .. .

,,·as ,regarded by him as the great se1Tice of his life. IIe "-ns after,Yarc.l elected to Congress. for tw·o ter1ns (182:-3-27), ,vhich serYiee substantially closed his public career. He ·was, lH>\\:--ever, a memb?.r of the State Legis­lature in 18~'50, antl Presidential elector in 1856, easting flu~ ,·ate of his State· for John C. Freu1ont, and ,vns tt

1ne1nber of. the State Constitutional Conv·ention the fo11o,Ying year. ..... .,

1Ir. Bradley, during 1nost of his career, was a Den1-oerat in politirs-. Ile entered upon his politica.l career <luring that brilliant era of ,,.,.. ebster, Clay a.nd Calhoun, the like of ,Yhich "·e hnYe not seen since, ·and probably nen:r shall ogain. In the b1·ight constellation of tha.t political 1ir1nan1ent he shone a conspicuous star. Ile "·as a n1an of large talent and great learning. He pos­sessed a ,vontlPrfnl 1uen1ory, accompanied ,vith rare con\·ersational 1)0,vers. flis capacious mind seen1ed an inexhnnstihle ref-3e1Toir of learning, wit and ,visdom, ,Yhirh poured forth in full torrent from his po-werfnl, yet n1elot1ion8 Yoice, that ·would hold the delighted hea1·er~ entranced for hours.

The l{pv. Plin \T TT. , Y hite sa v-s of him : " It is not . ~

too n1ne h to ~ay. all things eonsidered, that he Wils the .~·1e:.1tt.-':it 11Hlll ,~ er1nont lta::, yet 1n·odt1Ped. ,, ... illinn1s 1uay

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-have equalled him as a la w·yer, Colla mer as a rea~oner, Phelps as an -orator, and irarsh 1nay be his peer in multifarious learning,· but neither of the1n, nor any other Vermonter, living or dead, "·ho has con1e to 1ny knowledge, has been at once hnvyer, logician, orator and scholar to so en1inent a d~grer. I-le inhel'itPcl all his father~s strength o.f 111intl, and acl(lell to it. the n1ost 1iheral culture ,vhich books anl1 the hest soeiety eonlu • offer. H

1Ir. ,,.,.. ebster said of him, that he hnd onfl of the greatest n1inds in ·the country .

... -\..s a spec.-in1en of )fr. Brn.clley1 s orn to1·ical c-01.npo.~i­tion, ,\we give the cloi;ing passage of his enlog·y upon-1'1r. V\T ebster:

'"There may l>e those, who,1«,Joking to former opposition,mav think that, notwithstandh1g our fritmdly relations in 1wiv.ate~ I hn,·e already ~aid u,o much. To such I answer9 that. ~ld as I aui. wlwn my ht>tU't l,ecnm,~::,; too

contl'acted to swell at the manift:>&tation of talent, worth antl greutut'::-1~,

may it c~nse to beat ~ \\' ~re I, being in u. :-;t1;.te. of safety, t;l look upou t lw lion roaming in his native haunts, and to_bt-hold his firm and rt>gal trt•iul, the majesty of his conutenance, hi'; lai·ge, calm eye lilied with tht1 ex­pression of conscious powtir, how cnuld I withl10ld my mlmirntion '! l f he \\""llS .aftenvards set-n l>~- mt! breaking out of hound~, nnd bCntkring dp-.;­

olation and misery al,roucl, should I lH.' focon~htent in <lt-clnriug rn~· abhorence ~ But wl1en the shaft of tht- 1Hght~· Huntf:>t' liml lnitl him 1°'"'. dead, prostrate before mt>, aud 1 look.t'd upou l is gn•1\t nn<l- unbll-\ proportions. and the. 8ymmetry of lib~ illnkl:'-, I m11st fe(•l that he waH

indetd creatl'd mor.nrch uf the for1::,.t. :::;c,> hu::; it, llt:'\'C'r lwen pt•t·tuittp1(

me to c~ase admiring and Lt'uing witnt>i,s t1J the gn•ut thing::; of lhtu11:,l \VeusteT, ancl if it cn.u sootl1e his mighty l:1-pidt tu lmn~ t\ po:iticul tul,-t.-1-sary twiue the cypress rotmd his tonil,. I fL·(~Ply nti1•r mys1.·lf tl) l;1•ar his meruory- n :ribute which I tru~t \\ ill l.1~ 1th;;o in uni::;on with tlw f1.~t•li1q.!~ 1,r the whole HousE'." * ·:!- * * * * -;-:•

1Ir. Bradley has ,,Tit.ten nu1ehpoetry that has nPY<)l' been 1>nblished. IIis office i::; th~ repo.;itoty uf a lnl'g-t .. tolleetion of nuu1nse1·ipt:,;; ant1 d(H'llllLPnt~. lPft not oniy ln- ltinn:;elt bur h\· lib fath~r. C~t1llel'ul BnHllt~\·. an<l 1,,.

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his ·rather-in-law. thP I-lun. ~inrk Hil·inti·tl~.

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From these abundant materials an extensive biog­raphy of the Bradleys is in contemplation, and will constitute a valuable contribution to the historv of .. ,:--e1mont, as ,vell as to America.n literature.

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The follo\\~ing poem ,v~s found in a ~atch v.1hich )Ir. Bradley ·wo1·e for many years, ''"'ritten in a beautiful and clear hand, but exceedingly minute : .

'' Little monitor ! by -t.hee Let me learn wltat 1 should be, Learu the rou11d of life to fill, t: st>fnl nnd progre.ssi ve still. Thou canst gentle hints impartt How to r£>gnlate the heart., \.V-hPn I wind thee up at night, ~lark each fault, nnd set thee right, Let me search my_. bosom too. And my d8:i1)' thoue;-hts review; Xor be easv when I find . . Lntent error~ rise to view, Till u.11 ue regular and true."

}fr. Bradley diecl ,vhere he was born, at the Bradley n1ansion in,, ... eshuinster, in 186'.7 ; aged 85. The journ­als of the State all })Onrecl their tributes over his bier. Some of these n1av be fonncl recorded in Tn}; DnrBLJ;; .. ..

HIST~)RY OF ''"'"J_;:ST~II:X~TER, \'T. ....\..BBY l\-f .A Rf A HI-:~il1':X­

,v-A y. Editor. To this history the ·writer_ is indebteti for the abov·e sketch of "\Villium C. Bradle·v, s life. The his-

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tory rontains a picture of l\ir. Bradley, and a1so one of his father. General Bradlev. . ~

\\~hat is known a1nong Genealogists a.s the ·• G·uil­ford branches·· of the Bradley family, originat~d "~ith :Nathan 'anc.1 .ste11hen Bradley. Both married~ had children, and lived to good olcl age. Their descend­ants are verv nun1erons. and are scattered far and vdde . .. ..:-\. fe"·. ho,ve,¥er, reside in the old1 historic· to,vn of Guilford anll i.ts vicinity, ancl, like their a,neestors, are intellig·ent and honored citizt=ins.

Stephen Bradley, as pre,-ionsly stated·, waR hoi·n in England in 1642. He·"-as not ni'ore than three or four years of age Vt"hen his mother and her r hildren lancled at N e,v Haven. There he resided 1-1nder his hal fa­brother , Y"illhun ·scare. twe-lYe or thil'teen vears. ,vhen. , .. .

in the r·ear 1058 he beea1ne a per1nanent citizen of G-nilforcl, \Yhere he obtained distinction in the 1nilitury line. 'rhe Records of that tow·n speak of hi1n us sur­eesRhrely sergeant-, lieutenant nn<l en11tain-titles whi('h in those davs ,\-el'e n1nrk.~ of honorn ble di::,tinc-

•· tion. In 1U8U he. ,Yas appointed ns n n1~1nber of a co1n-1nittee to negotiate for the settlen1ent of ~01nt:1 l'°enl or ._

1n·etended elahns. m~.ule by certain Inllinn~. to nn intt.~r.-1:--t

in the land~ of the plantation \Yhieh the~ CDnlpany ha(l p1n·eha:-;el.l in 16:-30. Ile ·was chosen a. Deputy of 1l1v~

town to the General Conrt of the Colon~ .. for tiftet->!l cons2,cuti--re tern18 ( 16D2-17dl. l

One .of his descendants. ...'."tbralunn Bl'ndleY. bcirn - . . . . Feh. 21, 170i, ,-ras 1st Assi~tant P. )I. Hen.Pl'a 1. Ile was rqlpointt-d by I'. :\l. (feneral Thnothy Pil'kel'ing in 170;2~ and re1uoved bv- Jnelu;on·s rnl1ninistrntion in

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lF-:20. Hi!:> brother. l)r. PhinPa:-; E1·adlt:lY w:~:-:-i fu1· . n1nn y YPn1·;-; 2d .A.ssista nt P. ).1. Ullll(~l'i.ll. Thi~ line of .. ~

tli.e-·' (i-nilforll branrh ·~ nu1nhe1·~ 1nunv tln1i1Lt-1nt 1uen. L

In the ·following genen1oµ.-ic·a1 tal,}e n1ay 1w fc.11111ll the nn1nes of Ethan lJtaclh-•y·~ <.h--:~e~1Hh1nt:-i, anc1. so L:r

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a~ n;-;c'(:'l'tainahle, dates of births antl <1eat !is of :--an1P.

in~ an,·e~t1·y iH a l:-io µ:i n:~n. 1 )~H·!.~ to { 'aptn:n ~ tt>i)h(·.I; \ Bradle\' ( h. 10-l2. ) · Follu\Yin~ tlu .... 1:,l):1:1. th1:-~ r.·atL· r . ' wi1i tin< l 1 n·il--'t l >iouTa nhiea l. noti->:--. ~ 11T~llH!.v<l llHLlt-ir the

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hea<l of appendi.x in :,,;neh a ,vay a:-; to h.• ,·a~ily !"P-

f1-'l'l'P<l to.

GENEALOGY .

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GUILFORD, Ot.

STEPHEX BRADLl~Y~ TI. 1642 ~ D. JiTXE 20, 1702. Ilannah S1nith h. ~ d. )IarY Leete, b. : d. ;J uile 20. 1701.

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1~-l:-Iannah, h. Sept. 1, 1004; m. David.Bishop~ d. 1)ec. lfj, 1002. ·

2 .-Sarah. b. Feb. 14, 1066 ; d. Oct. 7, 1667. H.-STFPHJ-".:X, H. OCT. 1. 1668 ; :'if. GAR.All "\\.,. .AUD ~ n.

1702. --1:.-DanieL h. Ort. 21, 16i0 ~ cl. Jnne 27, 170!1. ~,.-Elizaheth, b. De('. 31, 1071 ; m. Isaac C+ris,Yold ~

l O ·t .. )- 1..,,_),.) (. (.. __ ,,_,,)_. .

fi.--:- • .\hrahnn1_, h. ~lay lfi, 1674;. n1. ,Jane Lean1-inp:: d .• \..l)l'il 20. li:21.

i .-. ~al'ah. b. _ Oct. 17, 167U ~ 1n. Thonu1:-; Gris,Yo]d ~ tl.

Chihln~n nll hy fir~t n1arriagP.

No. 3, GUILFORD, Ct,

~tt\phen }Jnu1l~y, ( h. Oct. 1 ~ 1 of-18.) 8ntah "\ , ... anl, b. :X ov. 1J. 16i4. ~.-.Toseph, h .. Attg. -!, 1694 ~ cl .... -11,ril 3, 1712. U.-STEPIIE:S-, B .• \c·c~. J. lGHO ~ ~r. ~Ti•:)fI:\L\ COB.\-

\ Y E LL : n. , J l. XE l fi ~ 1 782. 10.-J>aniel. b. Ih:•C'. ~2. 10U8 ~ <.l. voung.

... ··-·11.-.J ohn. h. ·x(n·. 7~ 1700; 111. 1-Ier('y Prt:lneh: ll.

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No, 9, GUILFORD, Ot.

Stephen Bradley, (b .... -\..ug. 5, 1696.) Je1nima Cornwell, b ; d. Jan. 10, 1787.

1.2.-JOSEPII, B. JrxE 24, 1720; JI. SIBYL iI}:H.:i~ ; D. 1809.

13.-Freelove, b. NOY. 30, 1722 ; 1n. Thomas "\Y"ilcox ; d. Jan. 11, 1817. ·

14.-Esther, b. No-v. 2) 1724; m. Noah Scr~nton; d. . 1792.

15.-Clotilda, b. Ort. 13~ 172U. 16. -.Stephen, b. Jan. 12, 1729 ; 111. Ruth ~I eig-s ; d.

,J nly 81, 1803. 17.-Lois, b. 1'Iarch 3, 1731 ~ 1n. Job Buel]. l8.-;Benja.1nin, b. l\fay 2, 178B ; cl. in the French , Yar

1756, at Charlesto-wn, N. H .. lD.-~fimothy, b. July 25, 173~1; m. Esther Ship1nan ~

d. Sept. 8, 1806. 20.-Zenas, b. Feb. 12, 1789 ~ d. in the French ,,Tai-

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i7o6. · · 21.-Zimri, b. }fay 9, 1741 ~ m. l{uth Ilill ~ cl._ Sept.

. 28, 1821. 22.-Eber, h. 1'.lai 10, 1748.

No, 12, GUILFORD Ot. and· SUNDERLAND, Vt,

Joseph Bradley, (h. J nne 24, ·1720. f

Siby 1 1feigs, b. April 2fi, 1720. 23.-Sibyl, bitptized }.farrh 2U. 17-!t1 ~ 111. IIooker :X or­

ton ~ cl. 11a v 4, 180fl. ...

24.-~Iiles~ baptized I~eh. 0, 17-li: 1n. Thankful !-Iogebootn: cl. 1817 .

25.-LE.lllTEL,HAPTIZED FEn.720.17'10: )I. 1:-:;T.LrcY BA-K:En, 2:xu 11EHCY ,, ... ~-\~lIB{'HX ~ D. l)Ec. lL 1800.

2G.-Ilannah~ baptized ,Jan. 18, 17J2; n1. ,John \rhit,~. 27.-Lois. hap. Oct. 27. l 7f>--1 ~ n1. ,Jonathan I-Ioyt. 2S.-(}ilhP1-t .. 1mp. SPpt. D. 17~'1fi: 111. ~\nna ),fpj_~.!,'s.

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2D.-l1enj~nnin~ hap. Sept .. 11, 1760; m. Sally Brown­son ; l1 .. A.ug. 2, 1847.

30.-Zenas~ hap. Sept. 21, 1762 ; me_rchant in N e,v York Citv: tlate of death unkno,vn. .. .

81.-Thnothy~ hap. Dec. 23, 1764: cl. iiarch 10, 181fi.

No. 25; BURLINGTON and SUNDERLAND, Vt. . .

Len1 nel Bradley~ \ ba1). }..,eh. 26, 1750.) Lncv Baker . .. )[f.'rrv· "\Vashhurn.

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32.-ETlL\X, n. 1770 ~ )L Cunr~TI.AXA ,,.,..oon; D.

)IA n. 24, 1~-15. B~l.-liarriP.tt, h .. April o, 1786; m. Luther Loon1is;

a. 18t~. :-J4.-01h-e-~ h. 17R7 ~ cl Der. 25, 1809. i1;1.-)In1·ia, b .... .\.ug. · 7, 1790. :UL-ITarry~ b. }lnr. 23, 1798; cl. April 7, 1857. :·l7.-Len1nel, h. ,lan. 11, 1796 ; m. ;lH.-.Tohn, h. )Iny 10, 1800; m-. !Iiranda Chittenden:

cl. Xov. 11, 180G. ThP st-1rond \\·if P "·as n1other to all the children ex­

('1-1pt }:thnn.

No, 32, SUNDERLAND, Vt.

Cln·isti~11u1 \y· ood. h. 1778 ; cl. Jan. 10, 1846. ao.-Elizn, h. : 111. Lyman ~Iattison ; d. 40.-Frauklin~. :\L 1) .. h. Oct. 18, 1709; m. , ... ersn.

·Fisk. 21ul ~-nrnh Cook~ cl. Dec. 18, 1882. ti 1.-<+ilhPrt. h. Oet. 28, 1801; 1n . .A.lntena 1lattison~

:2n,1 11ary Loc:kwood ~ d. 1Iay 9, 1881. •k°:2.---\\"illian1. h. 1~04 ~ 111. Sylvin, 1fattison; cl. Dec.

~t:L--l1ar1•iptr. 1). 1 ~-!~.

44.-Collins, b. ,Jan. 19~ 1~00; n1. JnliP.tte \\ .. hite. 4ri.-Olive, h. Oct. 12, 1810; 111. ,, ... 111. Bae-kn~. -:lntl

Ba111abus No1ton. ·

..f-0. -::\[aria, h. ,lune ll ), l~e~ ~ 111. \ ,~ 111. 13aeku::: : <.l. Sept. H, 1888. ..:\.fter her death )Ii-. · Bnck.n~ n1nri-ietl Olive Bradlt1:r.

47.-Len1nel. h. )far. 2~~ lfllR: 1n. Lanrn- -,,·a1·11t~r. 2nd <3-rn.ee . .:\ .. ~kinne-r.

-l~.-Snsan. ·nie!.l in infnlll'\". "

No. 39, PONTIAC. Mich,

Eliza RrndlPy . . L,~uu1.n ~Ia ttison .

• ;>< ,.~Brn Ytont 1> • ...-\ no:. 1, 1 ~~:?t. . ......

n1.-J~racllt-1Y, h. l◄\1h. 2K 1~~-t • ~1~.-Franklin~ b. :Xfa Y 1-t 1K:2H.-,.

,>H.-1◄,ranc~Ps I~ .. h. F~h. 11. 1 ~2~. ,1-t-.f nnP. 1 i. ,l lllH1 1-t 18:n.

No. 40, PATRIOT.· Ind.

F1·anklin ]~rnclleY. "'..\[. n.-. n,. O,·t. 1~. 1--;u:,. I I

\rt>-l'Stl Ph;k. 1st. ~arnh Coo~L 2nt1.

~.->.-~t~11hPn, only <·hiltl 1,y lil· .... t \\"ii'•. -(· ·1, l 1· 1 ,r .... ·1 ~·' ' • l 1. - ._ l'a n ( 111. >. _ a\' , . , . .- ... . . )7.--l 1011111:--. h .. \ll.!.!.'. "27. 10-l-l ~ tl. ~day -l. l~~~L

;i~.-} f P.Hl'>ll, h .. \ !t ~-- D. 1.~ 1.l . • ~~~I.---Co1·t1i-'il11:-.. h. ~u\· .• l, J....; ... Vi·. rn ,_ -1~ Ht-1 l <; .. h. O<·t .. -.. 1 N.~.).

lil.-lh.1lP11. b. l>::l'. lfi. lt,;:-~~): 111. Tho-.;_ ll(n\"i11·1l. (i·2.-----">.lun..r~u·t-1trt ... !) .. 1nh~ .i. 1s-1-:i: 111. .1nl1n 1I11ff,>1·•L

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!i:L---l-'1·:!111·~~:-,;,_h .• J:111. 111. 1:-:.-,1,: Ill.\\~. IL 'lll}~-;_

1 i--t-. ---11 ( 1 r r ii , . : \ _ ( k r. I :'.1. 1 ~ .~i '! : 1 n . ( ; 1 , 11 L.!.', , \', . , '"h: ,I cl .

No. 41, SUNDER~ANDj Vt.

G·ilhert Bra<l]Py. (h. Oct. 28, 1801). . .Almena 1Iatth,on. b. Oct. 18~ 1807 ; cl . .T nne 1 o, lRBO. :::\JarY Lo<1kwnod. h . .Tnlv 12, 1810: d .• Tan. 1- lti7:~. ·· . ...

0.i.-Fran<-t:1~ )I.. h. Sept. 14, 1827.

fH1.--Jnne E ... b .. JnlY 22. 1~80 ~ m. Isnar G. Johnson. ~

07 .---IIe]t-111 :\L. h. ~;oY. O. 1831; d .. A.pril 2~, 1871. li;~.-t ~ ilh::1rt "\ \" .. b. Oct. 17, 18H0 ~ 111. Laura Hill. rm.-.-\h:~c:·nn )L. h. )Inreh lH, 1844 ~ tu. Con·ris Par-

kPr ~ tl. :\fav 20. 1Rrnt . ... '

71l.-1ferhert X._ h. )Iay 0. 1846; m. i~:nrgaret E. Dl'n•lht'a,l.

·71.--.Tohn C .• h .. -\pril 10~ 18'18; n1. Fannie A.I. Baker. ~o. o~. on. 70 ancl 71 by second ,vife.

Ne. 42.

\\-illinni B1·tH1lt~Y. tb. 1804.) •

~,-1 vin :'.\Iatti:;on . •

,:?. -- \ Y tu·n~u. h. 1 ~Hl : 111.' .T nne S. Hohnes. 7;,t ... __ ( H1ht--rt. f). l~~J(j: lll. Lur-y '\\ ... ilson; <1. SPpt. 1R8fL 7-L--U~01'f!P~ h. 1 ~:J~. i .i . - \ \' i ll i.: 11 ll • h. 1 ~-+ 1.

Nr. 44, ROMEO. Mich,

Collin~ l!1·,HHPy .. th. ,Tan. 10, 1808.) fl nlit-1ttt~ \ \ .. hitP:. b .. 1 an. 11, 1811 ; cl. ,June 10, 188~.

;n. --ll elt:111. h. J:i., ,lh. 1 :4! 1B87 ; d. :Feb. 19, 1830. i,. -•-1L-1nr\· ,,r., h. ~Iar. 27. 1830 ; 111. ~lntionettt-. .

Linuinutnn. 1 ~t ~ ·Frances Cooper, 211<..L .. -;8.---Charh~s C .. h. ~ov. 21~ 18-!0; n1. Louisa Poice ..

1~t: ~al'ah .. \nn 'rhornpson, 2nd. '7:).-.\lii•:_• \L. b. Fr~h. 10. 10-t:G; 111. Lester L. Edson. ~1•.----F1·a\1('1•:-- IL. h .. lan. H. 'IH-1:-0 ~ 111. Sohn L. ColP.

No. 47, MARSHALL, Mich.

Lemuel Bradley, (b. l\far. 28, 1818.) Laura ,,Tarner, b. Dec. 9, 1819; d. June 27, 1873. ({race A. Skinner.

81.-1Ioriah, b. June 5, 1843 ; d. Sept. 28! 1848. ~"2.-Inez~ b. June 18, 184l5; 1n. Thos. "\V'right. H:·3.-Caroline, b. April 6, 1847: m. George N. Gill. 84.~Lemnel ,·v., b. Feb. 28, 1849 ; d .. A.ng. 28, 1850. t-1.1.-Charles, b ... A.pril lB~ 1855. RH.-... \nnie I.J., h. Oct. 24~ 1.858 ~ 111. Lucius F. Page. 87.-Florence. .A .. , b .. A.ng-. 26, 1877. 88.-Laura .A .. , h .... -\.ng. 26, 1882. Xo. 87 and 88 hv- 8econcl wife . ...

No. 57, CRAWFORD Oo,, Ind.

Collins Bradley, (b. Ang. 27, 1841.)" 89.-Stephen, b. 90.-.Rose, b. 91.-.Jasper, b. 02.-Nettie, b. 03.-.A .. nuie, b. 04.-0mer, b. (). ~ C!a11n}l l) , •). - i.:Jc; u ~ l •

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. ~ 1865. 1866. , 1R6R. , 1.870. , 1R72.

~ 1874. 101'9!'6" , . 0' .

No, 581 PATRIOT, Ind,

I-Ien1on Bradley, th. Ang. 9~ 184!1.) 9U.-Lemuel, b. , 18i0. 97.-Har, .. ey, b. , 1874. 9~.-Yalera~ b.

No. 59, OEDAR, Iowa.

Cornelius. ( b. X o,~. 1847.} OH.-

100.-B~njn111in. h. 1 ~82.

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No. 60, PATRIOT, Ind.

Buel G. Bradley, (b. Oct. 5, 1855.) 101.-1Iaud, b. ~ 1878. 102.-Pearl, h. , 1883.

No. 61, CEDAR, Iowa.

Helen Bradley, (b. Dec. 16, 1839.) Thomas llo\Yard.

108.-0liver, b. 1Iav, 1860. ' M

104.-Rose, b. Oct. , 1867. 100.-,.John, b. , 1R09. 100.-,,Tillia1n. (deceased).

No, 62, PATRIOT, Ind.

?\Iargarette Bradley, (b. J nly t5, 1843) . . John Hufford.

lll7.-Eln1er. b. , 1864. 108.-Cornelins, b. , 1866. 100.-0senr, b. , 1870. 110 __ ,, ... alter, h. , 1872. 111.-8nrah\ h , 1877. 11"2.-... \liee~ h. , 187H.

· .,. ... , · 11 · l 1 ° .,,. ... 11,>. -t-te ... 1. ). • ('li.i:'.'.. Ponr othPr~. nll <l~rensed.

No. 63. GOSHEN, Ind,

Frnnctl~ Brndley. ( h .. Jan. 10, lSoO). \,... H ~,· ·) . . ~)l111S.

114.-Sac1ie. h. 1Iar. 2n. 1879; d. Nov. 5, 1888. 11;'}.-Robert. b . .Ang. 1::3, 1R81 : d. Nov. 2, 1888. 11 CT. --:\far,~. uh .. f'ea~ed").

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No. 64. PATRIOT! Ind.

lIPttit:A Bra.tllt~Y. 1 h. O<•t". lI'>. 1 R12 ). . ~ .

(-ieol'µ:P x~ 1 whol<l.

117.-Edna., h. 118.-Clifford~ b.

, 1ssa. ~ 1885.

No, 66, SPUYTBN DOY VIL, N. Y.

Jane E. Bradley, (b. July 22, 1830). Isaac G. ,Johnson.

119.-Elias 1iI., b. June 28, 18tff5; 111. Edith Lyon. 12(,.-Isaae B., h. Sept. 16, 18.:')7 ~ m. E1n1na U. Lonns­

hnry.

121.-G-ilheTt H., b. XoY. 24, 1858; n1. :\lay Lillian Shnrloek.

122.-. .:\.rthur G-., b. Jan. 9, 1802. 12H.-,J an1es ,, .... , b. )lay 9. 1808.

No. 68, MANCHESTER DEPOT1 Vt.

C+ilbert ,, .... Bracllev. ( b. 0<:'t. 17, 183ff 1. ~ . .

Laura .A .. Hill.

124.-Harry S., h. ~""eh. o, 18G,"5-~ cl. Of"t. IG .. 1867.

12n.-.Jennie, b. Feb. 20, 18GR. 12(L-Ro1ney H. ~ b. Sept. lG. 1S7;J.

1-.. )- \ L l ' ,. 9'.l 11.J - 0 · _,.-.. :.-~nnn .. , ) .... --i.nb. -•->, .c,,l'i. ·

No. 69, WEST RUPERT, Vt,

.A.ln1ena )I. Brad.iev. 1b. ).Jnr. 18. 18-!-!i . .. Con ~:is Parker.

1-Jf-4 ( 1·11·1·1· fl: B t) Y1 lJ ->1 1~, .. -~l , - ... <. • -• • • J. , [' e . . ~ • l: ') I •

120.-~.\ linenn. h. 1Iu Y 20. 18fH) : <l. ~hn· 1 :?. 1~72. ~ , .

No. 70, BOULDER, 0ol,

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180.-1InrY B.~ b .. June 12. 1886 . ...

131.-I-Ierb~rt X., Jr., b. Oct. 31, 1887.

No. 71, HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y.

,John C. Bradley. (h. _\.pril 19, 1Rfi8).

:Fannie 11. Rnker. l:i:2.-Helen 11.. h .. April 17, 1878.

1mt-Eclith S., h. Dec. a. 1879. 1:-34.-John I-I.~ h. ,J nne 2r,, 1882.

No. 72, DETROIT, Mich.

"\Varren BradleY~ (h. 18:-Jl). ~ ' .

iJane S. I-Iohnes.

l~J~1.-i\Inrion .A .. , h. )Iay 24, 1srj7; d. 1Ia.r. B, 1809. 1B0.-Edgar "\Y-.. h .... -\..pril 0, 18f59.

187.-Carri~ .A .. , b .. A.ng. 1863; n1. Francis Breaux.

No. 77, ROMEO, Mioh.

lf Pnr~- ,, .... l~raclley, (_h. irur. 27, 1839) .

. .Antionettt~ Linnin~·ton. <-

F1·an«·Ps Cooper. 1:18.-Ifntry C .. h ... .-\.pl'il lf1, 1872-hy 1st. wife.

No. 78, ROMEO, Mich.

Charlt~8 C. 13l'nc1ley, ( h. Xo\·. 21, 1840).

J..,011i~n Poif•p_ ~-~nn1h ,\nn Thon1pson.

j •.)n ...:., 1· l O -.1· .. ) 1 ~-1 ,n,.-, .. ,ll 1P~ ). < , ,.,.. •. (. I •

1-1t).-1la]h .. y. h. F\~h. 2L 187H: <1. ~Ppt. 24, 1873. •1 1 ·1 l◄,1••1111r 1, J•\Jl ~)R 1~4;-i -t" .-·- f \.. 11 ... , c • ,_l • __ l 4'"±.

No. 79, ROMEO, Mich.

.Alice M. Bradley, (b. Feb. 16, 1846).

Lester L. Edson. 142.-Zelda Seguin, b. Oct. 15, 1884.

143.-"\1 era }.:fodjeska, b. Sept. 18> 1886.

No. 80, ROMEO, Mich.

Frances H. Bradley, (b. Jan. 6, 1849). John L. Cole.

144. --Jessie B., b. ,Tan. 7, · 1s72.

APPENDIX~

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No. 12.

. ..-\.s Lieut. ,TosPph Bradley \Vas one of the first settlers of Snn<lel'land. ,~t., and lu~ or some of- his clescenclnnts 1nad~ it their place of l'esidence for n1ore than a century .. it 1nav he ,vell to insert a brief sketch of the tO\\'"Il. ,,

Sun<l~rla1ut a post to,vn, · of 2B, 040 acres, 6 n1iles-east of Xe,Y 1-ork hne .. ,Yas chartered lrily 30 .. 1 iGl. The first pet1nanent settlement, ho\,.:.ever, ,vnH not nuH1e till the spring of 1760. Then General G-ic.1eon l~1·0,n1~on. Col. Tin1otlly Bro,vnson, Lient. Joseph 131·;ulle\· and st1veral other:-; settled there. The to,vn .. ,\-a~ orµ:anb~t~tl in l 7HO. ,YhPn C+en. ·Brow·nson "·as elected 1il'st Ttn\·n Clr1rk, an<l Lieut. J1rndler~ Representntire to th~ til'~t Lt .. trislature. ~li.IHlerlan<l "·as for nuniv

\.. ... \"PHI'~ thP llnnu-~ of (fi:.anPral Ethan ~-\.llen and his hrotht-1r . l"i·n. both of w hont are \\·ell k.110\,-n to ev~l'V reader of . ~

~\nu~l'i('an histor\-. Tiu~ Yillng·~ i~ loea.tl-:'d in a Io1ur, . '-~ "' .. J1;J1To\\. \·all1:-1Y tlu·nn!..dl ,,·hirh 11.o,Ys th~ heautifnl Bat-

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tt->ttkill. ~111·rolitl(lPtl hy 111onntuin:-:; ever eovered ,vith ,•t.11• . .lut·t:1 µ_Tl-:'Pll. ,,·hi-le to the north~ ri:-.;ing high aho·n:~ its <·ontpanions an!l oYerlooking; the Ya.Hey, is }ft. Equinox, ,,·hich i:-; atln111·P(l hy all ,vho ever lived beneath it:-s ;--;hatlo\L In fa<·t ~nnclerland is a 1·on1antie to,vn; one 1, r t lt• •~P 1 \ ic t tu·t-~~:1 llP han1lets f'o1.· \,~hich X ature has done lllttc•l1. .

In 0111~ o[ the 1nost attracth~e places in all that fertile _ \-a l1Py, tp1•nli nn tP,l tht-1 long-. ,vea.riH01ne journey of

Lieut. Braclley ,vho, in the spring of 1770. left his natiYe to,vn of Guilford, where for three generntion:-; his an­cestors had been honored citizens, to establish a ho1ne for 11imself and fa1uily a1nong the C-¼reen 1'1onnta.ins. I-Ie- loeated near "·here the clepot n<nv stand~. on a farn1 oeeupied at the preBent tin1e hy .r nlins Hill, Esq. IlP. found the land coYerell ,vith a dense forest ,Yhieh soon ft:>ll, ho,YeYel\ heneath tht.• stnr<lY blows of the \Yoo(l-

- . . n1au· sax~. The woocls "-~re tillPd "~ith ga1ne and thP strean1s "·ith. trout. so ,ve ean lwl:en~ that the ernek. of )fr. BraC:lley· ~ rifle 1nnrk~·ll the fall of n1an ,- a- d1::1PL'.

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,dlile hi:-; table "·as often s1tpplieJ. "·ith ·· :-:;1)eeklPd h~antie~ ·· fl'on1 the Battenkill 01· it8 tribntarie~ .

. At the tin1e :l\Ir. Bradley 8ettlec.l inSun<lPrlancl that see­tion of country no,\- kno\\·11 a~ , ... ern1ont, hut knnwn nt

that tiine ns the S e,v Han1p:-:;hire (,-runts. "·ns uncle!' cli~­}Hltl~. The settler~ obtained their titles to thf' lancl f1·on1

(-roY. "\\~-ent,Yotth. of N~ H:~ hut (_-f~>Y. Cli1~ton_. of s·. ,~ __ elnhned ju1isdiction0Yer the stnne tertitory._ Their titles ·wPl'(:I Ya1i<t-anf1 eventnallY aekno,vledaed hY X (:lW. \" ork

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nn thorities, sti11 the settlers '\Yt_ll'e ~n hjP<'ted to µ:t'Ptl t annoyance for n1anv Years. ...::\. Xe,\- -r orkt1 l' \\-on lcl .. ... "-· .. Yb,it the G-rants: find n fertile fnr111. "·e11 PlPn1·~tl n1H.l niet>]Y eultirated; return to his ~tate: ~{:letlrt .. a <1Pt .. cl . . to the <•o,·eted propert~·. nnrl thPn~ under the p1·otl •(·-

tion of a 11o~He, s~t out for the purpo:-;ti of ou~tin~ thP oc·eupant. But the :-i~ttl~1·s hall band~<l the111~t~ln..i:-; together nndt:i1· that 1un11t:' "·]dell ~hall P.lHhn·t- :-;o lnn,u; n~ hi~torv :-:.hall hf.-l rt:1atL 1unn~}y : ·• T11 E thu-:Ex

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)Io r ~ T.AJ ~ Hu\'~:· a11rl tht-1\" wen .. H hn1 Y~ l'PH( l y tu •• t '

n1~et the intrn(l~1·s. ~Jany ~xciting; eon-Hi<·ts took 1lln<'P in nn<1 nenr Snntlerland. in w hiC'h T.,11-1u l. BnH llPv a 11< l ...

his sons took a ron~pit·non:-; 1 ,n 1·t.

Lir:'llt. Bl':H]]py \YUH n ])t..1]p~_!:ntP f1·01n ~lllHlPrland to . . the ( \n1,·tlntion hPld at 1>01·~-t ... t. Yt ... July :?-t l ,in. witl-'tl

hn:-dnt-•:--:-; of J.!.·1•, ... nt inipol'tHnc•p w:1~ rr:n1:..;;1<•r1•d. TIit• l'ul-

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lO\\·ing parngrapn taken from Goz-ernor ond Council 1 ... o1. ~ J:>. Li. signed b:v J Of;eph Bradley, Len1uel Bradley. Thon1as Chittenden. Seth \V. arner ancl others, "·ill sho,Y the feelings of the Delegates :

"\Ye, thr s11liscriher8, inhabitants of that District of Land commonly called nncl knnwn l•r the nmne of Xew Hampshire Graut.s, do v·oluntnr­Uy n111l Soli~muly En/!•'l.!'P. nudPr all the tie::, hel<l :-mered amnng~t \lnnkiwl at the Hisque of nnr lin•s niHl fot·tnne!4 to Defend, h~- arms, the rnitPCl ~tares rtgniu~t the Ho:-;tile attempts nf ·the Ill'itish FlePts and Armies, until the prP!:it>nt unhappy Cuutro,·er::-1,\· betwee11 the two l'ount.ries shaH Ul~ ::;ettled."

This resol ntion, n1n<le at a titne ·when ··r ermont ,vas rapping at th~ door of Congress for ad1nission into the 1-111011, an<l "-hen the authorities of Ne,v Yo1·k ·wel'e unjust and rrnPl in their _tren.trnent of the inhabitant~ of the X ew I-Iantpshire Grants, sho"·s n, spii-it of loyalty to .. A 1nt1riean Inclependenre for "~hich every true son of -,~ e1·n1ont ha~ ren:-4011 to feel proud. Pro111 the time of :\Ir. Bra<llP.y"s settlen1ent on the (+rants till long after tht-' l{eYolntion~ his nhi1ities a,s. a leader \Vere recog-11ize<l. I-IP ,Yas a 1nan of great eournge and unimpeach­tthle integrity. ,JrDl~E FnISBIJ~, Pre.isident qf' tile ll.11/la nd ('011 ut ~'/ lli8forical · Soci<:t1'/, savs of hin1: ' ~ ~

· • llt"' ,,·as a pron1inent 1nan in n, once important to,,.-11." IIP ,,·a:-, a n1en1her of the State Legislature in 1785 and. 1 .~o. besidP.~ being the tirst J~.ep1~eseritative chosen a fte1· the tu,Yn ,,·as organized. Ile ,vas a Delngnte to rhP following ConYt-1ntions: Dorset, July 24, 1776 ; I)ol'.--iPt. ~Ppt. 2~,. ~ 77B, ancl ,,Tinclsor, July _4, 1777. 1 It-:1 wa~ a 1nP.1nher of the Bourcl of ,,,.. ar in 1779, 1780, ttn<l 1,t41. .. .:\ta 1nPeting hel(l in ... .\.rlington, '/t., April n. 178n~ lH--' ,,·as eleeted \'ice-President of the Board.

Thi:-, ottiee, aer.ol'ding to y· er1nout Records, closed :\Ir. Bl'~Hlley·~ pnhlic eareer. lie continued to reside in SI u1cll.,1·lanrl ti 11 1 ~no, \\·hen ltP. pa~sed ~nvn.y-, a.gecl ]ll •:_11·1 r iJ1) YPtn·~.

No. 25.

Captain Lemuel Bradley wns a '· ehip of the old block." v.,.. ery little is kno,vn about his early life. Jie "·as horn in C+uilford, Conn., in 17JO~ nncl ·was. thel'e­fo1·P. ~ixtPPn v-enrs o1cl \Yhen his father settled in Snn-... derla11tl. In 1773 and O he ,,-as a re!':iillent of Bnrliugton, ,._.

·v t. ; for he "·as a Delegate fro1n that place to the Con-ventions hel<.1 in Dorset in .July anc.l Septen1be.r~ 1770. Ile snhseqnently retnrnetl to Sunderlantl. ~Ir. Bta.dley inheritell a 8ttonp; 1nilitary spiri.t--a spirit ,Yhi<~h hacl heen a n1nrked Phnraet~l'i~tie of hi::, progenito1~~ for 11u1ny gene1>t1tion~. The l{eet)rtls of ·\-e1·1nont 1·epeut­e<ll y :-;peak of hhn as lieutenant; ancl he aft~rwa1.·tl~ hecnme eaptain of' n eo1npany. The clay pl'eeeding thP fa1nous battle of l3Pnnington, fought .... -\.ng. 10, 1777, )Jr. Bra<llPy journeyed fron1 Snnderlnnd tu Bennin:!;ton. Ile luul a son, then only n bah(:I, "-hose nanu~ \\·a:,;. Ethan. na1ned nfte-r the olcl hero of Tieondero~n. (i.~n. Ethttn --\.lh~n. ,vho \\-as an intin1att~ frienl1 of \:_\q.>t. Bt,·H lle~·. Fearin~ to lea:re the child at honu• in the Yic·init\" of

~ . "·hieh Torrie~ were quitc.i nnnl!:ll'Ol.1:-;-and tlu.iy hore no ]oY<~ to the ]1l'acl1Pv:-.-h~ too\~. tht.1 littl1• • t'\lhn,· upon hi~ bnek and ::-,f'.•t (.>ttt f, n· the s<'t>UP of aetion.

Arrh·ing at Bennington lH~ phH'P.l l tht ... <'.hi hl in tht.i (~ar,• of ~Ir. Hobin~un· s fa1ui1 Y. an(l touk r•luu·!..!·1 ... of hi:--. (':HH-. . . l)any. l>uring- th,~ lmttle t\qit. Bl'adh·y·s eo1n1)~\HY {'apturell a <·annon front t lu~ 1il'ith,h. ThP1·e wa.:--l a ho1• . ..;~ • attnehecl to tltt:1 gun. but h::- \Yt.l:-i nnal>l1·_• tn <l1·a\,- it np a hill ". hie h the ~\. nH•th·an f 01·,•p:-. w~t·t~ a~1 ·r:'n, ling-. HP ,nt:-; itntnPdintt..1Ir :-::.hot. nrul t:tP 1t1t.·n <ll't-•,,· r~1,l <·annun into po~ition ·wh ... 1·f:k it clitl g:00tl :-il:"l'\'l('l! (lttl'in~- rht-1 rc•­tlla int1et· of tht-i c·on lii<·t.

:\lr. H1·,ull1:•Y \\·~,s 1·t-1111>\Yn:.1cl fu1· hb stl'en~ .. n h. t >n a . . 1·t•i-rn111 rn·<•n:-;ion a pt-•1·:-.:un whll hail~, n•1·:-- t:•xalr1-~d 1qiin-it1n 1>[ his own ah!liriP . ..; ;is i.l 1ig-hr1-•1·. d:·tt->l':lll1l-·'.l t(\ ~1d.l to hi:-; 1a111·,d:--: h,\· \,·llitq1it1~· c·~q1r. l\i•;1,l\1·>·· ~.:o <ll\;•d;i\·

he visited the Bradlev mansion "vhere he found the IJ.

Captain on the piazza. He macle kn~~rn his business, but of course ,vas not accommodated, at least in such _a "vay as he had anticipat~cl. .A . .t last his insulting language became so abusive tha.t patience ceased to he a virtue. Grasping a chair !Ir. B1·adley instantly ,vrenched a leg therefrom, and began to apply the same with considerable ra.piclity and force upon the ~ 'bully, s'' cranium. ,,Then the clrnm exercise ceased the attack­ing pa.rty ·withdrew·, feeling that he hacl met his match at last.

1Ir. Bra.dley possessed co~siclerabh~ property, and helieying that the land lying near the }.fississi1)pi River-then a vast ,vilde-1·ness-\voulcl sometime be Yery valuable, he purchn~ed a tract of ln.nd containing one hundred and t,venty-eight thou~and acres, a por­tion of ,vhat h kno,vn us the Carver claim. About the n1idc1le. of the eighteenth centnry~ Capt. Jonathan Car­ver pnrPhasecl nn in1mense territory fron1 the Na,vtlo\\~­esies (Sioux·) Indians, and Capt. Bradler purcha~ed the tract above 1nent-ioned 1ron1 the heirs of Capt. Car­Yer. For this he pnill Sixteen Hundred Dollars, and nPither he nor his hei-rM have recei vecl a dolln.r in r~­tnrn. The <leed given in- ])ecember, 1796, is in the }lO~!,ession of (i-ilbert ,, ..... Bradley, of l\Iilnchester Depot, ·\~t.: but it is of _ no Ya.lne except as a curiosity. The land ro,·ere-cl hy the deed is among the most Yn.lnable in the \\" est. and npon it are se1teral cities, including l\linneapolis and .St. Paul. The claim could not be establishe(l ~ been.u~e the Indians, fron1 ""horn the title \,·ns originally deriyecl. ""ere not consider-eel occupants any u1ort~ than th~ buffaloes. This 1nay be la,v, but it ee1'tainly h, not justice ... ·

No. 28.

The writt=-r has hearcl one of the oldest citizens of Sunderland say, that Lieut. Joseph Bradley had five

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or six ·sons in the Battle of Bennington. This tradi­tion· is undoubtedly tn1e, and yet the nam·es of two only can be given with certainty·; namely : Capt. Lem­uel B'radley, previously mentioned, and 1tfa.jor Gilbert Brndlev. ·

.A.t that time there resided ""'ith the Bradleys at Sun­derland a young Englishman -named Coburn, whose syn1pa:thies ·were v.ith the ... .\ n1ericans in their struggle for indep~ndence. He acco1npanied the ~Iajor to Ben­nington and pnrticipnted in the battle. ,\-rhile on th~ir "-a.y there ~Ir. Coburn said to his con1panion : \ ~ rf I 8honld fall in battle it is 1n Y d-esire· that vou should

~ . . rare. for my son '11.n1othy. '' [i[rs. Coburn ·was prohn-hlv dead, as Timothv ,vas only a chilcl.-,J. C. Bl.

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l)nring the conflict Bradley and Coburn ·were fi 6ht-ing ~ide by side, ,,·hen the lntter recei"recl a fatnl ,\·ound. The son., it is said, rerp.aip.ecl ,vitli the Brae.Heys untH he gi~e\V to manhood.

No. 32.

Etban Bra.dley, born-· 1770, in ·Snnderlund .. , .. t ... "·ns merchant and p~· ir. at Snndgate, ··rt. se.v~rnl yenrs._ He subsequently returned. to his untive to,Yn whete, like his father a.ncl grand~a thei\ he ·was eleetetl Itepre-sen tatiYe to the State .. A.SsPn1hlY.'. . . .,

Through the dishonesty oi an adn1inisti-ator his fnth .. er· s })roperty melted· away like snow on a s1i111n1er" s day, leaving only a small far1n-and a poor one, too­as l\Ir. Bradlev-"s share of the estate. i\Ir. Bradley di<l .. . . "'

1nurh prospecting _during his life for iron .. gold nnd silver. I-Ie believed great \Yenlth wns hid for hhn beneath

·-· the enrth · s snrfnce. and he \Ya~ right ; bnt it was hid :--o deep that he ne,·er found it. I-le s11ent 1nnch thue in cleYeloping a gold niine sitnatP<l on the Roaring Br·nn(·h in the southern part. of Sunderland. Thi~ 111ine ha:-1> ehnngecl hand:-; n~nin and agni.n fo1· ('()]1::-;i<lel'a tion:-. Yi.ll'\" -

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ing- -front ~2.UU to ~1 ucn.rn): tliP 1attPr pri<·t~ wa~ on<·~ p1ti<l for it by !-It>111·y ,·oir. 1uanng:Pr of tht> r·. ~- :\lint.

in Philadelphia. The mine subsequently reverted to the Bradley family, in ,vhose possession it no,v re111ains. Recent deYeloprnents have demonstrated that the rock in and about this n1ine cloes bear considerable gold and silver, and had it been systematically- ·worked years ago, beforf-': rich mines "' .. ere •ai~cov-ered .in the ,·Yest, it ,vould. doubtless have.proved a profitable.bnsiness.

A BOYISH PRANK. On a certain occasion it ,~:asacl1·ertised that n, verv rare - ...

aninuit cnllecl the ' 4 mnngeby, '' ,, .. ould he exljibite«l in Snnc1el'lnna. H, '\Yhat is a n1nngehy ?,.' . '"'·as a: qn(-:\stion ,vhich arose in n1nnv n mind, and one· ,,·hich .conlcl not be satisfactorily an~,vetecl. . Con~itlerable. i11terest·"-ai-; aroused. antl quite a larg~ nlnnherof people assen1h1ecl at the appointed tiine to vie,v the ·aniniaL. _ They \Yere ad1nitte<.l to a roon1 in the _.centre of i-\"'hich stood a eroelfery· el'ute filled with shavings, from· which pro­ceeded sneh l1illeons · noises that many. were·_ ·satisfied an ugly n1onstt;\r ,,·as before them. Qthers, ho,Yever~ · felt incredulous and sn,v it ·was'a.joke., .A. young nutn ap1)roaehed the r.rate, and commencecl poking into the shaYings ,Yith a stick to the great discomfort" of the •4' 111nngeby. ·• but he rontinned to· keep tll) an appear­anc~ by sending forth unearthly screa1ns. ~ro cap the

. .. . clin1ax the yonng 1nnn dropped a lighttd match among the shavings, ancl \\'"hen they were nicely burning,. ov~r­tnrnecl the c1·oekerj ... rrate, \vhen lo and behold the ,vonderful • • 1nangelly '' eame forth enveloped in flames~ to the great astonishn1ent of all present. It is said that before the fire "'ns ~xtingnished the ~' mange by,,, \Yho rn·oYetl to he a youth ,vell kno,vn in the con1mnnity, lost the greater rnut of his hair. The ro1npany dispersed feeling they hacl received the ,\·orth.of their money. ln this~ ho,veYer, the '· n1angehy '' did not conenr.

It i:, hardly necessary to give the na1ne of the perpe-trator of this joke.

Ethan 13radley died and· is buried in Sunderland.

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No, 40.

Franklin B'.radley, :Of. D., Graclnated from the Cas­tleton Medical School, Castleton, , ... t., in 1R22) second in his cluss. He settled at Highgate Springs, \rt., ,:r her~ he commencecl the practice of medicine. He suhseqnen~ly removed to Patriot, Indiana, and there he ren1_ained till the close of his ltf P..

No. 41.

G·ilhertBradley -2nc1, born 1801, ,va.s obliged to shift for hin1self quite early in life. ...lbout the year lSUJ he entered the. e1nploy of 1Ir. Hai·nion, ,who ,vas a 1ner­ehant in Burlington~ ,vhere he 1·en1ainecl nearly fonr v~ars. Ha-ring snved SeYentv-five. Dollars fron1 his .. ' \.... . ...,, ·•· . .

n1fngre salary he returned to Suriclerland and opened n. store for hiniself.. For nearlv fortv vears he was the

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h~~H.1ing- n1erehant there. \Yhen.1Ir. Braclley_ 1\~tnrnPtl hon1e from Burlington he ·walkecl as far as. Dors~t .be­cause he.did not feel ahle to take the stage; but when he reac he.d that 11l~re his feet hacl becon1e so ·-rery sore that he indulged in theJuxn1·y- of. a rille to the end of his journey,_ ahont · ten 1uiles. _ 1\f r. Bratller ~\·ns a Rtraightforwa.rd~· honest~ hu~~i1f.SS 1nan ~ anLl by t'losP. E~eonoinv and keen bnsiness tact h~ sncceeded in tlStah-

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Jisning a thrh.,i:rtg ~rude. I-It1 1,i·oYitl~<l ,·pry lihern 1ly for a large fan1ilr~ ancl nl~o arcnn1ulated a snng for­tnnf. In early 1nanhood irr. l3radley ,vas not- strong. anll he was ~nbjPet to hen101Thag~s for seY~l;al ·yea1·s: bnt he seen1eLl to outgro,,· this_ so that in the latter part. of hh-1 life he enjo~?ed n.nn8lli.tlly gooLl hea.ltlt for· a _"per­Ho·n of his nge. lie ,vas sick only a few· aays p,l'PYions to hh; cleath, and then he was not eon:-,itlereLl tlanger­ousl v ili nntil n few hours before he died. On thP. . .

1norninu: of )Inv Dth . .l~t41. h was notieea thn t he (~onkl l ~ ~ . .

l h·~ on],. a ft'·w ho1u·:.-:; : hi~ hrea thin~ hPea1n~ sho1·tpr I • . c__ .

i!lld ~110J"teI· aut"il uhont i ;\. JI.. 1Yhen his h1:-1nrt c·eased . i-u l><:1 n.t and his lHtha~ fqthrob. ..:\11 this oeetnTed with-

out a struggle or a groan. . He departed this life as {'almly as a child falls asleep. His remains.were interred in the old cemetery at Suno.er~and, __ ~here five genera­tions of Braclleys have been laid away to rest.

No. 44.

Collins Bradley w·n.s horn in Sundetland, Jan. 19. 1808. He Jived ,vith his father till li3 years of.age~ and then he aceepted. a J)osition as clerk in his brother (1ilbert' s store, ,Yhere he remained six yea.rs or until he was 19 years old. Then he went to Sandgate " ... here his father then lived, ancl attended .school for· a· few 1non,ths. 11r_. Bradley then ",.ent to -i).;nbtrrn,- N-. Y. ancl began the manufacture of buttons, and ~snbse­quently engaged in the ·mercantile busiilef-'s ~_but each of· these en terp1·ises ,vere unsuceessf uL · He then . en­tered the employ of P. & C. Hayden, w·ho were exten­sive dealers in sacldlery hard\\Tare; .an establish1nent "·hieh eYentuallv became one of the···most extensive

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,v~st of .. A.lhanv. He remained· ·with the Havdens. in ~ . ~ .

... .\.ub,u·n about five·vears. Abottt -that time I-Ion. \V. ~ .

H. 8e,,-ard receh .. ecl the appointment · o.f agent Qf the. Chautauqua County Land· Oifice, located at ,v· estti:eld, N. Y. · 1Ir. Sew·i1rd had several clerks, but he wtis in need of a cashier and general · book--keep·er. · .A.cting upon the adYice- of .A .. D. Leonard.~ Esq., proprietor of the . ..-\.uhtn·n Flonr ilills, Mr. Bradley w·as selected as a :,uitable uuu1 for the position. He left ... -\uburn .-\..ug. !J, 18H6 fol' ,,,. estfield, and on his arrival _there imm·e­diatP.ly took charg~ of the office. 'fhere he ren1aine.d t\nJ \·ears when 1fr. Se,va.rd ,vas elected Govern.or of .,

~ e,v l ork. ...\fter leaving the Land Office in 1838 he \,·ent to Coln1nbns, l >hio. as clerk for ~Ir. P. Hayden, ,vho had extended his business to that city. ·.After se1Ting t,v·o years in that position 1Ir. Hayden took hin1 to Cincinnati to open and manage a store while he lH'OPPed.ed to X P,,- Or1Pnns. 1Ir. Bradley secured so

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many customers that it frightened other 1nerr.hants who were engaged in the same business, so ,vhen 1Ir. · Hayden returned from the South they boughthiinont.. Mr. Bradley expresses it thus : " ,, .... e ,vent to Cincin­nati with a boat loa.d of goods, and retnrned "·ith a stage· load of money.'' Soon after their return to Columbus it 1nts decided to· establish a business in Detroit, 1fich. 1Ir. Hayden ·was to furnish· the capi­tal~ go to .New York and n1n.ke )I1·. Bradley"s credit as good as his O\\"U, and give hin1 half of the profits and a salary of $50O.0D per a.nnnn1.. EYery thing "~as a.1·­ranged as agreed nncl he ,:ve~1t to Detroit. The city then contained less than 10,000 inhabitants~ bnt it grew very rapidly.· In t,vo years· tin1~ :Oir. Bradler·s rash sales averaged :§100.0n per c1ar.· His h1:1nlth fail~tt ho"°'"el .. er, so that in six :vears after settling· in I>etroit . ~

he was 9.bliged to sell. )1is. interest in the· hnsines~. In the n1eantime he had.:clen.red se'r·eral tho1.1sand dolla1·s with which he :purchased. a fnrni in· Brnc-e, l\Iaeo1Hb Countv, ~lich. There- he ·resided t,Yentv-seYen Y~~n·s-

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"Then h~ ren10Yed to t.l'ie villa~e of Ron1eo~ 1'lieh .. \\·here . <..;

he no,v resid..es far ad Ya.need in life. loYed hy the t1ntire ronimunitv in ,~~hirh he d:,,·t,a>lls..· ·

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Le1nnel Bradley, born 1hn·ch 2~. lRlH. yonng;-l:;,t ~nn of Ethan ancl Christiana· (,Yood. 1 Br:.Hllev-. ,va~ l'P.i.ll'Ptl

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a.1nid the gre~n hills of. ,-e1·n1out. in th~ ohl hi~t(H'l<' tol,nl of Sunderland. ...:\ t the age of ~le\·pn hP PUtPl'(~< l the e~nploy of. his hrotlier Gilbert \\·ht~L·e hP re~.~eh·~ll his first lessons in the 1nert"antile bu!--in.es~. \ YhPn tw1.-1l \"P

vears of age he entered • • Burr & Bnrton ~enrinm·v · · at ~ ~ . . . l\iianchester, ,~t.~ whel'e he ~pent one yenr. JI~ tht->n accepted a posttion ·with 11r. OrYis. a. n1erchnnt at 1Inn­chester~ ,vith whon1 he 1•p1unined ll ~hort tinH"' on l\·.

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again employed by his brother Gilbert till the y~ar 1837. That he "Tas at that time a proficient sales~an there ean be no doubt ; for subsequently,'h~ was offered one-third interest in hjs brother's business as an indnce-111e!1 t to return. This offer was considered, but for some reason ,vas not accepted.- __ .In 1837 he. JD.arried 1\Iiss Lanl'a. \"\""arner and went. to l\tfich~ -__ T~ey .settled in Kalan1azoo ConntY .. ,v-hieh was then ·a '\\"ilderness sparsely inhabited. "'.-i. cabin· was erected, and ltfr. Bradley commenced clearing land in the. ,,Test as his ancestors had done in the East. Playing. the violin, ho,v-ever, ,vas far more cong~nial to . his ta~te· than cleari;ng land, and a standing joke of· ~li~t community is that. he vtould sit upon a log- 3:nd ''fiddle" while·t;h.e sq1-Urrels ate l1is corn. I~ 1840 Mr;. B:radley was in­duced to go to Auburn, N~ Y . .- to take _charge-. of- a hard ware store o·wned -by Peter Haydpn.:._one of the brothers "vith ·whom Collins l3radley was -intimately associated many years. He remai-ned·with-Mr. Hayden t,Yo -veurs ,vhen the ,vestern fever was the second time

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C'Ontrarted.~ and as a _result he again ~i,nt."\Vest., ·settling in 1-lnrsha1l, Calhoun County, Mich., then a- place of a bout 1500 inhabitants, but now ~ city-of.-· consld~rable in1portance. 'rhere he purchased a store and engaged in the <1oneh ancl_ saddlery hardware business .which was continued five y~ars, then a large, three.:.story, brick hniltling ,\·as erer.ted on one of the best corners in the eity. .And there--if yon don't" call too ·-·early _in the n1orning-the subject of this sketch may be found dis­l)f'nsing general n1erchandise to customers of many years· standing.

)Ir. Bradley is nn ex_ceptio!!ally fine musician, and hus attnined an enviable reputat~on as a violinist. \Yhen quite young he o,v·ned a violin of his own con­struction ,,~ hich he prized very highly ; but his mother

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lieved tlle · ',·fiddle~' to be an instrument associated ·with the '' powers: of darkness,'~ and consequently forbade her son to use it. Nevertheless his loYe for music was so ··strong that secluded retreats were often sought by him for the p111·pose of practicing, anc.l the result "'ATas he became a fine violinist, and has made his Yiolin a constant con1panion thus far in life .

..,-\n ,aged citizen of Sunderland has frequently enter­tained the ·writer ,vith amusingin_cid.ents ,vl1i<·h occurre,l in the early life of lir. Brallley. and as ,ve nre making 1nentionof his n1nsical talents we shall venture to inse1·t . .

the follo,ving one :

On a certain orcnsiou a 1na.n ,yit.h a _bagpipe pn~8e<l. through Sunderland, and th.~ plaintiYe 11otes or -his instrlunent soon ca1led together· u la~ge number .. of young people, and of course Lem. Bradley ·was among them. His cnriositv -,vas -. arot1sed~ and although to

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eonstruet ~uch ari instr1.urient baffled his-_ingenuity~ 11e deterrrnned to n1ake or proenre ;:t snb~t.itnte._ ... -\. fe,v da.ys afterwards Eben (,-rayeR, Esq., nearneighho1· to the Bradleys-, had his attention atti"uctecl by a noise ~on1e­"~hat resembling that produced by a.-.ha.gpii)e, proeeecling­fro1n the Yicinity of the Bradley resi_dence. Looking up he sa,v '' 1,em·' ~ mal'rhing ronnd ~nclronnd his- father's residence "·ith a lofty, military stet1. holdiug ser.nrelr underneath his arm an 1111ns1ulllv large.cat, which ,,·a:::;

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serving at the tin1e as hugpi1>e. By gently (1) pin<"hing the caf s tail the desired notes wel'e produ('e:l.. an.l as the pressure lll)on t-lle raf s--extremity \YUS vnried hy. that artistir hand, exqnisite harn1ony t n such n:-; f"pw pt1-r­sons can fully appreciate, tloated fol'th upon the ~nn1-ip.er air. .A .. t the tin1e 1Ir. G-rn,Te~ fii·st sa,v his youn~ friend he \Vas P.Xecnting a, tr passnge in a ·(n~ll known opera. ,, .... e ad1nit that thi:; \Yas an excellent imiti1tion of a bagpip(:-l~ still we ha,·p lH .. ,·e1· ht->HI'll that the l>t'l'­

fornutuep ,,·us n~p~n terl.

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1Ir. Bradlev is considered the best musical critic .,

in Calhoun County, and his kno,vledge of musical matters is unexcellec.l by iew if any persons in the State of l\Iichigan .

. A .. fe\v years after the death of his first ·wife, lfr. Bradley n1arriecl l\Iiss Grace .L!\.. Skinner, an accom­l)lished English ln.cly. They haYe tw·o d_aughtets, one of ",-horn bids fair to become u. 1n nsician of ,vorld-,vide l'eputation. 'rhe chilclr~.!l- by his first ,vife, all of ,vho1n are n1entioned in the genen1ogical table, possess musi-cal abilitv- of a high order. ·

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~Ir. Brn.cllev has ah-'"·av8 been an active business man. ~ I ~ . .

and by his tact has sncceeded ,Yhere others ,voulcl ha\·e ., .

fail~d.' It is needless, perhaps, to sa,y.· ~hat his b_Hsi-ness has proved ren1nnerative, enabling- him to lh ... P. in eon1fort, surrounded hy_a large clrcle of acquaintanees and friends. . .

No. 67 ..

Ilelen :\I. Brallley. horn Nov. fl,' 1Em1, 'was n ·refined; Chrbtian: won1an ,videly· kllo\vn · ·and greatly lo,·ed . ..:\fter passing tlu·ough a comn1on school she entP.~·ell the Young Ladie:~tCollegiate Institute, Pittsfiel:i,. ).In.s~~ in 1851, ,,.there she ·1ook. a full course, gratlltating ,vith honor. ...-\. fter her gracluatio1t .she· return~d- to Sundei· 1nntl, ,·t., ,v·herP. s.hP took 111) the profession. of tea.rh­ing. a, calling f<ir wyhieh Hhe· ,vas e~pecially adapted. In \\·hate\--f:ll' connnunity she labored he1· · ·winning ,va)~H ~oon 1utule for hPr a large eii"e le of friends, ,\ .. ho neYer Pea!-;ed to adn1ire those lor-ing qualities so prominent. anrl yet 80 uneonseionsly displayed in her erery day life. 1Iiss Bl'nd.ley possessed musical abilities of a high order~ ~he ,vn.s a skillful performer on the piano, a.ntl her ,n~ll-trained voiee \vas remal'kahly S\veet. She ,va:s a fl'iend to the pool', and for n1any yea.rs \Vas int€'rested in the 1-I<HYarcl ).fis~ion. in X ~,v York Cit\T. an institn-... '

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tion which shared her 1Jra.yer8, her ~ynq>a.t.hie~ aud ~11

far as resources permittecl~ lier financial support .. Still. this life which had proved a blessing to so n1any c·nnH~ to a sndden termination. In t.he · full str~nµ;th of ,_

\vomanhood she was stricken ,i..·ith 11neu1nonia. ,vhich in spite of medical skill and the tender care of kin<l friends, rlosed her earthly car~er. But f0r thfa; changP she ,n\s fully prepared, anc.l · firmly trusting in Hin1 ,vho had heen her nenrest and dearest eon1panion t hronµ:h li~e, ~he passecl peacef nlly tnva y. .At h~1· fnneral the n1our1H:'l'S nuu1hered ne:.u·h· :lll thP. inhahi-... tants of tlu-• co1nn1ttnitv in \,·hich she lired: for thP • young. th~ 1niddle aged antl the uged,: of e,·t~1·y elns~, felt that in her departure they -had-· lo~t a. friencl tl'ue and. nohl~. and so thev gathered fron1 fnr an<l. n<:1nr to

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11ny their last trihnte of re~per.t to one· whrn.:.P 1ife had he~n nn f"xa1nple ,vorthr of in1itation.

· The follo\ving essay, ,v-r.i.tten hy- ~Ji::i:; Bl':.ull,e~~ .. nhout the thue she graduated in I'ittsfieid, follow~·d l>y a ])0en1, the thought of "·hir-h "~as sngge.:-;tell to • het· 111ind _by Secretary St.ant-on·s.request. n1ade dttring tht-1 lntP \\~ar~ that on a eel.'tain dnv~ nt 12 o'eloek. t}H-1

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rhaplains of different ·regiJnents _eng:ugP __ in p1·aytir. to G·od, ,\·ill not onlv gire the reade1· son1e iden of her

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ahility as a ·writer of hoth pl'ose and poc1tr~~. hut ,,-ill n lso sho\\T the fi.rn1ness of h~r fl'iend~hiI) to,Ynrd ron1pan. ions. hPr hnplieit .faith in tlH~ Snpl'PlllP BPingi. a1ul Iti~l' intflllsf-' l0Yt1- for thf-' l~nion: · .

GOING HOME.

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· \ I a1n going hon1e ! ,,~hat a ,vorld of inexpressihle I

n1nsic in those· little ,vorcls !. ,vhat matv·elous_ po'rveu <lo they possess !-a po-\ver to touch ns if by magic th~ n1ost delicately strung chor~ls of the soul, causing thent to vibrate. nucl send forth the purest, tenderest~ and s\Yeetest harrnony, to which angels might love to listen.

~. But whv.? _-.\.h. it ·was there the sunshine of our .. . existenre: ,Yas passed 1nicT' st the.dew drops of love, and hloon1ing tlo,vers of. childish innocence ancl joy : no­\\-here as here does nature pour forth ·front fountain. tree nnd tlo\ver Hneh thrillhig melody to blencl ,vith that gushing fron1, our hearts. ·

~ .. "Tis here \,emay safely anchor our frail bark.s; after hn\"i.ng been toR:-ied frcnn port to port upon the hillO\\'Y' <wt-1an of lif~. lt is here ,ve nu1v find its n1irrorecl snr-...

t'a('P <·ahn anll SP.I'f-lll~. reflecting naught hnt heantifnl i111,HrP:---. 1-f P.r(-:& tto,v{-lr~ are fairer: sk.if-s are hh1er ~ . l\p1•~ 1H.1a1·ts are trnel' an<l lo\·e is purPr.

·--·~(·hool 1nat~s. \\~e nrP going hon1P. Son1P or n8 to gay <·ity hon1r1:-;: other~ to the enjoyment of 1nor~ quiet s<·t-tnr1~.-nonf:-A the lt:ss happy ho,,·ever. .A.s for 1ny own. h.idaen far np in one of the n1ost secret niches of ~1 heautif1tl 111onntain~ I ,vo1tld exchange it for none 1 ,tht-11· in tlH .. wi,h:•, \Yi<lP \n·,rl<1. lt \Vas thPrP I re(•eive<l

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a dying mother's part~ng blessing. There ·we la.id her to rest long years since, beneath the cold clods of .the valley, where summer breezes sigh mournful req1-iiems o-,,·er her mouldering dust. N o,Y I see 'a silYer lining to that, then dark cloud.' I see that this brightest link in the chain of affection, "~as clra,\·n up to Hea.-r<-111~ to le:.id n1~ to look uboYe..

• ~ Dear Classmates, \Ye are going ho~1e. Now· hear yon not ~ad strains stealing forth ancl blending ,vith the ::nn:')et n1elody, which biddeth the ,Yarn1 tear dro1) to ::;turt 1 for it speaketh of parting. It telleth us that onr ha11py bancl is i:.,o_on to he bi·oken,. prohn hly neYer on earth to be reunited. ~ o more ,vill these halls re­sound to 01.u·. foot.-fall as ·we has_ten to and fro in pu1·­snit of the one great objer-C-_ krio,Yledg~-·whieh hath so honnd our l1earts that nought but dirge 11ote~ 110,v co1ne forth to s,vell the strain of· ~artinµ:. Sist<..11•s. a~ :we breathe the sad fnre,vell, be this: oui.· n1ost-. fe1-rt1nt prayP.t\ that '"e 1nay have a hlesse_d reunion in I-Iea\·en .

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-~ Dear Teachers, ,ve- are going hon1t1. To Yon \\·ho . . • , •• , ,._ . , L

,,·ith sueh skillful hnnd lu1.Ye un1oeketl to us the n1v~-. ' . ..

terions fonntnin of. Science-to you ,vho ~o long l1IH.i so kindly ha ,~e borne wjth, our fra~lties. ,vhat ~hall- h•.:' our la~t 1ne~sage to you~ ,vho1n ·we lov.e so_ dearl~· ?_ ·· I1ulPed ,,-ords enn hut faintly express the gratitude. neithP.r the !:-Ol'l'O\Y ,ve feel nt parting with yon. Bnt n1ay ,ve n_ot as ,ve offer the pal'ting hand .. nnd bestow rhe part• ing kiss~ vthisper the pl'ayer that riseth fron1 the 1nu·e::-;t and deepe~t reee~~~s of our hearr~. and t-1·en1~>1P.tb apon on1· li ps--(ifHl grant thn t wt-l n1ny lHPPt in 11Pa rP11. • •

Hink '. tht! 1\ntlH•m:s nf pl'ah-,1~ from t 111lum\,ia·:-- :-ihort->,

Fill tht.• blm• dnmt' of ht•a,·t•n ,tll 1ht• with· worl1l 11\q•,

Til I tlH.! 1~c-hm•:::. ~u·t•_e:rnght Ii,\' ::;1•r:q,lii-s on hig._J1.

\Yl1n tllt'il g-nhll-'n linrp~ ~\\·l--'11 p with tb" c:liarml'll 11wlod~--

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So the hour of noon tolleth millions to prayer

For mercies unnumbered and God's tender care:

To plead with Him still, throngh the tempest to guide,

Till we anchor in safety beyond perirs tide.

Aud stout hearts, that quailed not at death's cold starti,

Are trembling like a.spens, at the accents of prayer.

Invoking Heaven's blessings on homes_ they have left.

"\Vhere fond heal'ts are brnaking, of loved one~ bereft.

In thm,e brigl1t homes of childbood1 ah, well do they kno,v.

There is heard, lamentation, and mourning, and woe ;

\Vhe:re angels are lingering 'mid zephyrs oi prayer

~hveetest incense of love, up to Heaven to bear.

Ah, manly eyes weep for Io,:ed comrades who fell

\Yhen the hail storm of deatlL around them did swellt

Oh, tlre death del,,•s are gathered on many a brow·

,Yht•1·e f-he 111.urels in triumph would glory to bow-.

~upplieA.tion1:-, 0 < iod, are rising to Thee

Fa·om milhous of henrt.s 011 laud and _on sea ;

~o earnest, so hea1•tfelt, so pure and so trlle,

Tluit thy ln\·in~ rP-sponRP- they will su.rely woo.

Tht• ,,•inclow:; of Hen nm, \,·ill sure open wiclP,

Till thF- Lle=-,~ings of ( ri1<l tlmv down like a. tide,

For He saith, H Bring ye iu all yonr tithes till I pro,rn

How bonndless m,· fayors to those whom I love.''

Oh tio<l. remeu1llt>l' Ye those, whom the crushing care,

Ot' a g-rt=1n.t nn.riou1s life on their faithful hearts beat·.

:\Iay Thy rnighty a.rms round them, most lo\·ingly twine,

A.lH1 Thy \i:isdom and strength wit-h their co11nsela combine.

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Our Army, so noble, so loyal. so bra,·e,

God hear our fond prayers, and precious lit,;-es save,

Oh, spare them in mercy till the battle be done,­

Till they rest 'mid the glories their labors hsve won.

Though thei~ life blood may mingle with dust where they lie,

Yet we know that they never, :no, never can die,

]"or their de.eds shall live on till time is no more,

Then ·will hrighter far glow on Eternit.y's shore.