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From: Beth Hurd <>
Subject: [RIGENWEB] George L. BRADLEY (part 3 - 4)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:36:22 -0800


Note: I guess part 3 was too big - now I'll send it in two parts (3 & 4) -
Beth Hurd


continued from part 2.

"(VII) Charles (2) Bradley, son of the late Chief Justice Charles Smith and
Sarah (Manton) Bradley, was born in Providence, R. I., May 6, 1845. He
received his early education under Dr. S. F. Smith in a private academy in
Newton, Mass., and later attended the University Grammar School of
Providence, where he prepared for college. He entered Williams College, and
was graduated therefrom in 1865. Shortly afterward he entered business life
and went to Chicago, where he was engaged in business for several years. He
next went to Colorado, where he was interested in gold mining, but, tiring
of this venture and of business life, he returned to Providence, where he
determined to enter the legal profession.

He prepared for the bar in the office of his father in Providence, and after
being admitted at once began the practice of his profession in the office of
Bradley & Metcalf, of which noted law firm his father was senior member.
His legal practice dealt more with the technical and involved problems of
jurisprudence, and was for the greater part conducted in his office. He was
well known in the ranks of the legal profession in Providence, as a lawyer
of fine capability and masterly reasoning powers, but was of a retiring
disposition, eschewing public life. Mr. Bradley spent much time on his
country estate in the town of Lincoln, taking great pride in its beauty. He
was essentially a homeloving man, and his home was that of the man of
culture, refinement and scholarly tastes. His library and art collection,
the nucleus of which had been left him by his father were his special
attractions. He was a member of the Hope and Rhode Island clubs of
Providence, and of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Providence Art
Club. Mr. Bradley died in the prime of life November 9, 1898, in the
fifty-fourth year of his age.

On October 31, 1876, Charles Bradley married Jane Whitman Bailey, who was
born in the town of North Providence, July 13, 1849, daughter of William
Mason and Harriet (Brown) Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of
the following children: 1. Charles, Jr., mentioned below. 2. Alice
Whitman, born Nov. 5, 1881; resides with her mother. 3. Joseph Manton, born
Dec. 10, 1882; was engaged in business in Portland, Ore., for six years at
the end of which time he returned to the East, and engaged in cotton
manufacturing in Brattleboro, Vt.; he married Margaret S. Walter, of
Portland, Ore., and they have two children: Joseph Manton, Jr., and
Margaret Bradley. He died in Providence, R. I., March 15, 1915. 4. Mary
Emerson, born June 18, 1884; married Dr. Emery M. Porter, of Providence;
issue: Emery Moulton, Jr., who died in infancy; George Whipple; Jane
Bradley, who died in infancy; Arnold, and Nancy Porter. 5. Margaret
Harrison, born July 6, 1890; married Brockholst M. Smith, of Providence, and
they are the parents of a daughter Helen Bradley Smith, born in Aug., 1914,
and a son, Brockholst M. Smith, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1917.

(VIII) Charles (3) Bradley, son of Charles (2) and Jane Whitman (Bailey)
Bradley, was born in Providence, R. I., December 19, 1877. He was educated
in the University Grammar School of Providence, and entered Brown
University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1898. Immediately
on completing his education, he entered the employ of the Bell Telephone
Company, and was assigned to the Pittsburgh (Pa.) office in 1900. He rose
rapidly to the fore in the office in this city, and by successive promotions
was made superintendent of one of the departments of the plant. His
promising career was cut short by his untimely death, as a result of
blood-poisoning, on January 17, 1910.

Charles Bradley married, October 16, 1901, Helen N. Hunt, daughter of
Horatio A. Hunt, of Providence. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of
the following children: Charles, Horatio Hunt, George Lothrop. Mrs.
Bradley, who survives her husband, and resides at No. 170 Waterman street,
Providence, is well-known in social life in Providence, and has been
prominently connected with charitable and philanthropic work in the city.

(VII) George Lothrop Bradley, third son of the late Chief Justice Charles
Smith and Sarah (Manton) Bradley, was born in Providence, R. I., October 4,
1848. He was educated in private schools in Providence, and in Newton,
Mass., later attending the Providence University Grammar School of
Providence, where he prepared for Harvard and Brown Colleges, passing the
preliminiary examinations for both institutions. He entered neither,
however, but becoming deeply interest in metallurgical engineering, went to
Freiburg, Germany, where he pursued a course in this science at the School
of Mines, from which he was graduated in 1867. On his return to America, he
went to Colorado for the purpose of developing some mining property, making
the journey across the plains in a stage coach, at a time when Indians and
marauding bands of outlaws infested the region. The coach preceding that in
which he was a passenger was attacked by Indians and all its occupants
killed. After a short period spent in the West, which was filled with the
thrilling experiences of the pioneer days, he returned to his home, and
shortly afterward went to South America to investigate mining conditions there."

continued in part 4.

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Beth Hurd
Johnston, RI USA

http://www.the-hurds.com
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