Person:Reuben Bradford (1)

Obituary, Bath Independent, 27 Sep 1902, p. 3:

REUBEN BRADFORD

Reuben F. Bradford died Thursday [25 Sep 1902] morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harrison, aged 47 years. He conducted the Maine Central cafe at Mt. Desert Ferry for a time but the rest of his life was passed in Bath.

See Family:George Harrison and Mary Griffin (1) for a record of Reuben Bradford in the census.

1. ↑ "Reuben Bradford", in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. Bath Independent. (Bath, Maine)
   p. 3, 27 Sep 1902.

   See text.

2. ↑ "Bath's Latest", in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. Bath Independent. (Bath, Maine)
   p. 3, 15 Sep 1900.

   "Thursday [13 Sep 1900] Reuben Bradford purchased the L. B. & B. restaurant here. Rueben is an experienced chef and ought to do a good business there."

3.   "Personals Borne by the Gulf Stream to the Kennebec", in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. Bath Independent. (Bath, Maine)
   p. 4, 12 Dec 1885.

   "Reuben Bradford states that in Jacksonville, Fla., Wm. P. Hill has struck a money making business in paper hangings. He and his partner employ ten hands and are bound to get rich; he also says that when he was there Z. H. Blair, esq., was confined to his bed by an ill turn. Mr. Blair is building a handsome block next the St. James Hotel in which Dr. Lemuel P Blair will have a fine office. Lieut. Col. Hawthorne is corresponding for
   northern journals, lives in good style at the hotel and will probably join the staff of one of the Jacksonville dailies."

4.   "Echoes", in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. Bath Independent. (Bath, Maine)
   p. 3, 10 Jun 1882.

   "Reuben Bradford and Geo. Morse have shipped with Capt. Staples of the yacht Ianthe, which left the river for Boston Wednesday morning. The Ianthe belongs to a Mr. Hardy of Boston and will be at Bar Harbor during July and August."

5.   "City Points and Pennings", in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. Bath Independent. (Bath, Maine)
   p. 3, 1 Jan 1881.

   "Mr Reuben Bradford has established a restaurant a la Delmonico on the ice near Arrowsic, for the convenience of teh smelters, who say that his soup is delicious. We had intended to send the city editor over this week to try it, but he was very busy in town. We think this restaurant must be the first souphouse 'on ice.'"

6. ↑ Reuben Forrest Bradford, in Webster, Henry Sewall. Vital records of Gardiner, Maine : to the year 1892. (Gardiner, Maine: Reporter-Journal Press, 1914-1915)
   Online database, FamilySearch Record Search, Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, Accessed 28 Aug 2010.

   Name: Reuben Forrest Bradford
   Gender: Male
   Birth Date: 05 Apr 1855
   Birthplace: GARDINER,KENNEBEC,MAINE
   Father's Name: George W. Bradford
   Mother's Name: Mary Jane
   Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50269-1
   System Origin: Maine-ODM
   Source Film Number: 928184
   Collection: Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900

7. ↑ Reuben Bradford, in Find A Grave
   Online database, Accessed 7 Jun 2012.

   Includes stone image.
   Birth: 1855
   Death: 1902
   Family links:
   Spouse: Sarah Bradford (1855 - 1911)* (*Calculated relationship). (Stone includes wife)
   Burial:
   Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
   
   Created by: IHRP
   Record added: Dec 20, 2009
   Find A Grave Memorial# 45633408

8. ↑ Bradford Reuben & Bradford Sarah, in Maine Old Cemetery Association. MOCA Compilation of Sagadahoc County, Maine Cemeteries.

   Oak Grove Cemetery West. SagBath11, #492 and 493