Husband Judge James Bredin 1 2 3
Born: 9 May 1831 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2 4
Christened:
Died: 23 Nov 1906 5
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: Judge John Bredin (1794-1851) 6
Mother: Nancy McClelland (1809/1811-1881/1882) 7 8 9 10
Marriage: 7 Oct 1856 3
Wife Matilda E. Spear 4 11
Born: 1837
Christened:
Died: 1935
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: William L. Spear (1811-1872) 4 12
Mother: Matilda E. Spang (Abt 1815-1862) 13
Children
1 M William Spear Bredin 14
Born: 1857
Christened:
Died: 1925
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 15
2 M Charles Henry Bredin 14 16
Born: 3 Nov 1866
Christened:
Died: 10 Jul 1934
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Grace Leonard (1869-1946) 14
3 M John Bredin 14 16
Born: 1859
Christened:
Died: Jul 1882 or 1889 16
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
4 F Anna Catherine Bredin 14
Born: 2 Sep 1861
Christened:
Died: 5 Apr 1863
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Judge James Bredin
He was educated in the common schools and the academy of his native town, and one session at Washington College, in the spring and summer of 1846. He was appointed a Midshipman in the navy in July, 1846; attended the Naval School at Annapolis in the fall of that year. He afterward served in the United States ship of the line Ohio, and sloop of war Warren, during the Mexican war, on the Mexican coast, east and west, and was present at the taking of Luspan, and at the bombardment of Vera Cruz. He relinquished a seafaring life, resigning in January, 1850. He returned home via the Isthmus, and began the study of the law with his father. He finished his legal studies with his brother-in-law, E. McJunkin, and was admitted to the bar in 1853. In 1854, with others, he opened a bank in Butler, under the name of Campbell, Bredin & Co., and opened a branch of said bank in New Castle in the fall of the same year. In 1855, he resumed the practice of the law. During the years 1857 and 1858, he had a partnership with E. McJunkin, under the firm name of McJunkin & Bredin.
In the fall of 1871, he removed to Allegheny City, and pursued the practice of his profession in the several courts of that county.
In 1874, while still remaining in Allegheny County, he was nominated as one of the candidates for Judge in the Seventeenth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Butler and Lawrence, and was elected. The commission of President Judge fell to E. McJunkin by lot. He removed to Butler in January, 1875, and assumed the duties of the office to which he had been called by his fellow-citizens. He was qualified in the first Monday of January. His term runs to the first Monday of January, 1885. As a citizen and as a Judge he has the confidence of all who know him, and who admire a just Judge. He is strong in his convictions, but those convictions are the result of an honest examination of the questions involved. His integrity has never been questioned. [HBC 1883, 62]
He was educated at the local schools and at Washington College and in the Naval School at Annapolis. He participated in the naval operations in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican war and early in 1850, he resigned and returned to Butler, and began reading law in his father's office. After his father's death, in 1851, he continued his studies in the office of Hon. Ebenezer McJunkin and was admitted to the bar June 14, 1853. He did not at once begin practice, but engaged in the banking business with James Campbell, S. M. Lane and others and established a bank in Butler and a branch at New Castle. He returned to the profession, however, in 1855 and 1871 removed to Allegheny, where he practiced until 1874, when he was elected one of the judges of the Seventeenth District and served ten years. After his retirement from the bench in 1855 he removed again to Allegheny, where he continued to practice until his death. He was recognized as an able lawyer and was held in high esteem by the legal profession and the public, and his record on the bench in Butler County was an excellent one. [HBC 1909, 241]
General Notes: Wife - Matilda E. Spear
She survived her husband and resided at the Willard Hotel, Butler, PA. She owned much valuable real estate in and about the city. A lady of culture and refinement, she occupied a prominent position in Butler society. [HBC 1909, 648]
Notes: Marriage
They were married in 1865. [TCHBC, 648]