Edson Bradley, Jr. was president of W.A. Gaines and Company

W.A. Gaines and Company

W.A. Gaines and Company was a liquor company owned by Edson Bradley that specialized in American made whiskeys.-History:...

 of Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States...

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Biography

He was born on May 9, 1852 in New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, northeast of Stamford, on the Fivemile River. The population was 19,738 according to the 2010 census.The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States...

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His debutante daughter Julia Bradley had her coming out party in 1894. She married Bishop Herbert Shipman

Herbert Shipman

Herbert Shipman was an American suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of New York under William Thomas Manning.-Biography:...

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In 1923, he dismantled his home and reassembled it in Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...

. It is currently known as Carey Mansion

Carey Mansion

Carey Mansion, originally called Seaview Terrace, is a sprawling French Renaissance château located in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last of the great "Summer Cottages” constructed, and is the fifth-largest of Newport's mansions — after The Breakers, Ochre Court, Belcourt Castle, and...

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His wife Julie died shortly after construction was completed in 1929.

Edson Bradley died of pneumonia

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

 in London

London

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on June 20, 1935.