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Judge Edward Green Bradford Jr.

Birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Death
30 Mar 1928 (aged 80)
Clifton Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA Add to Map
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Edward Green Bradford, B.A. 1868.

Born March 12, 1848, in Wilmington, Del
Died March 30, 1928, at Clifton Heights, Pa.

Father, Edward Green Bradford (B.A Delaware College
1838), a lawyer; judge of United States District Court for
Delaware 1872-18 82; son of Moses and Phoebe (George)
Bradford; descendant in the seventh generation of Governor
William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. Mother, Mary
Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; daughter of James Hamilton
and Decima (Shubrick) Hey ward; granddaughter of Thomas
Heyward, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yale
relatives include: Francis I duPont, '95 S, Sidney G
Bradford, '12, Thomas G Bradford, '17 S., and Robert P.
Bradford, ex-'23 S. (nephews); and Emile F. duPont, ex-12 S. (grandnephew).
Prepared for college at the Military Academy conducted
by the Rev. W. Murphy and at the academy conducted by
T. Clarkson Taylor, both m Wilmington Second dispute
appointments Junior and Senior years; member Delta Kappa
and Alpha Delta Phi.
Studied law in office of his father in Wilmington and admitted to the bar May 9, 1870; subsequently practiced law in Wilmington; member of firm of Bradford & Vandegnft 1882- 1897, then appointed United States district judge for Delaware; retired from this office May 20, 1918; served for a few years as attorney for Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County; member of Delaware House of Representatives 1881; chairman of Delaware delegation to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1888; active member of convention which framed constitution of state of Delaware in 1897, in particular advocating ways to prevent and punish bribery and corruption at elections; designated by Maritime Association of the United States to represent that association at the Venice Conference of International Maritime Committee (1907), where he took an active part and was elected a vice-president of permanent International Maritime Committee, also attended and participated in the conference at Bremen in 1909; vice-president of American Bar Association for Delaware; an incorporator and governor of Society of Colonial Wars in Delaware; interested in Historical Society of Delaware and Church Club of Delaware; president of Yale Alumni Association of Delaware 1913-18; warden of St. John's Church for many years and a trustee of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Delaware; delegate to nine of the Triennial General Conventions of that church 1892-1916 and frequently represented his parish in the diocesan conventions.
Married September 18, 1872, in Wilmington, Eleuthera
Paulina, daughter of Alexis Irenee duPont (B.A University of Pennsylvania 1835) anc^ Joanna (Smith) duPont. Children:
Eleuthera duPont, the widow of Henry Behn duPont; Mary
Alicia Heyward, who married George Amory Maddox and
later Alfred Irenee duPont and died in 1920, Edward Green,
J r , '00 (died December 3, 1927); Alexis Irenee duPont (died in infancy); and Joanna duPont, the wife of William Bush (B.S. Princeton 1896). Mrs. Bradford died June 6, 1906.
Death, due to paralysis, followed a long illness and occurred in Dr. Hawke's private hospital at Clifton Heights. Buried in duPont Family Cemetery near Wilmington Survived by two daughters, six grandchildren, one of whom is Henry B duPont, '20, one great-grandson, a half brother, Henry B. Bradford, '80 S., and a half sister, Mrs. Charles M. Curtis, of Wilmington.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Edward Green Bradford, B.A. 1868.

Born March 12, 1848, in Wilmington, Del
Died March 30, 1928, at Clifton Heights, Pa.

Father, Edward Green Bradford (B.A Delaware College
1838), a lawyer; judge of United States District Court for
Delaware 1872-18 82; son of Moses and Phoebe (George)
Bradford; descendant in the seventh generation of Governor
William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. Mother, Mary
Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; daughter of James Hamilton
and Decima (Shubrick) Hey ward; granddaughter of Thomas
Heyward, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yale
relatives include: Francis I duPont, '95 S, Sidney G
Bradford, '12, Thomas G Bradford, '17 S., and Robert P.
Bradford, ex-'23 S. (nephews); and Emile F. duPont, ex-12 S. (grandnephew).
Prepared for college at the Military Academy conducted
by the Rev. W. Murphy and at the academy conducted by
T. Clarkson Taylor, both m Wilmington Second dispute
appointments Junior and Senior years; member Delta Kappa
and Alpha Delta Phi.
Studied law in office of his father in Wilmington and admitted to the bar May 9, 1870; subsequently practiced law in Wilmington; member of firm of Bradford & Vandegnft 1882- 1897, then appointed United States district judge for Delaware; retired from this office May 20, 1918; served for a few years as attorney for Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County; member of Delaware House of Representatives 1881; chairman of Delaware delegation to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1888; active member of convention which framed constitution of state of Delaware in 1897, in particular advocating ways to prevent and punish bribery and corruption at elections; designated by Maritime Association of the United States to represent that association at the Venice Conference of International Maritime Committee (1907), where he took an active part and was elected a vice-president of permanent International Maritime Committee, also attended and participated in the conference at Bremen in 1909; vice-president of American Bar Association for Delaware; an incorporator and governor of Society of Colonial Wars in Delaware; interested in Historical Society of Delaware and Church Club of Delaware; president of Yale Alumni Association of Delaware 1913-18; warden of St. John's Church for many years and a trustee of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Delaware; delegate to nine of the Triennial General Conventions of that church 1892-1916 and frequently represented his parish in the diocesan conventions.
Married September 18, 1872, in Wilmington, Eleuthera
Paulina, daughter of Alexis Irenee duPont (B.A University of Pennsylvania 1835) anc^ Joanna (Smith) duPont. Children:
Eleuthera duPont, the widow of Henry Behn duPont; Mary
Alicia Heyward, who married George Amory Maddox and
later Alfred Irenee duPont and died in 1920, Edward Green,
J r , '00 (died December 3, 1927); Alexis Irenee duPont (died in infancy); and Joanna duPont, the wife of William Bush (B.S. Princeton 1896). Mrs. Bradford died June 6, 1906.
Death, due to paralysis, followed a long illness and occurred in Dr. Hawke's private hospital at Clifton Heights. Buried in duPont Family Cemetery near Wilmington Survived by two daughters, six grandchildren, one of whom is Henry B duPont, '20, one great-grandson, a half brother, Henry B. Bradford, '80 S., and a half sister, Mrs. Charles M. Curtis, of Wilmington.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf


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