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Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue
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Daniel A. Bradley D. A. Bradley homestead Tho not directly on the lake front - but feel it is worth mention as It overlooked the lake. And also hr was an early businessman of this area. The property encompasses in 1908 the area from the Wickizer property line the 1960's & 70's (the second residence off of Forest Place)and then sat on Toner Ave overlooking the lake (now Lakeshore Dr.) to include the present day root beer stand and north to and including what is College Ave today. I believe the house that sits just west of the root ber stand to be the orginial home. by 1922 this property was subdivided into 7 lots - lots 7, 6 & 5 faced the lake; lots 1-4 were behind lot 5.  Below is the refreshment stand that D. A. Bradley ran in Vandalia Park.  Daniel A. Bradley, the father, is a native of Ontario, of a locality east of Toronto, Canada, where he was born on the 5th of February 1851. The paternal grandfather, Oliver H. Bradley, was also born, educated and married in Ontario, spending there, in fact, his entire life. The great-grandfather of Edwin J., William Bradley, was born on the Susquehanna River during the Revolutionary war, and when a young man emigrated from Pennsylvania to Canada, and continued his avocation of farming. The mother of Daniel A. Bradley (Martha Rumsbey) was born in England, and when but a child started for America with her parents. Her father was buried at sea, her mother passing away at Ontario. Daniel A. Bradley is one of a family of thirteen children, all of whom reached maturity and all are still living. He remained upon the paternal farm until he was seventeen years of age, and then removed to New Castle, Canada, where he resided two years, after which he spent a period of five years on a farm five miles north of Woodstock. Several more years were passed in this vicinity, following which he went to South Dakota, took and proved up a homestead of 160 acres, and resided there on for nearly ten years. He then rented a farm, which he finally sold, and in 1889 packed his household effects in wagons, and drove overland to Culver, Indiana, his journey consuming five weeks and four days. At this place he purchased a place formerly owned by Celia Van Schoiack, and for two years conducted a hotel opposite the location now occupied by his son in the same line of business. He still owns a fine residence on Toner Avenue, east of Vandalia Park, where he maintains a residence. Mr. Bradley has been a respected resident of Culver for nineteen years, and a firm Republican since he obtained the right of franchise. He has been an active member of the Masonic order for twenty-five years, and now holds the position of treasurer of the Henry H. Culver Lodge, No. 617. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in his religious faith is a consistent adherent to the Christian church. While he was a resident of Canada Mr. Bradley was a member of the local militia and part of six years served as quartermaster sergeant at the Windsor Camp of Home Guard. June 20, 1872, he was promoted to quartermaster sergeant, at Windsor, Canada. He was prior to this at Sarnia, Canada, September 26, 1871, also at London and other points in the Dominion. He received his honorable discharge at Woodstock, Canada, June 22, 1874, from Lt.Col. Hugh Richardson, commanding the Twenty-second Battalion of the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Bradley has many old relics presented him by his grandfather, which are valuable souvenirs, such as the old flintlock rifle, a hunting knife, and his father being a great hunter. These relics are fully a century old. He has taken no interest in military affairs since becoming a citizen of the United States. His wife was formerly Margaret J. McNutt, to whom he was married in 1877, and she is a native of Ontario, Canada, daughter of Jeremiah McNutt, also a native of the Dominion. The children are as follows: Ida E., a widow (now Mrs. Johnson); Emma M., wife of Alva L. Porter, recorder of Marshall County, Indiana; and Edwin J., the subject of the foregoing biography. History of Marshall County Indiana (1908) Daniel Mc Donald pg. 493-4 ??? House with at least a dozen Rental cottages In the 1950' & 60's there were small cottages on the property and that were slowly tore down till all that remains is 2 round cottages and a garage type structure [part of this structure had a living area in it and Ruth Ann Kersey lived there] at the back of the house today.19__ - ? Donald L. Burke 820 Richard J. Wells & Penny S. Ziegler   |
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