The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-09
OBITUARY.
FRANK sTANDIsH BRADFORl


Frank S tandish Bradford, Md. died
at his residence on Maple avenue
early yesterday morning in the 10th
year of his age. Death was due tc
Brlght's disease complicated with
heart trouble. 1t was noticeable that
upon his return from Watch Hill in
September he was not as we'll as when
he left Morristown in the early sum-
mer He kept about, however, until
the latter part of the year
DR.. Bradford is direct descendent
of Governor Bradford and Captain
Miles Standish an ancestry in which
he justly took great pride. He was
born III marlborough, Massachusetts,,
May goth, 1880. After graduation from
the providence, R. l., High School,
IN 1849 he entered Brown University,
graduating with first honors in the
class of SO. He studied medicine
under DR.. Dixie, famous surgeon of
Providence, taking the degree of M.
ID. in Philadelphia. Returning to
Providence he practiced his profession
later removing to Charleston, s. G..
where he became prominent member
OF the fraternity, although his pro-
nounced anti-slavery views were not
acceptable in that hotbed of secession.
Previous to the outbreak of the Civil
War ne returned to Providence where
he was one of the first to respond to
President Lincoln's call for volun-
teers. DR.. Bradford was appointed
surgeon of one of the first batteries
organized in Rhode Island, went to
the front and was an active partici-
pant throughout the war. His fidelity
to his men was marked and it led
him to the front in numerous engage
ments.
AT the close of the war he spent
some time in Rhode Island, later re-
moving to New York where he
followed his profession until his re-
moval.to Morristown in 1887. DR.. Brad
ford was a homeopathist and for II
y L
the Homeopathic Medical College, for
ten years serving as secretary of the
faculty. He was also actively associ-
ated in the work of the Homeopathic
Hopsital of New York He was a.
prominent member of the, New Eng
land Society, the Union League, the
New Jersey Historical Society and the
Washington Association Of New Jer-
sey.
DR.. Bradford upon removing to
Morristown, united by letter with
the South st. Presbyterian Church in
which he at once became an active
member also teaching in the Sunday
School In 1890 he was elected an
elder and for many years was mem
Der of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of which he was
president until he resigned in Deem
ber DR.. Bradford was also mem
Der of the Market st. Mission Com
mittee work in which he took a
Building Committee for the new
Mission. He was a wise counsellor,
a true friend and generous giver
to mission work and the local chart
tiesSo the town. Mrs. Bradford sur
wives him. The funeral services will
be held from his late residence at 3
O'Clock this afternoon, the Rev. DR..
Erdman officiating. The interment
will be in the Bradfordi burial plot
Providence, Rhode Island
Mrs. Amanda Baker,. of KenviI
died at her home in that, village Sun
day morning, aged TO- years. The
funeral services were hold Wednesday,
Interment was made in Succasunna
Deceased was a sister of Mrs. Jessie
Sharp, of Morristown and step-mother
of Sheriff Baker.