John Guy Bradley was the oldest of five children of James and Jane McField Bradley. The parents were Scotch-Irish and were married in Dublin, Ireland, in 1791.
After eating their wedding dinner they said good-by to their relatives and set sail for America. It took nine weeks to cross during which they went through a terrible ocean storm. They were followed for days by sharks. They finally landed in Baltimore, and the family lived in Maryland for several years. Then the family moved to Huntington County, Pa., remaining there a few years.
In 1815 the father bought a 200-acre tract located in plum Township, Venango County, for $400 in silver money from Samuel Maxwell of center County. The Bradleys moved on their new farm the following year, 1816.
While in Huntington County, John G. Bradley, had learned the trade of millwright. After moving to Plum Township he built a combination grist and sawmill on what would be the present Norman Jennings property in Bradleytown.
He had three Wives.
On Feb. 17, 1825, John married Mary Jennings, a daughter of the neighbors, Jacob and Mary Jennings. John and Mary were the parents of five children: Mrs. Harriet Hays, Mrs. Martha Foster, John Jackson Bradley, Jacob Guy Bradley and Oliver Perry Bradley.
Mrs. Bradley died Sept. 1, 1837 and was probably the first person to be buried in the Sunville Cemetery.
In 1841 John married Margaret Bowman, and by this union had three children: Mrs. Eliza Jane Minnigh, Charles Bradley and Mrs. Dilley. The second Mrs. Bradley died June 15, 1848.
He married a third time, the new wife being Amelia Vogan. There were no children to this last marriage. She too, died on Aug. 28, 1859 - just one day after noted Drake Well was brought in.
He was very hospitable and no one ever turned away from his door. Once a strange woman came. While there she developed typhoid fever. The Bradley family cared for her for weeks until her recovery.
Mr. Bradley was at last afflicted with cancer. He was buried with his three wives at Sunville.
He had owned a number of valuable books, and many of these were stolen from the home years after his death.
After eating their wedding dinner they said good-by to their relatives and set sail for America. It took nine weeks to cross during which they went through a terrible ocean storm. They were followed for days by sharks. They finally landed in Baltimore, and the family lived in Maryland for several years. Then the family moved to Huntington County, Pa., remaining there a few years.
In 1815 the father bought a 200-acre tract located in plum Township, Venango County, for $400 in silver money from Samuel Maxwell of center County. The Bradleys moved on their new farm the following year, 1816.
While in Huntington County, John G. Bradley, had learned the trade of millwright. After moving to Plum Township he built a combination grist and sawmill on what would be the present Norman Jennings property in Bradleytown.
He had three Wives.
On Feb. 17, 1825, John married Mary Jennings, a daughter of the neighbors, Jacob and Mary Jennings. John and Mary were the parents of five children: Mrs. Harriet Hays, Mrs. Martha Foster, John Jackson Bradley, Jacob Guy Bradley and Oliver Perry Bradley.
Mrs. Bradley died Sept. 1, 1837 and was probably the first person to be buried in the Sunville Cemetery.
In 1841 John married Margaret Bowman, and by this union had three children: Mrs. Eliza Jane Minnigh, Charles Bradley and Mrs. Dilley. The second Mrs. Bradley died June 15, 1848.
He married a third time, the new wife being Amelia Vogan. There were no children to this last marriage. She too, died on Aug. 28, 1859 - just one day after noted Drake Well was brought in.
He was very hospitable and no one ever turned away from his door. Once a strange woman came. While there she developed typhoid fever. The Bradley family cared for her for weeks until her recovery.
Mr. Bradley was at last afflicted with cancer. He was buried with his three wives at Sunville.
He had owned a number of valuable books, and many of these were stolen from the home years after his death.
John Guy Bradley was the oldest of five children of James and Jane McField Bradley. The parents were Scotch-Irish and were married in Dublin, Ireland, in 1791.
After eating their wedding dinner they said good-by to their relatives and set sail for America. It took nine weeks to cross during which they went through a terrible ocean storm. They were followed for days by sharks. They finally landed in Baltimore, and the family lived in Maryland for several years. Then the family moved to Huntington County, Pa., remaining there a few years.
In 1815 the father bought a 200-acre tract located in plum Township, Venango County, for $400 in silver money from Samuel Maxwell of center County. The Bradleys moved on their new farm the following year, 1816.
While in Huntington County, John G. Bradley, had learned the trade of millwright. After moving to Plum Township he built a combination grist and sawmill on what would be the present Norman Jennings property in Bradleytown.
He had three Wives.
On Feb. 17, 1825, John married Mary Jennings, a daughter of the neighbors, Jacob and Mary Jennings. John and Mary were the parents of five children: Mrs. Harriet Hays, Mrs. Martha Foster, John Jackson Bradley, Jacob Guy Bradley and Oliver Perry Bradley.
Mrs. Bradley died Sept. 1, 1837 and was probably the first person to be buried in the Sunville Cemetery.
In 1841 John married Margaret Bowman, and by this union had three children: Mrs. Eliza Jane Minnigh, Charles Bradley and Mrs. Dilley. The second Mrs. Bradley died June 15, 1848.
He married a third time, the new wife being Amelia Vogan. There were no children to this last marriage. She too, died on Aug. 28, 1859 - just one day after noted Drake Well was brought in.
He was very hospitable and no one ever turned away from his door. Once a strange woman came. While there she developed typhoid fever. The Bradley family cared for her for weeks until her recovery.
Mr. Bradley was at last afflicted with cancer. He was buried with his three wives at Sunville.
He had owned a number of valuable books, and many of these were stolen from the home years after his death.
After eating their wedding dinner they said good-by to their relatives and set sail for America. It took nine weeks to cross during which they went through a terrible ocean storm. They were followed for days by sharks. They finally landed in Baltimore, and the family lived in Maryland for several years. Then the family moved to Huntington County, Pa., remaining there a few years.
In 1815 the father bought a 200-acre tract located in plum Township, Venango County, for $400 in silver money from Samuel Maxwell of center County. The Bradleys moved on their new farm the following year, 1816.
While in Huntington County, John G. Bradley, had learned the trade of millwright. After moving to Plum Township he built a combination grist and sawmill on what would be the present Norman Jennings property in Bradleytown.
He had three Wives.
On Feb. 17, 1825, John married Mary Jennings, a daughter of the neighbors, Jacob and Mary Jennings. John and Mary were the parents of five children: Mrs. Harriet Hays, Mrs. Martha Foster, John Jackson Bradley, Jacob Guy Bradley and Oliver Perry Bradley.
Mrs. Bradley died Sept. 1, 1837 and was probably the first person to be buried in the Sunville Cemetery.
In 1841 John married Margaret Bowman, and by this union had three children: Mrs. Eliza Jane Minnigh, Charles Bradley and Mrs. Dilley. The second Mrs. Bradley died June 15, 1848.
He married a third time, the new wife being Amelia Vogan. There were no children to this last marriage. She too, died on Aug. 28, 1859 - just one day after noted Drake Well was brought in.
He was very hospitable and no one ever turned away from his door. Once a strange woman came. While there she developed typhoid fever. The Bradley family cared for her for weeks until her recovery.
Mr. Bradley was at last afflicted with cancer. He was buried with his three wives at Sunville.
He had owned a number of valuable books, and many of these were stolen from the home years after his death.
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