Moses Bradford was born in Connecticut, March 10,1803; is son
of Arunah and Mary Bradford, the former born in Vermont, the
latter a native of Connecticut. Mr. Bradford came to Michigan in
the fall of 1825 and settled in Wayne county, where he bought 160
acres of Government land. The day he left Buffalo on his way
westward he witnessed the ceremony of letting the water into the
Erie canal by Governor Clinton, who lifted the gate. There were
but seven families in Detroit, then a mere trading post inhabited
by the French. Mr. Bradford farmed in Wayne county 27 years,
sold his place and settled in Sparta, where he bought 160 acres of
land. Ie was married March 10, 1824, to Elizabeth Arnold, of
Farmington, Monroe Co., N. Y. They had five children-Jacob,
Arunah, Mary E. (deceased), Edwin and Jason. Mrs. Bradford
died Dec. 19, 1832, at Plymouth. He was married in June, 1835,
to Nancy Belden, of Plymouth, born at Elizabethtown, N. Y.; they
had three children-Ephraim, Archie (deceased) and Perry. Mr.
Bradford gave each of his six sons a farm, and three of them are
farmers in Sparta. Arunah sold his and is engaged in a bakery
and confectionery in Grand Rapids. Jacob sold out, went to Stanton, Montcalm Co., where he was Postmaster for many years, and
now owns 30 acres within the corporation of Stanton. Edwin sold
his land and is a merchant at Sparta Center (see sketch). Mr.
Bradford bought six acres of land on sec. 29, near this city in 1869,
where he lives in comfortable retirement, aged 78 years. He is a
Democrat.
of Arunah and Mary Bradford, the former born in Vermont, the
latter a native of Connecticut. Mr. Bradford came to Michigan in
the fall of 1825 and settled in Wayne county, where he bought 160
acres of Government land. The day he left Buffalo on his way
westward he witnessed the ceremony of letting the water into the
Erie canal by Governor Clinton, who lifted the gate. There were
but seven families in Detroit, then a mere trading post inhabited
by the French. Mr. Bradford farmed in Wayne county 27 years,
sold his place and settled in Sparta, where he bought 160 acres of
land. Ie was married March 10, 1824, to Elizabeth Arnold, of
Farmington, Monroe Co., N. Y. They had five children-Jacob,
Arunah, Mary E. (deceased), Edwin and Jason. Mrs. Bradford
died Dec. 19, 1832, at Plymouth. He was married in June, 1835,
to Nancy Belden, of Plymouth, born at Elizabethtown, N. Y.; they
had three children-Ephraim, Archie (deceased) and Perry. Mr.
Bradford gave each of his six sons a farm, and three of them are
farmers in Sparta. Arunah sold his and is engaged in a bakery
and confectionery in Grand Rapids. Jacob sold out, went to Stanton, Montcalm Co., where he was Postmaster for many years, and
now owns 30 acres within the corporation of Stanton. Edwin sold
his land and is a merchant at Sparta Center (see sketch). Mr.
Bradford bought six acres of land on sec. 29, near this city in 1869,
where he lives in comfortable retirement, aged 78 years. He is a
Democrat.
Moses Bradford was born in Connecticut, March 10,1803; is son
of Arunah and Mary Bradford, the former born in Vermont, the
latter a native of Connecticut. Mr. Bradford came to Michigan in
the fall of 1825 and settled in Wayne county, where he bought 160
acres of Government land. The day he left Buffalo on his way
westward he witnessed the ceremony of letting the water into the
Erie canal by Governor Clinton, who lifted the gate. There were
but seven families in Detroit, then a mere trading post inhabited
by the French. Mr. Bradford farmed in Wayne county 27 years,
sold his place and settled in Sparta, where he bought 160 acres of
land. Ie was married March 10, 1824, to Elizabeth Arnold, of
Farmington, Monroe Co., N. Y. They had five children-Jacob,
Arunah, Mary E. (deceased), Edwin and Jason. Mrs. Bradford
died Dec. 19, 1832, at Plymouth. He was married in June, 1835,
to Nancy Belden, of Plymouth, born at Elizabethtown, N. Y.; they
had three children-Ephraim, Archie (deceased) and Perry. Mr.
Bradford gave each of his six sons a farm, and three of them are
farmers in Sparta. Arunah sold his and is engaged in a bakery
and confectionery in Grand Rapids. Jacob sold out, went to Stanton, Montcalm Co., where he was Postmaster for many years, and
now owns 30 acres within the corporation of Stanton. Edwin sold
his land and is a merchant at Sparta Center (see sketch). Mr.
Bradford bought six acres of land on sec. 29, near this city in 1869,
where he lives in comfortable retirement, aged 78 years. He is a
Democrat.
of Arunah and Mary Bradford, the former born in Vermont, the
latter a native of Connecticut. Mr. Bradford came to Michigan in
the fall of 1825 and settled in Wayne county, where he bought 160
acres of Government land. The day he left Buffalo on his way
westward he witnessed the ceremony of letting the water into the
Erie canal by Governor Clinton, who lifted the gate. There were
but seven families in Detroit, then a mere trading post inhabited
by the French. Mr. Bradford farmed in Wayne county 27 years,
sold his place and settled in Sparta, where he bought 160 acres of
land. Ie was married March 10, 1824, to Elizabeth Arnold, of
Farmington, Monroe Co., N. Y. They had five children-Jacob,
Arunah, Mary E. (deceased), Edwin and Jason. Mrs. Bradford
died Dec. 19, 1832, at Plymouth. He was married in June, 1835,
to Nancy Belden, of Plymouth, born at Elizabethtown, N. Y.; they
had three children-Ephraim, Archie (deceased) and Perry. Mr.
Bradford gave each of his six sons a farm, and three of them are
farmers in Sparta. Arunah sold his and is engaged in a bakery
and confectionery in Grand Rapids. Jacob sold out, went to Stanton, Montcalm Co., where he was Postmaster for many years, and
now owns 30 acres within the corporation of Stanton. Edwin sold
his land and is a merchant at Sparta Center (see sketch). Mr.
Bradford bought six acres of land on sec. 29, near this city in 1869,
where he lives in comfortable retirement, aged 78 years. He is a
Democrat.
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