Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15
OBITUARY.
JoHN HANCOCK BRApwAY.

Since our last issue was published, one
Of Woodbury's most respected citizens has
passed away and been laid to rest Mr..
Bradway breathed his last at his home on
Delaware street at an early hour last Fri
day morning. The news came as a shock
to the people, because he was on the street
on Wednesday and signed as director a
recent report of the First Nationol Bank an
institution the success of which was his
life effort. Though feeble he retained his
faculties to the last.
Mr. Bradway was a son of John Brad
way, his mothers maiden name being
Clarissa Hancock, and was born in Philia-
delphia, 10th Mo. Sd, 1920. His father
was lumber merchant, whose business was
at Maiden Wharf Kensingtop.
He received fair education in private
schools and at the age of sixteen became an
assistant teacher in Samuel w. Blacks
Academy, where he had been pupil for
three years, and remained with him until
he was twentyone years of age, attending
lectures at the Franklin Institute during
each winter About this time the public
schools OF Philadelphia had become quite
popular, and private schools were not so
we'll patronized He left Philadelphia in
the fall OF 1S41 to take charge of school
at Woodstown, New Jersey, to be known
as the Bacon Seminary. The house not
being completed, he taught in the old brick
house adjoining until spring and then re-
moved to the new building, where he re-
moved to Scultown and associated himself
with George Rsley in merchandising. From
there he went to Clarksboro, in 1916, having
purchased the stock of Thomas R. Adams
at the time, and two years later the entire
property. In 1849 he married Mary E.
Tonkin, daughter of Edward and Eliza
beth Clark Tonkin, her father widely known
as the raiser of the famous Tonkin cattle
named the Duke of York and the Earl of
Jersey, paintings of which by Woodside, of
| Pniladelahia, the celebrated cattle painter
| ter In 1854 he sold the store property
and purchased farm known as the Cour-
sault place then pronounced Crusoe) at
Mickleton, on which he resided until the
spring of 1857, in the fall of which year he
was elected member of the Legislature by
fiattering majority
I In 1857 he was elected the cashier of the
Gloucester County Bank at Woodbury.,
afterward the First National, apd continued
as cashier, vice president and president for
thirty-eight years. resigning on his seventy
| fifth birthday.
| The deceased, in his earlier life, took an
active interest in the welfare of this city.
! He was a member OF Council when the city
charter was adopted, and was one of the
| first directors Of the Woodbury. Real Estate
Mutual Loan Association.
The funeral from his late residence on
Monday was largely attended the direc-
tors of the First National Bank being pres
ent in body. Rev. Edward Dillon and A.
| P. Bottsford, and D. G. Alsop, member
of the Society of Friends, participated in
the service. The pail bearers were: Mill
ard F. Dubois, George ". Dickensheets.
John F. Graham, Joseph B. Clement, Glenn
ent R. Ogden, and Warner Underwood.
The interment was at clarksboro.
| MARY ANN Fox
Widow Of the late Timothy souder,
mother Of Mrs John Red6eld, died early
this morning, at the home Of her daugh-
ter on Cooper St. She was born in Pitts
grove 10 years ago. The funeral will be
/ from the residence Of her son-in-law, John
Redfeld, on Sunday next at o'clock, In
terment in Green cemetery.
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