William D. Enoch to Dominic Bradley. The Bradley Family Farm.
14 Dec 1882 Regina Bradley is born in Lewisburg, Ohio, Daughter of Dominic and Margaret.
26 Dec 1884 Frances Bradley is born in Ohio,Daughter of Dominic and Margaret.
14 Oct 1886 Dominic(son) sells his share of the land to Mary (Bradley) Burke (daughter of Dominic Sr., sister of Dominic, Jr.
27 May 1887 Dominic (son) and Maggie sell the property to David Ford (Maggie’s brother)
15 Aug 1890 Dominic Ralph Bradley Jr. is born in Ohio Son of Margaret and Dominic.
26 Oct 1891 Loan made on the property in Richmond, Indiana to be paid in five years. ($2200.00) The
note was signed by Nancy Bradley,Mother, Ella Bradley,Daughter, Michael Burke, Son-in Law, and Mary Burke.Daughter. Payments were to be made on a regular basis.
12 Jan 1892 Nancy Bradley (wife/mother) dies
8 Dec 1894 Ford Bradley is born in Ambia Indiana, son of Margaret and Dominic.
26 Dec 1894 Summons issued by the Court of Common Pleas, Logan County, Ohio, for Nancy Bradley, Michael Burke, and Ella Bradley to appear in court to answer charges of nonpayment of the
loan. None of them answered the summons - evidently their whereabouts was unknown to the court.
5 Mar 1895 Property appraised by court order for $4120.00.
6 Apr 1895 Property sold by order of the Sherriff of Logan County for $4005.00 to S.M. Hunter
21 May 1895 Attorney for Ella Bradley (Dominic’s insane sister) files a complaint saying that it was illegal to sell the property without notifying her. The judge agrees, recinds the sale and reopens the case.
(Comment: this was probably a legal move on the part of the Burkes to get the sale overturned.
They were out of the state and weren’t notified either.
12 Jun 1895 Property again ordered sold - basically the same results as before.
29 Feb 1896 Michael and Mary Burke sell the original property to Hugh N. Ginn. Burkes are living in Paxton, Illinois.
2 Mar 1900 Maggie and Dominic sell the small piece of property above to Joseph Esch. Bradleys are
living in Hoopeston, Illinois at this time.
As you can see, James Bradley tried to buy up the property. However, Dominic and Joseph bought him out.
My guess is that Mary Burke bought Dominic’s share of the property on 14 Oct 1886. This is probably when they (Maggie, Dominic, Nora, Regina, and Frances) moved to Pittsburgh. Regina says on the tape that she remembers the three kids in Pittsburgh, but doesn’t mention Ralph. While in Pittsburgh, Dominic also sold a share to David Ford. Whether he actually owned the property is anyone’s guess.
I have not been able to find a record of David Ford ever selling the property. I would assume that Maggie and Dominic returned and bought the small parcel of property from Mary and Michael 28 Jun 1887. So they were probably in Pittsburgh from Oct ’86 to Jun ’87.
The loan on the property was made on 28 October 1891. Neither Dominic nor David Ford were mentioned as an owner, so I assume they had already sold out and owned only the small piece of property bought when he returned from Pittsburgh.
I cannot find any evidence that Dominic was cheated. If Mary had not paid him for the property, he could have moved back on to it when he returned from Pittsburgh. Instead, he bought a small piece of land from her. David Ford however could have been lost in the shuffle and never received a share if indeed, Dominic had a share to sell when he made the deal with David.
Honora was born in 1880 and married William Saindon in 1888.Nora lived to be 88 yrs old. Their children were Margaret(Riggs), Leah(Attebury), Bernadette Reynolds, Hazelhurst, Theodore, Ann, Laurence, Regina and Mary. Frances and William died in infancy. none of their children are living.
Regina Bradley, My mother--lived to be 94 years old. She married Stephen Morrow. They had four children. Stephen, Jr., Frances(me) Gregory, and William.
Michael Ford Bradley married Loretta Devine. They had five children, Joseph(deceased at birth) Michael Ford Jr., Clark, Patricia,(Atkins) and Guinevere. All are deceased except for Patricia. Ford died at age 86.
The following described premises situated in the County of Logan State of Ohio being part of the Jesse Davis survey of 2000 acres No. 4492 on the waters of Mad River, beginning at two small Sassafras trees and Jack Oak bush in the Ludlow line Northeast corner to lands lately owned by Archibald Hopkins to two White Oaks and Black Oak and Hickory said Hopkin’s North East corner. Thence North 70 degrees East 186 poles with the line of land lately owned by Archibald Hopkins to two White Oaks and a Black Oak and a Hickory at said Hopkins North East corner; Thence North 20 West 106 poles to two small Hickory saplings; Thence South 70 west 25 poles to a Black Walnut; Thence South 20 East 19 poles to a small White Oak, Black Oak, and Hickory; Thence South 70 West 159 poles to a small Burr(?) Oak and two small Cherries in Ludlow’s line; Thence South 20 East with Ludlow’s line 87 poles to the beginning containing 103 acres more or less. Being the premises known as the Adam Miller farm in Monroe Township Logan County…
HISTORY/TIMELINE OF THE BRADLEY FAMILY AND THEIR PROPERTY IN LOGAN COUNTY
10 Mar 1868 Dominic Bradley Sr. buys the land
6 Jan 1873 Dominic Bradley Sr. Dies
27 Feb 1874 Barney Bradley (son) sells his share to James Bradley (son)
11 May 1875 Patrick and Susan (Bradley) O’Hara (daughter) sell their part to James Bradley (son)
5 Jul 1879 Joseph Bradley (son) sells his share of the property to James Bradley (son)
4 Feb 1880 Dominic Bradley and Maggie Ford are married
10 Nov 1880 Michael and Mary (Bradley) Burke (daughter) sell their part of the property to James
Bradley (son)
15 Nov 1880 James sells his share(s) to Dominic (son). and Joseph Bradley (son).
17 Nov 1880 Nora Bradley is born in Ohio, Dominic, and Margaret's daughter.
28 Jun 1887 Maggie Bradley buys a small piece of property (1/2 acre) from Michael and Mary Burke
15 Aug 1895 Mary Burke buys the land at auction for $3510.00. The court orders $2511.41 to be paid the plaintiff and his attorney. Ella Bradley gets $79.82. Mary Burke gets $559.64 and the property.
Nellie married a man named Clark McCullough. They had three or four
daughters, one named Nedra. No info on the others. Nellie died, and Clark married her sister Josie. My last contact with them was in 1939.
Mary's son Leo married Margaret(I don't know her maiden name)
Their two children were Michael, and Euridine. Michael worked in Danville for an undertaker, and Euridine had married a man named Sargent and was a R.N. at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Danville, at my last contact with them which was before 1952.
Bernard Bradley had a son, Paul, twins Bertha and Bert. Paul disappeared under a shadow?. Bertha died in her early adulthood, Bert drowned in a bathtub in a seedy hotel in Dayton. I think the verdict was suicide. He was homosexual in an age when it was not accepted in any way.
The youngest daughter Eleanor became a nun with the order of the Sisters of Charity. She lived to be in her late eighties and was teaching at Mount St. Joseph the college near Cincinnati, Ohio. She and my mother kept up a correspondence until she died.
Dominic was my grandfather. Margaret Ford Bradley was my grandmother.
Margaret had one son, William who married and had two daughters.
Leah and two sons and a daughter, Sherwood (died in surgery at age 17), Roger, and Shirley. At this time I know that Roger had a family, but no further information. Shirley never married. None of the children are living.
Bernadette and Theodore were childless.
Ann married Fred Stokes and had four children two girls and two boys. Marilyn, Elizabeth, who died as in early adulthood, Fred,Jr. and Robert.
Laurence married Marie Daly lived in Chicago, and then moved to Albuquerque. He had three children, Laurence, Jr., Pat, and Gordon.
Regina married George Peterson and had two sons and one daughter. Richard has five children and lives with his wife in Arlington Heights--three sons and two daughters.
Lynn lives in Torrance California, and is a teacher. She is unmarried.
Wayne, had four children by two different wives. He is not living.
Both Regina and George are deceased.
Mary Saindon married Ned Dring. They had five children.
Ned, Jr. Jerry, Jeffrey, Bernadette, Madonna, and a daughter who was killed in an auto mishap. All of them have children, but I do not have a listing of all of the names. They are both deceased
.
Stephen's children are Stephen III, Joseph, Timothy, Mary. Two children Sally and Vincent are deceased. His wife was Harried Michaels who is also deceased. He died at the age of 86. Stephen III Married Jeanie Spaniel, and had four sons, Stephen IV, Kevin, Christopher, and Anthony, Timothy has one child, Sally. Mary has three daughters Erin, Audrey, and Laura.
Frances married Jack Schneider--seven sons and four daughters. Our family is listed on another page. We have 29 grandchildren,and twenty great grandchildren.
Gregory married Eileen Troy. They had six children--Gregory, Jr., Dennis, Terrence(deceased)Edward, Mary, and David. Gregory died at the age of 83.
William married Johnny Gordon, and had four sons. William, and Robert, Charles and James(twins who died shortly after birth). Their mother died six weeks later. He remarried Frances Ward and adopted her two sons, Ronald and Michael. He died of a cerebral aneurism at the age of 45.
Frances Bradley never married. She served as a nurse in World War I with the rank of Lieutenant. She died at 74.
Ralph Bradley married Ruby, and had one child Mary who married Michael Hagerty, had two sons. Ralph died at the age of 74.
Veronica Bradley married Ralph Houghton. They had one child Ralph, Jr. She died at the age of 98. Ralph had five children, John, Kathy, David, Mary Sue and Stephen.
Info about the living descendants in this group has not been entered to protect their privacy.
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