Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . activity. Mr. Bradford was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1852,being a son of William T. anil Sarah (Gardner) Bradford, natives, re-spectively, of Bradford county and of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Bradfordfamily goes back to the famous ^^illiam Bradford who came over in the May-flower. \^illiam T. Bradford, the grandfather of James M. Bradford, wasa native of Connecticut, but settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. He ransawmills in Bradford county. He had four children. William T. Bradford. Jr., was a millwrig
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . activity. Mr. Bradford was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1852,being a son of William T. anil Sarah (Gardner) Bradford, natives, re-spectively, of Bradford county and of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Bradfordfamily goes back to the famous ^^illiam Bradford who came over in the May-flower. \^illiam T. Bradford, the grandfather of James M. Bradford, wasa native of Connecticut, but settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. He ransawmills in Bradford county. He had four children. William T. Bradford. Jr., was a millwright, and moved from Bradfordcounty to Tonijikins county. New York, where he followed his trade forsome years, and then moved to Wheeling. West Virginia, where he enteredthe regular army and served five years, and for two years in the home was state major drummer for the state of Pennsylvania about 1834. Hedied at Blair, Ohio, on Christmas day, 1888, at the age of eighty-two years,and his wife died in 1885, aged seventy-eight years six months and twenty. HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. 177 days. Both were Methodists. Tlie father of Mrs. Sarah Bradford wasAbraham Gardner, who was a native of Pennsylvania, his father having comethere from Massachusetts. He was a farmer, and afterward moved to NewYork, wliere lie iHed, in Danln-, Tompkins county. He was poormaster ofthe county for a number of years, and was also justice of the peace and heldother public offices. He was eighty-seven years old at the time of his death,and had been twice married and had seven children. The name was originallyspelled Gardiner, and the family record goes back to Richard Gardiner, whocame to Massachusetts with the Pilgrims. William T. and Sarah Bradfordhad ten children, five sons and five daughters, and the fi\e nc^w lixing are:Lydia Ann. widow of Thomas Geddis, of Diyden. New York; John ofCortland, New York; Charles E., of Harvey, Illinois; Delphine, wife of OrnS. Cornelious of Dryden, New York; and
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