Horace P. Bradley

• Born: 4 Dec 1815, Bennington VT
• Marriage: Catherine Butler about 1840 in Wethersfield CT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from 1845 to 1855 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Bennington VT ¹⁶

• Advertised in the Bennington Banner (Bennington VT), 1 May 1846, offering silver and gold watches and jewelry and had lately recieved gold and silver pencils, silver thimbles, spoons and other articles in his line. "I intend to keep, provided I meet with sufficient encouragement, a good assortment of silver wares and can furnish anything in that line to order on short notice which shall be as good as can be bought at Troy ot Albany and at Troy prices." ¹⁶

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bennington VT, listed as a watchmaker.

• He was a partner from 1855 to 1869 with Frederick Newell Squire in Bennington VT as BRADLEY & SQUIRE. ¹⁶

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Bennington VT, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked from 1870 to 1881 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Bennington VT from a shop at 18 East Main Street. ¹⁶

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Bennington VT, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Bennington VT, listed as a jeweler.

Horace married Catherine Butler about 1840 in Wethersfield CT. (Catherine Butler was born on 8 Sep 1819 in Wethersfield CT.)