Husband Thomas Bradford, LL.D. 1 2
Born: 10 Apr 1780 or 11 Sep 1781 1 2
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Died: 25 Oct 1851 1 2
Buried: - North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Father: Lt.-Col. Thomas Bradford (1745-1838) 1 3
Mother: Mary Fisher (Abt 1750-1805) 1 2
Marriage: 5 May 1805 1 2
Wife Elizabeth Loockerman 1 2
Born: 23 Dec 1779 2
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Died: 12 Apr 1842 2
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Father: Vincent Loockerman, Esq. ( - ) 1 2
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1 M Vincent Loockerman Bradford, LL.D. 2
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Spouse: Juliet Sophia Rey ( - ) 2
2 M Benjamin Rush Bradford 1 2 4
Born: 15 Sep 1813 - Philadelphia, PA 5 6
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Died: 9 Jun 1884 5 6
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Spouse: Margaret Campbell (1817-1888) 4 6
Marr: 26 Nov 1840 6
3 F Elizabeth Loockerman Bradford 2
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Spouse: Rev. William Theodore Dwight, D.D. ( - ) 2
4 M Col. William Bradford 2
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Rev. Thomas Budd Bradford 2
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Spouse: Henrietta Singer ( - ) 6
Spouse: Lucinda Hall Porter ( - ) 6
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Bradford, LL.D.
Leaving the university of Pennsylvania in his junior year he first learned the art of printing; then engaged in legal studies and became a leading member of the Philadelphia bar.
To he and his wife were born four sons and one daughter. Benjamin was their second son.
He attended the University of Pennsylvania until fifteen years of age, then entered the office of his father, learning the printer's trade and becoming an unusually expert compositor. He had a strong inclination for the law and after three years in the printing office obtained his father's permission to begin legal study. He at once entered the office of William Todd, an eminent lawyer of the Philadelphia bar, and so rapid was his progress that on October 18, 1802, he was admitted to the bar. He rose rapidly in his profession, practicing alone until 1843, when he admitted his son, Vincent L. Bradford, who continued his partner until death severed the connection. He was not only learned in the law and highly regarded as an able, honorable lawyer, but was also eminent in the church, trusted in political life and generous in aid of philanthropic institutions. He was an elder of the Fifth Presbyterian Church, inspector of the Eastern Penitentiary, and a past master of Lodge No. 121, Free and Accepted Masons. In 1849 Jefferson College conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D.