Chester BRADFORD
1852 - 1911 (58 years)-
Name Chester BRADFORD Born 3 May 1852 Saint Albans, Somerset Co., Maine 
Gender Male Died 1911 Indiana - verify location.
Buried 8 Apr 1911 Crown Hill Cemetery - Indianapolis. Plot Sec. 14, Lot 13.
Person ID I1178 John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree Last Modified 20 Jun 2017
Family Ruby Sarah CLAYPOOL
b. Mar 1865, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana
d. 29 Oct 1945, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 80 years) Married 29 Dec 1891 Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana Children 1. Hannah Mary BRADFORD
b. 1893, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
d. 1963, Indiana (Age 70 years)2. Ruby C BRADFORD
b. 1898, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana3. Ernestine E BRADFORD
b. 1901, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
d. 7 Dec 1993, Indiana (Age 92 years)Last Modified 14 May 2014 Family ID F753 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - . Chester, eldest surviving son of Charles Gamaliel & Mary Prentiss Bradford, was born in St. Albans, Maine, May 3, 1852. Beginning with the common schools, he was otherwise self-educated. He followed various pursuits until he was 24 years of age, when he began his professional work a a solicitor of patents, devoting his spare time to the study of law, more particularly patent law. He was soon admitted to the bar, & in 1892 to the bar of the supreme court of the U.S. He has practiced his profession constantly, & is now senior member of the firm of Bradford & Hood, with offices in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a charter member of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, which was organized as a political club to further the interests of the late General Harrison during his presidential candidacy, but which was developed into a permanent organization, & is now probably the leading club in the state.
In religion he is a member of the Second Presbyterian church.
He married, at Indianapolis, Indiana, Dec. 29, 1891, Ruby S. Claypool, born near Terre Haute, Indiana, March 14, 1866. Her father, Judge Solomon CLAYPOOL, born Aug. 17, 1829, died March 19, 1898, was a member of the Indiana legislature at the age of 27 & circuit judge at 28, serving on the bench 7 years. He married Hannah M. Osborne;
. Children: i. Anna C. ii. John W. iii. Hannah M. iv. Ruby S. (wife of Chester Bradford), v. Mary Alice, vi. Lucy G. vii. Elizabeth C.
. Children of Chester & Ruby S. (Claypool) Bradford:
1. Hannah May, born Nov. 19, 1893.
2. Ruby Claypool, born Oct. 11, 1895.
3. Ernestine Elizabeth, born Feb. 22, 1901. - - -
- . Chester, eldest surviving son of Charles Gamaliel & Mary Prentiss Bradford, was born in St. Albans, Maine, May 3, 1852. Beginning with the common schools, he was otherwise self-educated. He followed various pursuits until he was 24 years of age, when he began his professional work a a solicitor of patents, devoting his spare time to the study of law, more particularly patent law. He was soon admitted to the bar, & in 1892 to the bar of the supreme court of the U.S. He has practiced his profession constantly, & is now senior member of the firm of Bradford & Hood, with offices in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a charter member of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, which was organized as a political club to further the interests of the late General Harrison during his presidential candidacy, but which was developed into a permanent organization, & is now probably the leading club in the state.