Edson Bradley, Jr. (May 9, 1852 – June 20, 1935) was president of Kentucky whiskey distiller W.A. Gaines and Company of Frankfort, Kentucky. He owned the exclusive rights to the "Old Crow" whisky label.[1]
Biography
editBradley was born on May 9, 1852, in New Canaan, Connecticut. His debutante daughter Julia Bradley had her coming out party in 1894. She married Bishop Herbert Shipman.[2] Bradley has been known for his properties. In 1923, he dismantled his home and reassembled it in Newport, Rhode Island. An account stated that it was constructed for his wife and it cost him two million dollars.[3] The house, which included a seven acre lawn and located close to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, earned for its architect, Howard Greenley, an Architectural League of New York prize.[3] It is currently known as Carey Mansion.
Bradley and his wife became active in the social life of Washington, D.C., after they acquired and made Gardiner Greene Hubbard's house at Dupont Circle their winter home in 1907.[4] Bradley's wife became known for her "American Beauty Ball", which exhausted the city's American Beauty roses market for days since the flowers were used to decorate their house.[4]
His wife Julie died shortly after construction was completed in 1929.[5] Edson Bradley died of pneumonia in London on June 20, 1935.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Century-Old Whiskey Found in Attic". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Bishop Shipman Dies Suddenly In Home". The New York Times. March 24, 1930. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
The Right Rev. Herbert Shipman, Suffragan Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York, died yesterday of heart disease ...
- ^ a b Scott, Kathryn Leigh; Pierson, Jim (2009-05-01). The Dark Shadows Almanac: Millennium Edition. Pomegranate Press. ISBN 9780938817536.
- ^ a b Hansen, Stephen A. (2014-08-26). A History of Dupont Circle: Center of High Society in the Capital. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625850843.
- ^ "Mrs. Edson Bradley Dies At Newport. She Succumbs at 76 after Illness of More Than a Year. Former Julia Williams. She Was Art Connoisseur. Her Home in Washington Was Noted for Porcelains, Tapestries and Statues. Burial to Be Here. Was Lavish in Entertaining. Was Presented at Court". The New York Times. August 23, 1929. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
Julia Williams Bradley, wife of Edson Bradley of ... Washington and long a Summer resident of this city, died this morning at her home here, ...
- ^ "Edson Bradley, 83, Died in London. Art Collector Stricken With Pneumonia on Annual European Visit". The New York Times. June 21, 1935. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
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