Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Bradford, Hopestill November 19, 1812 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net March 1, 2008, 9:16 am Author: Hardin & Willard Bradford, Hopestill, Newport, was born in Fairfield, November 19, 1812, a son of Joseph and Lovina (Tyler) Bradford, who were natives of Massachusetts. Joseph Bradford settled in Fairfield about 1809 and moved to Newport in 1815. He was a native of Zoar, Berkshire, Mass., and settled in this town in 1826. He followed farming and dairying. He was a son of Elisha and Eunice (Bennett) Bradford, his father having been a soldier in the Revolution. Our subject was the only child, and married January 24, 1843, Rebecca M., daughter of Royal P. and Rebecca (Green) Luther. Rebecca Green was born in Warren in 1804, a daughter of Dyer and Sallie (Eddie) Green, and a native of Massachusetts. Her daughter, Rebecca, was born in Cheshire, Mass., in 1822, May 27, and settled in this town in 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford have three children as follows: George L., cashier of the Oneida National Bank of Utica; Alice C., born January 9, 1842, died March 4, 1867; Lovina C., born September 23, 1854, died April 8, 1861. Our subject is a Democrat and has been assessor and trustee. George L. Bradford married Mary C. Morcy, a native of Fairfield and a daughter of David and Elsie (Buchanan) Morcy, of Newport. He graduated from the Whitestown Seminary, and was engaged in the Newport Bank for seven years, then with the Oneida National Bank for twenty-two years. He has two children, Reba A. and Florence L., the former born July 6, 1869, and the latter born April 15, 1871. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/herkimer/bios/bradford317gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb