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David Bradford

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Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland, United States
Death: 1808 (45-46)
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Bradford and Janet Bradford
Husband of Elizabeth Bradford
Father of Judge David Bradford and Octavia Ursula Smith
Brother of Mary Jane Allison; Agnes McDowell and James Bradford

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About David Bradford

David Bradford (1762–1808) was a successful lawyer and deputy attorney-general for Washington County, Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. He was infamous for his association with the Whiskey Rebellion, and his fictionalized escape to the Spanish-owned territory of West Florida (modern-day Louisiana) with soldiers at his tail. He was later pardoned by President John Adams for his actions. Today, his family's home in Washington, Pennsylvania is a national landmark and museum.

Bradford built the first stone house on South Main Street in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1788, which, by frontier standards, ranked as a mansion. The handsome stairway was solid mahogany; the mantel-pieces and other interior furnishings, imported from Philadelphia, were transported across the Alleghenies at considerable expense. The David Bradford House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bradford_%28lawyer%29

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David Bradford's Timeline

1762
1762
Cecil County, Maryland, United States
1796
February 2, 1796
1804
1804
1808
1808
Age 46
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States