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where in this work. Mr. Bradley and his
wife were both graduates of Green Farms
Academy, studying under the same
teacher, the well known Ebenezer B.
Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were the
parents of the following children : William
Henshaw, born December 5, 1848 (q. v.);
Daniel Burr, of whom further; Emily
Amelia, born August 2, 1853, married,
April 28, 1874, Robert H. Coley, and has
Leila M., born September
three children :
3, 1877, married Henry Kelley; Burr M.,
born May 3, 1884; Robert H., Jr., born
February 28, 1886, married Lezia Talen
Frances Adella, born June 2, 1858, married
William Nathaniel Cole, of New York
City.
(VIII) Daniel Burr (2) Bradley, son of
Daniel Burr (i) and Sarah M. (Henshaw)
Bradley, was born April 11, 1850, in West-
port, where he attended the public
schools, and the Green Farms Academy,
under the preceptorship of Ebenezer B.
Adams, same teacher and school as his
father and mother attended, from which
he graduated. He then attended a busi-
ness college, after which he taught school
for seven years. During this time Mr.
Bradley read both law and medicine for
pleasure. Finally, being compelled to give
up teaching on account of his health, he
went to Mount Kisco, New York, where
he formed a partnership with L. B. Gorham,
and under the firm name of Gorham
& Bradley, they bought a furniture busi-
ness which they soon enlarged by the
addition of musical instruments and sew-
ing machines. After two successful years
they sold the business, and Mr. Bradley
returned to Westport, where for several
years he was engaged in farming.
Mr. Bradley is among the most esteemed
citizens of Westport ; he has been
active in the business and public life of
that town throughout his lifetime, and has
several times held public office. A Re-
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publican in politics, Mr. Bradley served as
selectman for eleven years from 1885, in
1896 was elected judge of probate, and
was reelected continuously to that office
as long as he was eligible. On April 20,
1920, he retired from this office, having
reached the age limit fixed by law at
which judges may hold office in Connecti-
cut. Mr. Bradley was a justice of the
peace for about thirty years, until re-
tired for the same reason.
He was elected from his district to the
State Legislature, in 1921, and is serving
on the committee on banking. He has
been connected with the Westport Bank
and Trust Company since 1887 as a di-
rector, and since 1913 has served as its
president. He is treasurer and one of the
trustees of the Westport Public Library,
and a senior member of the board of trus-
tees of the Staples High School, president
of the Willowbrook Cemetery Association,
and a corporator of the Norwalk
Savings Society. Fraternally, Mr. Bradley
is a member and a trustee of Temple
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of
Westport; Aspetuck Lodge, Knights of
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Pythias, of Westport ;
Westport Country
Club and Westport Club. He is a vestryman
of Trinity Episcopal Church.
On December 29, 1875, Mr. Bradley
married (first) Sarah A. Coley, daughter
of Lamson Coley. They were the parents
of two sons and a daughter. One son
died in infancy. The second son, Herbert
S., was born December 11, 1877, and died
May 14, 1883. The daughter, Edith, was
born October 14, 1883, married, October
31, 1906, Winfred Martin Gaylord, of
Easthampton, Massachusetts, and they
have the following children : Elizabeth,
born December 21, 1908 ; Ruth Anita, born
April 21, 1910; Daniel Bradley, born Oc-
tober 20, 1912 ; and Winfreda, born May
15, 1916. Mrs. Sarah A. Bradley died
April 27, 1890. Mr. Bradley married