<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">STEPHEN BRADFORD</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Stephen Bradford was the progenitor of the Bradford family of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, Mississipi. &nbsp;He was born in Connecticut and was decended from&nbsp;William Bradford (1590-1657), the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1621), and Alice Hansen Bradford.&nbsp; They were the first Bradfords to settle in the New World.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">MISSISSIPPI</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">The Stephen Bradford family homesteaded on the eastside of the Pascagoula River north of Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; In 1837 and 1841, James Fitch Bradford patented Lot 2 and Lot 3 in Section 32, and Lot 3 in Section 33, both in T7S-R8W.&nbsp; By 1887, the heirs of Lyman Bradford, the brother of James Fitch Bradford, who had acquired lands here in 1848, were selling tracts of land here.&nbsp; Anecdotal information from Fred Bradford relates that the old Lyman Bradford home was located at Ocean Springs on East Beach just east of San Souci.&nbsp; A small Bradford Family Cemetery also existed here.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Stephen Bradford and ? were the parents of Lyman Bradford (1804-1858) m. Cynthia Ward (1813-1887); James Fitch Bradford (1806-1850+) m. Margaret Davis;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Burissa Bradford (b. 1808) m. Benjamin Holley (b. 1810);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">and J</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">ohn Bradford (1817-1898) m. Burissa Jane Elder (1830-1917)</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">The following information was provided by Else Nygaard Martin of Hurley, Mississippi.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1900 CENSUS, Bt 3 JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Ben Bradford</strong>, 40 nm, b 1860 NC, m 22 yrs.,&nbsp;<u>teamster</u></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Annie Bradford, wife, 31 nf, b 1868 AL, 10 born 6 liv.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Joseph Bradford, son, 19 nm, attended school mos.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Eveline Bradford, dau, 14 nf, attended school 4 mos.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Elenora Bradford, dau, 12 nf, b MS</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Julia Bradford, dau, 6 nf, b MS</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Davis Bradford, dau, 4 nm, b MS</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1850 CENSUS, Jackson Co Ms, Elder Ferry</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Burissee Bradford, 20 wf, b MS.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Living in the household of Mary Elder Picket, widow of 1<sup>st</sup>, Samuel Elder and 2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Daniel Pickett. She must be the daughter of Samuel &amp; Mary Elder, married to John Bradford &nbsp;Is the schooner Burissa named after her?</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, CYNTHIA Davis</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Cynthia Davis Bradford, 1813-1887, b JCo MS</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Dau of Samuel Davis b 1769 NC &amp; Sarah West</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, Sr, 1804-1858, husband</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, DAVIS, see parents, Ben &amp; Annie Bradford</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, ELEANOR, see parents, Ben &amp; Annie Bradford</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, ELIZABETH, dau of Lyman &amp; Cynthia Bradford</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, EVELINE, see parents, Ben &amp; Annie Bradford</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, JAMES F</strong>.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New Orleans Port Registers,&nbsp;</em>1821</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James F. Bradford listed as owner of&nbsp;<em>Sloop Burissa</em>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">44.10 x 14.2 x 3, built on Pascagoula River, 1819.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Louisiana State Gazette</em>, Nov. 18, 1825, New Orleans, La.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schooner<em>&nbsp;Burissa</em>, Capt. Bradford, arrived at the Basin, Port of New Orleans, from Pascagoula, loaded with a cargo of lime.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Louisiana State Gazette,&nbsp;May 8, 1826, New Orleans, La.</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schooner&nbsp;<em>Burissa</em>, Capt. Bradford, arrived at the Basin, New Orleans, from Pascagoula with 63 bales of cotton, and 6000 ft. of lumber, also 2 passengers.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Louisiana Advertiser,&nbsp;June 7, 1827, New Orleans, La.</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schooner<em>&nbsp;Burissa</em>, Master Holley, cleared for Pascagoula.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1827 TAX ROLL, JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James F. Bradford, 0 white polls, 2 slaves $800 value</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">25 cattle $125 value, 1 horse $50, total $975, tax 1.75</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New Orleans Argus,&nbsp;July 15, 1828, New Orleans, La.</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sloop<em>&nbsp;Burissa</em>, Master Bradford, from Pascagoula arrived Port of New Orleans with a cargo of lumber for B. Clapp &amp; Co.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New Orleans Port Registers</em>, 1828 –</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James F. Bradford listed as sailing master and half owner of&nbsp;<em>Schooner Transport</em>; half owned by Wm. Starks, both of Pascagoula River.&nbsp;<em>Transport</em>&nbsp;was one deck, two masts, a round stern, center board, fiddlehead, 59.7 x 19.11 x 5.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1828 TAX ROLL, JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James Bradford, 800 acres, c4, 2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;quality, $2400 value</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 poll, 2 slaves, tax, $6.55.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1829 TAX ROLL, JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James Bradford, 840 acres, c4, 3 qual, $1680 value</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">0 polls, 2 slaves, due $5.45.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1830 CENSUS, JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James Bradford, household of 10</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white male, 30-40, b 1790-1800</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white male, 20-30, b 1800-1810</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 white females, 20-30, b 1800-1810</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white male, 10-15, b 1815-1820</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white female, 10-15, b 1815-1820</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 white females, 0-5, b 1825-1830</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 male slave, 36-55, b 1775-1794</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 female slave, 24-36, b 1794-1806</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schooner&nbsp;<em>Transport</em>&nbsp;1835 –was owned by Lyman Bradford, Wm. Starks, James F. Bradford of East Pascagoula with Lyman Bradford the sailing master.&nbsp;<em>Transport</em>&nbsp;was built on the Pascagoula or Escatawpa River.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New Orleans Port Registers, 1840</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A large&nbsp;<em>schooner, James F. Bradford</em>&nbsp;was built in Jackson Co., Miss., in 1849.&nbsp; She was 73.9 x 22.1 x 5.9, had one deck, two masts, square stern and billet head. The owner until 1855 was John Bradford in&nbsp;April 1852. In&nbsp;May 1852&nbsp;Wm. Blackeney was ¼ owner with John Bradford. In 1854 John Bradford was owner with sailing master, John Burns.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1840 CENSUS</em>,&nbsp;<em>JCo MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James Bradford, household of 12</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 male age 30-40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 female age 30-40</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 males age 20-30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 female age 10-15</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 males age 0-5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 females age 5-10</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 females age 0-5</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1841, LAND</em>, Jan. 5,&nbsp;<em>Bureau of Land Mgmt</em>, JCo MS</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James F. Bradford, Cash Purchase</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">80 acres, Lot/Tract 4, Section 13, T7S R6W</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1842 –&nbsp;<em>New Orleans Port Registers</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The&nbsp;<em>Schooner Experiment</em>, built at Pascagoula in 1842, 64.5 x 20.5 x 4.5, a one deck, two mast, square stern vessel, was owned by James F. Bradford and Lyman Bradford of East Pascagoula. Sailing master was James F. Bradford.&nbsp; Sold 1846, Samuel Russ, Covington, La.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, JOHN, married Burissa Elder</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, JOSEPH, see parents, Ben &amp; Annie Bradford</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD, JULIA, see parents, Ben &amp; Annie Bradford</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, LYMAN</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Evergreen Cemetery</em>, Ocean Springs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, Sr, 1804-1858</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, b Dec. 31 1803 Montville, Conn.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Cynthia Davis Bradford, 1813-1887, wife, b JCo MS</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1819, Jackson Co. MS Officials</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, Justice of the Quorum Court</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1827 TAX ROLL</em>, JCo MS</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, 1 white poll, 0 slaves, tax .50</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Schooner Transport,&nbsp;</em>1835, was owned by Lyman Bradford, Wm. Starks, James F. Bradford of East Pascagoula with Lyman Bradford the sailing master.&nbsp;<em>Transport</em>&nbsp;was built on the Pascagoula or Escatawpa River.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>MARRIAGE</em>, Aug. 4, 1836, Jackson Co Miss</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford married Cynthia Davis, daughter of</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Samuel and Sarah B. Davis.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1840 CENSUS</em>, JCo MS (Lived on the Escatawpa River)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, 6 in household, no slaves</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 male, age 30-40 – Lyman Bradford</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 female, age 20-30 – wife, Cynthia</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 male, age 20-30</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 male, age 0-5, Sherwood, born 1838</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 female, age 0-5, Burissa, born 1839, died 1848</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New Orleans Port Registers</em>&nbsp;1842, WPA Transcribed</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Schooner<em>&nbsp;Experiment</em>, built at Pascagoula, was a one deck, two mast, square stern schooner, 64.5 x 20.5 x 4.5. The owners were James F. Bradford and Lyman Bradford with James F. Bradford sailing master.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sold in 1846 to Samuel Russ, Covington, La.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Griffin Cemetery</em>, Bradford Lot, Moss Point</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Burissa Bradford</strong>, died&nbsp;July 1, 1848, 11 yrs, 2 mos.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Daughter of Lyman and Cynthia Bradford</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Benjamin Bradford</strong>, died&nbsp;July 5, 1848, 3 yrs, 11 mos.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Son of Lyman &amp; Cynthia Bradford</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1850 CENSUS</em>, JCo MS, (Mossy Point, Escatawpa River)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Lyman Bradford, 46 wm, $2500 re, b Conn.,&nbsp;<u>farmer</u></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Cynthia Bradford, wife, 37 wf, b MS nee Davis</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sherwood Bradford, son, 11 wm, b MS, attended school</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Elizabeth Bradford, dau, 10 wf, b MS, attended school</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Martha Ann Bradford, dau, 8 wf, b MS, attended school</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sarah Bradford, dau, 1 month, wf, b MS</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1850 NO Agricultural Census</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Bradford was burning shells for lime, boat builder, commercial mariner and sailing master.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>850 SLAVE CENSUS</em>, Lyman Bradford (17 Slaves)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 blk m age 55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk f age 30</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 33&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk f age 19</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 muf age 13</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 22&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk f age 5</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk f age 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk m age 7</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk m age 7</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 blk m age 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 blk m age 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>MOVE,</em>&nbsp;1851-52 – Lyman Bradford to Davis Bayou, W JCo.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Ship Records &amp; Enrollments of New Orleans,&nbsp;</em>1855</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Barge Kate</em>, built in 1855 on Bayou Volvitear (Davis Bayou), 64 x 18.4 x 3.7, one deck, two masts, square stern and a stern bow. The owner was Lyman Bradford of Jackson Co, MS and the sailing master was his son Sherwood Bradford. Bu 1960 Kate had been sold.</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, MARTHA</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Evergreen Cemetery, Ocean Springs&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Martha Bradford, 1842-1887</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Dau of Lyman &amp; Cynthia Bradford</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, SHERWOOD</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Evergreen Cemetery, Ocean Springs</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sherwood Bradford, 1838-1922</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>CSA</em>, Co A. Steede’s Bat, 9<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Miss. Cavalry</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Son of Lyman &amp; Cynthia Bradford</em></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>MARRIAGE, Nov. 10, 1870, Jackson Co MS</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Eleanora Davis Bradford, 1851-1938, wife</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>BRADFORD, STEPHEN</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1810 LAND Claim</em>, Pascagoula River</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Stephen Bradford, 820 acres, Sect.38, T4S, R6W</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1820 CENSUS</em>, JCo MS (Escatawpa River, Mossy Point)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">14 free white, NO slaves, 1 foreigner, not naturalized</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 engaged in agriculture; 1 engaged in commerce</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white male 45 &amp; up &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 white males, 25 to 45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 white males, 16 to 26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 white female 26 to 45</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">1 white male 16 to 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 white female 10 to 16</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 white males, 10 to 16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 white female under 10</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>1825 CENSUS, Miss. State, JCo MS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Stephen Bradford, 6 males, 2 females</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2 died in 1824</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:15px"><strong>LYMAN BRADFORD</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Lyman Bradford (1804-1858), a native of Montville, New London County, Connecticut, and settled in Jackson County, Mississippi, probably in the late 1820s.&nbsp; He married Cynthia Ward (1813-1887) in 1836.&nbsp; After residing in the Pascagoula area, he moved his family to western Jackson County acquiring land on East Beach at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Here Bradford built a large home in the vicinity of present day San Souci Avenue.&nbsp; It is believed that when the newer Field Lodge was built here, it incorporated a portion of the old Bradford homestead.&nbsp; This structure later was known as the Tuttle Home.</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Lyman Bradford and Cynthia Ward were the parents of: Martha A. Bradford (1842-1887), Sarah Bradford (1848-1926) m. Reuben? Turner and Enoch N. Ramsay (1832-1916); Lyman Bradford (1851-1894) m. Eugenia Thomas (1858-1917); Sherwood Bradford (1838-1922) m. Eleanora Davis (1851-1938); Margaret Bradford (1846-1920) m. George W. Davis (1842-1914); and Mary L. Ramsay (1860-c. 1946) m. Andrew W. Ramsay (1836-1916)</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Sherwood Bradford, was one of the first school teachers in the county.&nbsp; He also served with Nathan Bedford Forrest in the C.S.A. cavalry during the Civil War.&nbsp; His son, Fred, was named for a war time friend, Frederick Semmes.&nbsp; Sherwood Bradford and family later went to the Vancleave area were he was the Postmaster (1882-1888), and farmer.&nbsp; He also built the Vancleave Academy, one of the first schools in the region, as well as the Ezell Lodge and the Methodist Church.&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">JOHN BRADFORD <span style="font-size:11px">AND</span> BURISSA J. ELDER</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">J</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">ohn Bradford (1817-1898) was born at Ocean Springs, Mississippi on May 20, 1817. &nbsp;He married Burissa Jane Elder (1830-1917), a native of Moss Point, Mississippi. &nbsp;There children were: James Fitch Bradford (1851-1853);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Margaret Bradford &nbsp;(1852-1954) m. Daniel D. Smith (1848-1927); John Comstock Bradford (1855-1928) m.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Sarah Elizabeth Howard (1866-1904)</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Nina Emma Smith (1873-1928)</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">; Sherwood Bradford (1857-1937); and Lyman Bradford (1863-1944) m. Pearl Roberts (1869-1928).</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Biloxi Lands</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Bradford acquired land at Biloxi, Mississippi as early as August 1847, when he bought a large tract from Louis A. Caillavet and Margaret Fayard Caillavet for $200. &nbsp;This parcel was 180 feet wide and ran south from Back Bay for 1847 feet to the lands of Adelle Delauney. &nbsp;Augustine Fayard was to the west and James W. Elder to the east.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 3, p. 420)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">NOLA</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Bradford moved Burissa to New Orleans in 1850. &nbsp;James Fitch Bradford, their first son, was born here in January 1851. &nbsp;By the fall of 1853, the Broadford family had relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Elder &amp; Bradford</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1893 Hurricane</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">The October 1893 Hurricane, sometimes called the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane, struck Biloxi with vengeance.&nbsp; The Elder &amp; Bradford operation like so many local piers, homes, sailing vessels and businesses, situated along the shoreline, suffered major damage.&nbsp; A post-hurricane survey of the Elder &amp; Bradford’s Back Bay sawmill estimated that losses and damages in the range of $4000. &nbsp;The mill lost thousands of board feet of lumber and many logs, all washed out to sea by the hurricane’s high water.&nbsp; Machinery utilized to process timber and lumber was also severely damaged.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, October 6, 1893, p. 1)</em></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">CHILDREN OF JOHN BRADFORD AND BURISSA ELDER</span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bradford%2C James Fitch (1851-1853).jpg" style="height:300px; width:200px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:10px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">James Fitch Bradford tombstone-Biloxi City Cemetery</span></strong></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">JAMES F. BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">James Fitch Bradford (1851-1853) was born at New Orleans on January 25, 1851. &nbsp;He expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on September 24, 1853. &nbsp;No further information.(Tombstone-Biloxi City Cemetery)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">MARGARET BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bradford%2C Margaret (1852-1954) m. Smith.jpg" style="height:300px; width:185px" /><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Smith%2C Daniel Dupree.jpg" style="height:300px; width:181px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">MARGARET BRADFORD SMITH and DANIEL DUPREE SMITH</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Courtesy of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">Susan Dupree Smith Wood-October 2011.</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Margaret 'Maggie' Bradford</strong> (1852-1954) was born June 10, 1852 at New Orleans, Louisiana. &nbsp;She married Daniel Dupree Smith (1848-1927), a Texan, in Harrison County, Mississippi on February 27, 1878. &nbsp;By 1880, they were residents of Fannin County, Texas where Daniel D. Smith was farming with John Comstock Bradford, her brother. &nbsp;Maggie would birth three children and lose one before 1900: Marianita 'Nita' Smith (1878-1960) m. Jacob 'Jake' Rosewell Spain (1878-1957); Calvin Smith (1884-1885); and Howard Dupree Smith (1887-1963) m. Merle Magdaline Ingram (1889-1989).(work of Louise Spain Penning; Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 7, p. 1 and Fannin Co., Texas 1880 Federal Census R 1303, p. 35, ED 30)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bradford family-Howard%2C Maggie%2C Nita%2C and John.jpg" style="height:268px; width:400px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">DANIEL DUPREE SMITH FAMILY</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[L-R: Howard Dupree Smith (1887-1963); Margaret 'Maggie' Bradford Smith (1852-1954); Nita Smith Spain (1878-1960); and John Lyman Spain (1901-1975). Courtesy of&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14px">Susan Dupree Smith Wood-November 2011.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Circa 1895, Maggie Bradford Smith &nbsp;and Daniel D. Smith relocated from Bonham, Texas to farm near Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. &nbsp;They later moved to Gila, Arizona and for a time were in Turlock, California. &nbsp;Maggie expired on June 7, 1954 at Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona. &nbsp;Her corporal remains were interred in the South Lawn Memorial Cemetery at Tuscon.(Susan Dupree Smith Wood and 1900 Maricopa Co., Arizona Territory Federal Census T623_46, P. 5A, ED 32)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">JOHN COMSTOCK BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bradford%2C John C. [older]_1.JPG" style="height:250px; width:168px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>John C. Bradford</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Comstock Bradford (1855-1928) was born January 23, 1855 at Biloxi, Mississippi the son of John Bradford (1817-1898) and Burissa Jane Elder (1830-1917).&nbsp; In 1853, John and Burissa Elder Bradford had relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi from Jackson County, Mississippi and remained here except for four years during the Civil War when the family relocated to Black Creek in Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; Their other known children were: Margaret Bradford Smith (1853-1928+) m. Daniel D. Smith; Sherwood Bradford (1857-1937); and Lyman Bradford (1863-1944) m. Pearl Roberts (1869-1928).</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Bradford began acquiring land at Biloxi, Mississippi as early as August 1847 when he bought a large tract on the Back Bay of Biloxi from Louis A. Caillavet (1790-1860) and spouse, Margaret Fayard Caillavet (1787-1863).&nbsp; The parcel was described as having 180-feet on Back Bay and 20 arpents [3840 feet] deep.&nbsp; Augustine Fayard was to the west; the lands of Adele Delauney to the south; and James W. Elder to the east.&nbsp; The consideration was $200 for this approximate 16 acre lot.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 3, p. 420)&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">The northern portion of the large Bradford tract, i.e. that area of Biloxi north of Division Street; east of Reynoir Street; south of the Back Back of Biloxi; and west of Lameuse Street became the loci of the following late 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> Century developments:&nbsp; Bradford Street, Elder Street, Back Bay Fire Company, Back Bay Community Center and Park, Gorenflo Public School, R.A. Fayard Seafood; Harrison County Health Center, Bayview Theatre-Bayview Lanes, a bowling alley, and Bay View Drugs.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John C. Bradford married Sarah Elizabeth Howard (1866-1904) in Harrison County, Mississippi on February 26, 1884.&nbsp; Their children were: <strong>Burissa O. Bradford</strong> (1885-1906+) m. Ernest Hamilton; <strong>John Howard Bradford</strong> (1886-1920+) m. Bertha Bradford (1892-1920); <strong>James Sherwood Bradford</strong> (1888-1967) m. Frances Morgan (1892-1945); <strong>Mary V. Bradford</strong> (1898); <strong>Edwin Russell Bradford</strong> (1896-) m. Bertha Vasbinder (1892-1920); <strong>Ernest Pelham Bradford</strong> (1897) m. Estella Lottie Rose ; Thelma Bradford (1900-1930+); and <strong>Lyman Chandler Bradford</strong> (1902-1977) m. Beryl Morgan (1907-1988).</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1893 Hurricane</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">The October 1893 Hurricane, sometimes called the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane, struck Biloxi with vengeance.&nbsp; The Elder &amp; Bradford operation like so many local piers, homes, sailing vessels and businesses, situated along the shoreline, suffered major damage.&nbsp; A post-hurricane survey of the Elder &amp; Bradford’s Back Bay sawmill estimated that losses and damages in the range of $4000. &nbsp;The mill lost thousands of board feet of lumber and many logs, all washed out to sea by the hurricane’s high water.&nbsp; Machinery utilized to process timber and lumber was also severely damaged.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, October 6, 1893, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Texas</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John C. Bradford and family left Biloxi in 1888 for West Texas.&nbsp; Settled near Del Rio in Val Verde County. &nbsp;J. Howard Bradford employed with the Del Rio Telephone Company and is providing telephone service to the ranchers in this region. Sherwood Bradford married Frances Morgan on July 14, 1912 and made their home</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Marriage</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">John C. Bradford married Nina Emma Smith (1873-1928) in 1906. &nbsp;She was the daughter of Ira B. Smith and Emeline Brasher and a native of Mt. Vernon, Alabama.&nbsp; Mrs. Bradford had been struck by an auto in El Paso, Texas approximately six months before her demise.&nbsp; In Biloxi, she had resided on the old Bradford property on Lameuse Street where the Gorenflo Elementary school had been erected in 19&nbsp; .&nbsp; Nina S. Bradford’s corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi City Cemetery.&nbsp; She was survived by Fannie Emeline S. Wolcott (1867-1957), a sister who was domiciled at 531 Porter Avenue.<em>(The Daily Herald, September 7, 1928, p. 2)</em></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mississippi A&amp;M College</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">John C. Bradford was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of Mississippi A&amp;M College. &nbsp;In September 1908, he was called to Jackson, Mississippi for a board meeting. &nbsp;On the agenda was the letting of a contract to build a new chapel and other improvements at the Starkville campus of approximately $100,000.<em>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 29, 1908, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Bradford&nbsp;homestead and the Gorenflo public school</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">The John Comstock Bradford (1855-1928) approximate 6.5 acres homestead was situated on the west side of Lameuse Street between Bradford and Elder Streets.&nbsp; He acquired this parcel from his mother, Burrisa Jane Elder Bradford (1830-1917), for $200, in February 1898. (HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 37, p. 475)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">In June 1923, J.C. Bradford conveyed his large Lameuse Street tract to the Trustees of the Biloxi City Schools, W.F. Gorenflo (1844-1932), W.J. Grant (1875-1932), Elbert L. Dukate, Susan Snell Tonsmeire (1879-1953), and Lille Bourdon Devitt (1884-1951), for $10,000.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 138, pp. 466-467)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Here in 1923-1924, a school building designed by architect Carl E. Matthes (1896-1972) was erected. Initially called the Back Bay Elementary School its area of educational responsibility included: all neighborhoods north of the L&amp;N Railroad from Caillavet to Lee Street, including the east side of Caillavet and the west side of Lee Street; and those areas north of Division Street bounded by Caillavet and Seal Avenue.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>The First School Year</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">When classes commenced in early September 1924, the faculty consisted of Miss Alma Ritch, principal and 1st grade; Miss Evelyn McShane, 1st grade; Miss Pricilla Ritch, 2nd and 3rd grades; Miss Lizette Mackie, 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Irma L. Harvey (1898-1965), 4th and 5th grades; Miss Veronica LaCaze, English, geography, spelling, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades; Miss Inez Rich, arithmetic, history, writing, 6th , 7th, and 8th grades<em>.(The Daily Herald, September 9, 1924, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mayor of Biloxi&nbsp;</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">[1905-1906]</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Comstock Bradford (1855-1928) ran with no opposition for the 1905-1906 Mayoral term.&nbsp; Biloxi city elections were held in December 1904 with the following results:&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Mayor:</strong> John C. Bradford. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Aldermen:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">1<sup>st</sup> Ward: Edward S. Balthrope (1873-1939) and Harry Edwards;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">2<sup>nd</sup> Ward: Joseph W. Swetman (1863-1937) and Charles Redding (1857-1926);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">3<sup>rd</sup> Ward: T.J. Rossell (1861-1923) and C.M. Buckingham;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">4<sup>th</sup> Ward: Henry Latimer (1855-1941) and Judson C. Batton (1869-1943);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Alderman-at-Large- Edward Glennan (1854-1933);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">City Clerk- Orcenith G. Swetman;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Treasurer-Percy L. Elmer (1873-1949);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Tax Collector-Henry J. Meaut;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Marshal-J.A. McKinley;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Street Commissioner: Henry J. Guiterrez (1869-1953). &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Board Appointments:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Police Justice-Judge Thomas H. Gleason (1857-1935);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Fire Chief- Louis E. Gill (1851-1919);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Superintendent of Water Works- Joseph O. Laska (1863-1911);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Water Rent Collector- Edward L. Suter (1866-1943);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Health Officer-Dr. Walter J. Greaves (1868-1910+);&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">City Attorney-W.H. Maybin.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Demise</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John C. Bradford expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on December 31, 1928.&nbsp; His funeral was held from 119 East Howard Avenue, the residence of his brother, Lyman Bradford.&nbsp; Reverend Ben Ingram of the First Baptist Church led the funeral service at the Bradford home after which the Mason of Magnolia Lodge No. 120 took charge of the Bradford rites with a Knight Templar escort and the Elks Club in the funeral body.&nbsp; Only two of his children, Thelma Bradford of Globe, Arizona and Russell Bradford of New Orleans, attended their father’s funeral.&nbsp; His other four sons resided in West Texas and he had another daughter in Arizona and one in Texas.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 4, 1929, p. 3 and January 5, 1929, p. 2)</em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">SHERWOOD &nbsp;BRADFORD</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/bradford%2C sherwood (1857-1937)%2C portrait.jpg" style="height:226px; width:146px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Sherwood Bradford </strong>(1857-1937)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[from&nbsp;<u>Along The Gulf&nbsp;</u>(1895)]</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Sherwood Bradford</strong> (1857-1937) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on &nbsp; &nbsp; . &nbsp;He was educated at the Mississippi Deaf and Dumb Institute in Jackson, MIssissippi. &nbsp;Sherwood left Biloxi to work in Lake Charles, Louisiana abd southeast Texas. &nbsp;He returned to Biloxi in 1887 and in July 1888, he built a blacksmith and machine shop on the NW/C of Jackson Street and Main Street.(The Biloxi Herald, July 28, 1888, p. 8 and T</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">he Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">July 17, 1937, p. 6)</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Sherwood Bradford expired on July 16, 1937 at Biloxi, Mississippi. &nbsp;His corporal remains were interred in John Bradford family burial plot the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(The Daily Herald, July 17, 1937, p. 6)</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/bradford%2C sherwood machine shop-Main st..jpg" style="height:148px; width:250px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Sherwood Bradford Machine and Blacksmith Shop</strong>-Main Street and Jackson Street</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[from <u>Along The Gulf </u>(1895)]</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">LYMAN &nbsp;BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bradford%2C Lyman (1863-1944).jpg" style="height:291px; width:173px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">LYMAN &nbsp;BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Lyman Bradford (1863-1944) was born at Black Creek, Jackson County, Mississippi on October 27, 1863. &nbsp;His parents had left Biloxi, Mississippi to live here during the Civil War. &nbsp;Lyman married Pearl Roberts (1869-1928), the daughter of Joseph M. Roberts and Sallie A. Glover, in December 1887. &nbsp;Children: Lyman C. Bradford (1888-1920) m. Maud Foxworth; James Floyd Bradford (1890-1963) m. Margaret Krohn; and Paul S. Bradford (1894-1983) m. Ruth Gates (1899-1986).</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Opened a general &nbsp;merchandising store, sellling dry goods and groceries, on Back Bay in late November 1894. &nbsp;Bradford's business was situated on the corner of Lameuse Street and Back Bay Road.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/inline/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-07%20at%207.48.22%20AM.png" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[The Biloxi Herald, August 14, 1897, p. 5]</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Lyman Bradford expired at Biloxi, Mississippi November 21, 1944. &nbsp;Pearl Roberts preceded him in death passing on August 27. 1928. &nbsp;Their corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BRADFORD-O'KEEFE</span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Pearl Roberts Bradford expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on August 27, 1928. &nbsp;Died in late November 1944. &nbsp;Corporal remains enterred Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississipi.</span></span></p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LYMAN C. BRADFORD</span></strong>&nbsp;<br />
<span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207); color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lieutenant Lyman Comstock? Bradford (1888-1920), former Biloxi resident, who died at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C., Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, draped in the American flag, was brought to the home of his parents in this city, this morning arriving on train No. 37 shortly after 8 o'clock from the national capital. The remains were accompanied home by Lieutenant Bradford's mother, his wife and brother, Paul, all of whom went to Washington to be at his bedside when he became seriously ill. Impressive services were held previous to the departure of the body from Washington by military officials.</span><br />
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207); color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The funeral of the deceased will take place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Masons of which Lieutenant Bradford was a member, with Mr. Tolle will have charge of the services. Mr. Bradford belonged to the Masonic Lodge No. 120 F. &amp; A.M. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. Lieutenant Bradford was was a member of Biloxi Lodge of Elks, members of which organization will attend the funeral in a body. He was a member of the Baptist church, members of which congregation will attend the last rites.</span><br />
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207); color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lieutenant Bradford has seen three years of service in the United States Army. He first enlisted as a member of the first officers training camp at Camp Pike. From there he graduated with honors and was later sent to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where he embarked for overseas duty.</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207); color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Remaining overseas four months, Lieutenant Bradford was connected with the 87th Division, and emploted as first assistant regiment adjutant and adjutant of his own battalion. Lieutenant Bradford was engaged in numerous tours of inspection while overseas. Returning to the States he was placed in special service and has traveled about the country extensively. When taken ill, he was sent to the Walter Reed Hospital for treatment. An operation was found necessary and death occurred some weeks later at a time when his condition was reported to be improved.</span><br />
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207); color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lieutenant Lyman C. Bradford was a native Biloxian, 32 years of age, and was married to the former Maud Foxworth. He is survived by his wife and other relatives: Lyman Bradford (1863-1944) and Pearl Roberts Bradford (1869-1928), his parents; brothers, James Floyd Bradford (1890-1963) and Paul S. Bradford (1894-1983), all Biloxi residents. The death of Lieutenant Bradford was received in Biloxi with regret and the family have the sympathy of the entire community.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">JAMES F. BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">James Floyd Bradford (1890-1963) was born &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1890. &nbsp;He married Margaret Jane Krohn. &nbsp;Children: Bradford m. W.E. McDonald; Alfred J. Richter (19-); Mary Pearl Bradford; Sarah Jane Bradford; and James F. Bradford II (1939-1949).</span></span></p>

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<div class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">PAUL &nbsp;S. BRADFORD</span></strong></div>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Honored in late December 1964 by Magnolia Lodge No. 120 F&amp;AM with lifetime membership in the Masonic Order.(The Daily Herald, December 29, 1964, p. 10)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">NATHANIEL C. BRADFORD</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Nathaniel Comstock Bradford (1835-1935) was born April 1, 1835 near Biloxi, Mississippi to James Fitch Bradford and Margaret Davis. &nbsp;He left the Mississippi Gulf Coast with his family before 1850 as they settled in Upshur County, Texas where James F. Bradford farmed. &nbsp;James F. Bradford and Margaret Davis Bradford had at least nine children of which six were girls. &nbsp;Known daughters: Cynthia W. Bradford (b. 1832) m. John R. Russell in August 1854; Mary A. Bradford m. Joseph C. Preston in August 1855; Sophie Bradford m. N.A. Birge in September 1856. Their sons were: Nathaniel C. Bradford (1835-1935); George Bradford (1840-1850+); and Joseph Bradford (1848-1860+).</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Nathaniel C. Bradford made his livelihood as a merchant and fire insurance agent. &nbsp;During his lifetime, he and Francis Bradford (1840-1910+), his Alabama born spouse, and their children: Jennie Bradford (b. 1863); Claude Bradford (1866-1880+); Alice Bradford (b. 1872); and Nathaniel C. Bradford II (1879-1939) lived in Upshur County, Texas (1860); Jefferson, Marion County, Texas (1870); Weatherford, Parker County, Texas (1880); and Bonham, Fannin County, Texas (1900).&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">In his old age, Nathaniel C. Bradford lived with Mrs. John Andrew Mattox, his daughter at Greenville, Hunt County, Texas. &nbsp;He expired there on April 8, 1935 at the home his daughter.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1935, p. 2)</span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u></strong>, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902), p. 53.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Cyril E. Cain,&nbsp;<strong>Four Centuries on the Pascagoula: History, Story, and Legend of the Pascagoula River Country</strong>,(The Reprint Company: Spartanburg, South Carolina-1983).</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong><u>The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</u></strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>"William Bradford"</em></strong>, (Jackson County Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989), pp. 139-140.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">T.H. Glenn, <strong><u>The Mexican Gulf Coast on Mobile Bay &amp; Mississippi Sound</u> <u>Illustrated</u></strong>, (Delchamps: Mobile, Alabama-1893).</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><em>Chancery Court</em></strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 965, <strong><em>“The Estate of John Bradford”</em></strong>, January 1898.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><em>Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, June 23, 1894.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Terrific Gale”</strong>, October 6, 1893.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, June 23, 1894.</span></p>

<div><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, November 24, 1894.</span></div>

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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Latest City News”</strong>, January 8, 1898.</span></div>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Death of John Bradford”</strong>, January 8, 1898.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Necrological-Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Bradford”</strong>, January 4, 1904.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“The City Election”</strong>, December 14, 1904.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“The New Board”</strong>, January 14, 1905.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Officers were appointed”</strong>, January 3, 1906.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Bond issue agreed upon"</strong>, February 14, 1906.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Marriages-<em>Bradford-Smith</em>”</strong>, April 24, 1906.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Personals"</strong>, April 28, 1906.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Hamilton-Bradford"</strong>, August 9, 1906.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Biloxi Society and Personal Items”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, April 12, 1911.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Bradford boys prospering”</strong>, July 29, 1912.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Estimable Lady taken by death”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, January 10, 1917.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Mrs. Howard Bradford dead"</strong>, February 26, 1920.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"The death of Lieut. L.C. Bradford, Jr."</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:13.63636302947998px">, May 29, 1920.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Lieut. Bradford's funeral yesterday"</strong>, May 31, 1920.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Bradford funeral held today"</strong>, June 1, 1920.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Public School Assignments”</strong>, September 9, 1924.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>“School Work Begins Again”</strong>, August 31, 1925.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>“Biloxi Has New School”</strong>, August 28, 1926.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>"Mrs. J.C. Bradford dead"</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, September 7, 1928.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>"John C. Bradford died last night"</strong>, January 1, 1929.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Here to attend funeral”</strong>, January 4, 1929.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Bradford funeral”</strong>, January 5, 1929.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"N.C. Bradford dead"</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, July 7, 1935.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Jimmie Bradford dies"</strong>, January 26, 1949.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"F.S. Bradford Dies"</strong>, January 10, 1951.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>"Bradford made life member of Masonic Order"</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>December 29, 1964.</strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>"Mrs. L.C. Bradford"</strong>, May 29, 1968.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, </span></em><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>"Mrs. Ruth Bradford"</strong>, August 10, 1986.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Gulf Coast Times</em>, <strong>"The Bradford Family", </strong>September 16, 1949, and September 23, 1949.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Jackson County Times</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Death of Mrs. Eugenia Bradford"</strong>, September 22, 1917.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Obituary </strong>[L.C. Bradford Jr.]<strong>"</strong>, October 26, 1894.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">This information provided by Russell Barnes, 'Mr. Biloxi Schooner'.</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1855 – </strong><u>Barge <em>Kate</em></u><em>, </em>of New Orleans.&nbsp; Official No. 14175</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Built on Bayou Volvitear, (Valvatin?) Jackson County, Miss., 1855</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: 30 <sup>76/95</sup> tons; 64 ft. x 18 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One deck, two masts, square stern, square bow.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1- Previously enrolled No. 1, Feb 9, 1856 at Shieldsborough, Miss. (Bay St. Louis)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2- Registered (temporary) No. 74, May 9, 1857.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Owner: Lyman Bradford, Jackson Co, Miss.</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Master: Sherwood Bradford, Jackson Co, Miss.</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3- Enrolled No. 199, Dec 13, 1860, at Port of New Orleans, La.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Owner: Joseph Kaiser, New Orleans.&nbsp; Master: Name not given.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1- Enrolled No. 272, Dec 7, 1861. Owner: Henry Thomas Neal of Livingston Parish, La.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Master: Henry Thomas Neal (CS)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2- Enrolled No. 24, May 4, 1865, having been altered in tonnage and dimensions.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: 30.44 tons; 64.6 ft. x 18.4 ft. x 2.8 ft.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Owner: Henry Thomas Neal; Master: S. Fradenberg</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3- Enrolled No. 58, Oct 14, 1867, having been altered from a barge to a schooner barge.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description:32.15 tons; 64.3 ft. x 18.5 ft. x 3.1 ft.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Owner: Henry Thomas Neal; Master: J. M. White</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Ship Records &amp; Enrollments of New Orleans, Louisiana, Vol. V &amp; VI, 1861-1870; WPA</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>LYMAN BRADFORD FAMILY CEMETERY</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">East Beach-Ocean Springs</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>LOCATION:</strong>&nbsp; Lot 2, Section 32, T7S-R8W</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>HISTORY</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Lyman Bradford (1804-1858), a native of Montville, New London County, Connecticut, settled at Jackson County, Mississippi, probably in the late 1820s.&nbsp; He married Cynthia Davis (1813-1887), the daughter of Samuel Davis and Sarah B in 1836.&nbsp; After residing in the Pascagoula area, he moved his family to western Jackson County acquiring land on East Beach at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Here Bradford built a large home in the vicinity of present day San Souci Avenue.&nbsp; It is believed that when the newer Field Lodge was built here, it incorporated a portion of the old Bradford homestead.&nbsp; This structure later was known as the Tuttle Home.&nbsp; After Lyman Bradford died in 1858, on December 21, 1887, Cynthia Bradford (1813-1887), Martha A. Bradford (1842-1887), Sarah Bradford (b. 1850), Lyman Bradford (b. 1851), Sherwood Bradford (1838-1922), Margaret B. Davis (1846-1920), and Mary L. Ramsay (b. 1860-c. 1946) conveyed the following tract to Agnes W. Salisbury:</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong><em>Those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land situated in fractional Section 32, T7S-R8W in Jackson County, State of Mississippi, and more particularly described as a certain tract, piece or parcel of land containing a half acre front on a Bayou at the eastern part of the Bay of Biloxi, and bounded east by lands of the grantors, west by lands of the grantors, and north by the Pine Woods, and more particularly designated as a part of said fractional Section No. 32, being the same tract conveyed by George D. Davis and wife to Lyman Bradford on the 8th day February 1848.&nbsp; It is hereby agreed that the grantors reserve a lot twelve (12) by twenty (20) feet containing the graves of two family with the right to improve, protect, and visit the graves and agree not to bury but one more, and if they should so desire to remove the same from the premises they can do so</em></strong>.(Jackson County, Mississippi Land Deed Book 8, pp. 426-427)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Register</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Lyman Bradford, Sr. (1804-1858)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Cynthia Davis Bradford (1813-1887)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">James Fitch Bradford received patents on Lots 2 (NW/4 and SW/4 of NE/4) and 3 (NE/4 and SE/4 of NW/4) in Section 32, T7S-R8W, on 2-2-1837.&nbsp; Lot 2 (NW/4 and SW/4 of NE/4), Section 33, T7S-R8W, 1-5-1841.(Jackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 743 A.W. Sullivan v. Eula Bradford, May 28, 1897).</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Cyril E. Cain, <strong><u>Four Centuries on the Pascagoula</u></strong>, (The Reprint Company:&nbsp; Spartanburg, South Carolina-1983), pp. 109-110 and p. 134</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><u>The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</u></strong>, "William Bradford", (Jackson County Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989), pp. 139-140.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Gulf Coast Times</em>, <strong>"The Bradford Family",</strong> September 16, 1949.</span></span></p>
