Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 05 - Charles R. Bradley [1843-1885]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.180

Description

Carte-de-visite photograph of Charles R. Bradley [1843-1885] - husband of Mary Ann Cooke, son of John Bradley and Sarah Ann [-?-]. Charles was a Civil War veteran, having served as a musician with Company I, 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Regiment Band (also known as the 37th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment) and Company F, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Brigade Band. This photograph was taken while Charles was a music professor at Dana's Musical Institute in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. In 1875, the school catalog lists Charles as "Teacher of Cornet and all Instruments in Brass Band Department, and Band Master." (Source: Catalogue of Dana's Musical Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William P. Kildare, 1875); Library of Congress Music Division.) Margaret Virginia (Thompson) Pauley [1855-1937] who assembled the album in which this photograph appears, was a graduate of Dana's Musical Institute, Class of 1875. Handwritten inscription on album page reads, "Chas. Bradley." Original, professional photograph from L. M. Rice, Photographer, Warren, O.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Bradley, Charles R. [1843-1885]

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Rice, L. M. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1880

Place

Location

Ohio / Trumbull County / Warren

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bradley family, Music, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CGSP_AN002_0005

Web Links and URLs

DOWNLOAD high-resolution JPG image, DOWNLOAD high-resolution TIFF image, View Photos in Album

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Pauley-Thompson Album Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Notes

The Pauley-Thompson Album once belonged to the family of John Flenniken Pauley [1858-1929] and his wife, Margaret Virginia Thompson [1855-1937]. The album was found in a building set for demolition and was donated to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007. Source Citation: Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 05 - Charles R. Bradley [1843-1885]; circa 1875-1885, image by L. M. Rice, Photographer, Warren, O.; item no. CGSP_AN002_0005, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).