From Cheryl Cartwright;
William Harrison Bradley, B.A. 1872.
Born June 3, 1848, in Galena, Ill.
Died September 17, 1929, in New York City.
Father, William Henry Bradley, a lawyer in Chicago; clerk of the United States District and Circuit courts; vice-president of National Bank of Illinois; president of West Division Street Railway Company; a trustee of the Newberry estate and Newberry Library; a founder of the City Missionary Society and of Illinois Home Missionary Society; corporate member of American Board; son of Judge Jesse Smith Bradley (B A 1800) and Elizabeth (Baker) Bradley, of Ridgefield, Conn.
Mother, Idea Sophronia (Strong) Bradley; daughter of Erastus and Abigail Wright (Harrison) Strong
Yale relatives includei Philip B. Bradley (B.A. 1758) (great-grandfather); and Thaddeus B. Wakeman (B.A. 1799), Luther D. Bradley, ex-77> and his son, Francis Bradley, ex-26 (cousins)
Monson (Mass.) Academy. Treasurer of Yale Boat Club, member Yale Glee and '72 Glee clubs, Junior and Senior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Engaged in business in Chicago as member of firm of Bliss & Torrey, wholesale importers of druggists' supplies, 1873-76; then went to California on account of ill health and remained until 1879, living in San Francisco for a part of the time, special student in Columbia School of Mines during winter of 1879-1880; spent summers of 1879 and 1880 in charge of mines in San Juan County, Calif; connected with Union Iron & Steel Company of Chicago 1881-88; United States Consul • at Nice, France, 1889-1893; then spent some time in study in various European cities and in the Valley of the Nile; United States Consul at Tunstall, England, 1897-1903, consulgeneral at Manchester, England, 1903-07 and at Montreal, Canada, 1907-1917; during the latter period placed in charge of the interned aliens; retired from Government service in 1917 on account of ill health and made his home in Ridgefield, Conn.; member of numerous scientific and commercial organizations.
Married (1) September 24, 1873, in Springfield, Mass , Mary Capen Gray, a special student at Vassar three years, daughter of James Harrison Gray (M.D Harvard 1840) and Rachel White (Capen) Gray, and stepdaughter of Charles Merriam. Two sons. William Henry (died in 1876); and Bryson Delavan (died in 1878). Mrs. Bradley died December 28, 1878.
Married (2) November 13, 1883, in Chicago, Carolina, daughter of Iver and Malinda I. (Henderson) Lawson Two daughters: Marion Kan (Mrs William Livingstone Rodgers) and Mary Linda. Mrs. Bradley died September 29, 1916.
Death due to apoplexy.
Buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Survived by two daughters and an adopted daughter, Anne Louise Smith.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf
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William Harrison Bradley, B.A. 1872.
Born June 3, 1848, in Galena, Ill.
Died September 17, 1929, in New York City.
Father, William Henry Bradley, a lawyer in Chicago; clerk of the United States District and Circuit courts; vice-president of National Bank of Illinois; president of West Division Street Railway Company; a trustee of the Newberry estate and Newberry Library; a founder of the City Missionary Society and of Illinois Home Missionary Society; corporate member of American Board; son of Judge Jesse Smith Bradley (B A 1800) and Elizabeth (Baker) Bradley, of Ridgefield, Conn.
Mother, Idea Sophronia (Strong) Bradley; daughter of Erastus and Abigail Wright (Harrison) Strong
Yale relatives includei Philip B. Bradley (B.A. 1758) (great-grandfather); and Thaddeus B. Wakeman (B.A. 1799), Luther D. Bradley, ex-77> and his son, Francis Bradley, ex-26 (cousins)
Monson (Mass.) Academy. Treasurer of Yale Boat Club, member Yale Glee and '72 Glee clubs, Junior and Senior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Engaged in business in Chicago as member of firm of Bliss & Torrey, wholesale importers of druggists' supplies, 1873-76; then went to California on account of ill health and remained until 1879, living in San Francisco for a part of the time, special student in Columbia School of Mines during winter of 1879-1880; spent summers of 1879 and 1880 in charge of mines in San Juan County, Calif; connected with Union Iron & Steel Company of Chicago 1881-88; United States Consul • at Nice, France, 1889-1893; then spent some time in study in various European cities and in the Valley of the Nile; United States Consul at Tunstall, England, 1897-1903, consulgeneral at Manchester, England, 1903-07 and at Montreal, Canada, 1907-1917; during the latter period placed in charge of the interned aliens; retired from Government service in 1917 on account of ill health and made his home in Ridgefield, Conn.; member of numerous scientific and commercial organizations.
Married (1) September 24, 1873, in Springfield, Mass , Mary Capen Gray, a special student at Vassar three years, daughter of James Harrison Gray (M.D Harvard 1840) and Rachel White (Capen) Gray, and stepdaughter of Charles Merriam. Two sons. William Henry (died in 1876); and Bryson Delavan (died in 1878). Mrs. Bradley died December 28, 1878.
Married (2) November 13, 1883, in Chicago, Carolina, daughter of Iver and Malinda I. (Henderson) Lawson Two daughters: Marion Kan (Mrs William Livingstone Rodgers) and Mary Linda. Mrs. Bradley died September 29, 1916.
Death due to apoplexy.
Buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Survived by two daughters and an adopted daughter, Anne Louise Smith.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf
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From Cheryl Cartwright;
William Harrison Bradley, B.A. 1872.
Born June 3, 1848, in Galena, Ill.
Died September 17, 1929, in New York City.
Father, William Henry Bradley, a lawyer in Chicago; clerk of the United States District and Circuit courts; vice-president of National Bank of Illinois; president of West Division Street Railway Company; a trustee of the Newberry estate and Newberry Library; a founder of the City Missionary Society and of Illinois Home Missionary Society; corporate member of American Board; son of Judge Jesse Smith Bradley (B A 1800) and Elizabeth (Baker) Bradley, of Ridgefield, Conn.
Mother, Idea Sophronia (Strong) Bradley; daughter of Erastus and Abigail Wright (Harrison) Strong
Yale relatives includei Philip B. Bradley (B.A. 1758) (great-grandfather); and Thaddeus B. Wakeman (B.A. 1799), Luther D. Bradley, ex-77> and his son, Francis Bradley, ex-26 (cousins)
Monson (Mass.) Academy. Treasurer of Yale Boat Club, member Yale Glee and '72 Glee clubs, Junior and Senior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Engaged in business in Chicago as member of firm of Bliss & Torrey, wholesale importers of druggists' supplies, 1873-76; then went to California on account of ill health and remained until 1879, living in San Francisco for a part of the time, special student in Columbia School of Mines during winter of 1879-1880; spent summers of 1879 and 1880 in charge of mines in San Juan County, Calif; connected with Union Iron & Steel Company of Chicago 1881-88; United States Consul • at Nice, France, 1889-1893; then spent some time in study in various European cities and in the Valley of the Nile; United States Consul at Tunstall, England, 1897-1903, consulgeneral at Manchester, England, 1903-07 and at Montreal, Canada, 1907-1917; during the latter period placed in charge of the interned aliens; retired from Government service in 1917 on account of ill health and made his home in Ridgefield, Conn.; member of numerous scientific and commercial organizations.
Married (1) September 24, 1873, in Springfield, Mass , Mary Capen Gray, a special student at Vassar three years, daughter of James Harrison Gray (M.D Harvard 1840) and Rachel White (Capen) Gray, and stepdaughter of Charles Merriam. Two sons. William Henry (died in 1876); and Bryson Delavan (died in 1878). Mrs. Bradley died December 28, 1878.
Married (2) November 13, 1883, in Chicago, Carolina, daughter of Iver and Malinda I. (Henderson) Lawson Two daughters: Marion Kan (Mrs William Livingstone Rodgers) and Mary Linda. Mrs. Bradley died September 29, 1916.
Death due to apoplexy.
Buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Survived by two daughters and an adopted daughter, Anne Louise Smith.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf
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William Harrison Bradley, B.A. 1872.
Born June 3, 1848, in Galena, Ill.
Died September 17, 1929, in New York City.
Father, William Henry Bradley, a lawyer in Chicago; clerk of the United States District and Circuit courts; vice-president of National Bank of Illinois; president of West Division Street Railway Company; a trustee of the Newberry estate and Newberry Library; a founder of the City Missionary Society and of Illinois Home Missionary Society; corporate member of American Board; son of Judge Jesse Smith Bradley (B A 1800) and Elizabeth (Baker) Bradley, of Ridgefield, Conn.
Mother, Idea Sophronia (Strong) Bradley; daughter of Erastus and Abigail Wright (Harrison) Strong
Yale relatives includei Philip B. Bradley (B.A. 1758) (great-grandfather); and Thaddeus B. Wakeman (B.A. 1799), Luther D. Bradley, ex-77> and his son, Francis Bradley, ex-26 (cousins)
Monson (Mass.) Academy. Treasurer of Yale Boat Club, member Yale Glee and '72 Glee clubs, Junior and Senior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Engaged in business in Chicago as member of firm of Bliss & Torrey, wholesale importers of druggists' supplies, 1873-76; then went to California on account of ill health and remained until 1879, living in San Francisco for a part of the time, special student in Columbia School of Mines during winter of 1879-1880; spent summers of 1879 and 1880 in charge of mines in San Juan County, Calif; connected with Union Iron & Steel Company of Chicago 1881-88; United States Consul • at Nice, France, 1889-1893; then spent some time in study in various European cities and in the Valley of the Nile; United States Consul at Tunstall, England, 1897-1903, consulgeneral at Manchester, England, 1903-07 and at Montreal, Canada, 1907-1917; during the latter period placed in charge of the interned aliens; retired from Government service in 1917 on account of ill health and made his home in Ridgefield, Conn.; member of numerous scientific and commercial organizations.
Married (1) September 24, 1873, in Springfield, Mass , Mary Capen Gray, a special student at Vassar three years, daughter of James Harrison Gray (M.D Harvard 1840) and Rachel White (Capen) Gray, and stepdaughter of Charles Merriam. Two sons. William Henry (died in 1876); and Bryson Delavan (died in 1878). Mrs. Bradley died December 28, 1878.
Married (2) November 13, 1883, in Chicago, Carolina, daughter of Iver and Malinda I. (Henderson) Lawson Two daughters: Marion Kan (Mrs William Livingstone Rodgers) and Mary Linda. Mrs. Bradley died September 29, 1916.
Death due to apoplexy.
Buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield.
Survived by two daughters and an adopted daughter, Anne Louise Smith.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf
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