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volvcd problems of jurisprudence, and
was for the greater part conducted in his
office. He was well known in the ranks
of the legal profession in Providence as a
lawyer of fine capability and masterly
reasoning powers, hut was of a retiring
disposition, eschewing public life. Mr.
Bradley spent much time on his country
estate in the town of Lincoln, taking great
pride in its beauty. He was essentially
a homeloving man, and his home was
that of the man of culture, refinement and
scholarly tastes. PI is library and art col-
lection, the nucleus of which had been
left him by his father, were his special
attractions. He was a member of the
Hope and Rhode Island clubs of Provi-
dence, and of the Rhode Island School of
Design and the Providence Art Club.
Mr. Bradley died in the prime of life, November
9, 1898, in the fifty-fourth year
of his age.
On October 31, 1876, Charles Bradley
married Jane Whitman Bailey, who was
born in the town of North Providence,
July 13, 1S49, daughter of William Mason
and Harriet (Brown) Bailey. Mr.
and Mrs. Bradley were the parents of the
following children: 1. Charles, Jr., mentioned
below. 2. Alice Whitman, born
November 5, 1881 ; resides with her
mother. 3. Joseph Manton, born Decem-
ber 10, [882; was engaged in business in
Portland, Oregon, for six years, at the
end of which time he returned to the
East, and engaged in cotton manufactur-
ing in Brattleboro, Vermont; he married
Margaret S. Walter, of Portland, Ore-
gon, and they have two children: Joseph
Manton, Jr., and Margaret Bradley. He
died in Providence, Rhode Island, March
x 5< I 9 I 5- 4- Mary Emerson, born June
18, 1884; married Dr. Emery M. Porter.
of Providence; issue: Emery Moulton,
Jr., who died in infancy; George Whip-
ple ; Jane
Bradley, who died in infancy ;
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Arnold, and Nancy Porter. 5. Margaret
Harrison, born July 6, 1890; married
Brockholst M. Smith, of Providence, and
they are the parents of a daughter,
Helen Bradlej Smith, born in August,
1 < > 1 ). and a son, Brockholst M. Smith, Jr.,
bom ( Ictober 24, l