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From: "willhn" <>
Subject: Re: [BRADFORD-L] Bradfords in Bloomfield MO 1880s
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 09:16:49 -0600


An interesting article and an indication there may be some
connection between Maj. Ward Bradford and these people as
Maj. Ward had a hotel in MO. and lived there for a time.
Children and wife were left when he took off for CA on the
Gold fever.
Harold Williams, Rootsweb Sponsor
Mesquite, TX (Dallas suburb)


.....Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the
things you have for which you would not take money.

-----Original Message-----
From: PHYLLIS ARBOGAST <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 11:37 AM
Subject: [BRADFORD-L] Bradfords in Bloomfield MO 1880s

>Here is a bit of snippets taken from the 'Bloomfield
Vindicator' the
>newspaper in Bloomfield MO. I am also including some from
the families
>they married into.
>
>April 4,1885
> A. S. Bradford was up from Essex Wednesday. He
informed us that he
>lost his infant child last Sunday.
>
>May 16, 1885
> J. A. Hambleton and his daughter, Miss Amanda, and W.
J. Hux of
>Essex, attended the ball here (Dexter) Tuesday eve.
>
>July 25, 1885
> D. H. Hambleton and Mrs. R. A. Parting were married at
Gray's Ridge
>last Friday.
>
>Aug 1, 1885
> W. B. Page, brother-in-law to A. S. Bradford, died in
the lower part
>of Dunklin county on the 10th of this month (July) leaving
two children.
>Mr. Bradford will take control of the children and will act
as their
>guardian.
> We failed to note the death of J. A. Hambleton's
little girl, Birdy,
>who was 11 years and 10 months old. She died on the 12 of
this month
>(July), and as they were taking the corpse to the grave
yard, the team
>became frightened and ran away, throwing the corpse and the
inmates out of
>the wagon, but unfortunately no serious damage was done.
>

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