Ancestry of Sen. Bill Bradley
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Bradley should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.  
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
...
Ancestry of Bill Bradley
1 William Warren ("Bill") Bradley, b. Crystal City, Mo., 28.7.1943 US Senator from New Jersey  
m. ... Jan. 1974, as her second husband,  
Ernestine Misslbeck, b. ... 1935 [she had m. (1) ... 1957, Robert Schlant, b. ... ], dau. of Sepp Misslbeck and of Erna ... . [Bradley]
PARENTS
2 Warren Bradley, banker, b. ... , Mo., ... 1900, d.... 1994  
m.
3 Susie Crowe, b. Poplar Bluff, Mo., ... 1908
GRANDPARENTS
4 Hugh Bradley, b. Mo., 1876, d. before 1920  
m. 1899
5 Ourfie ... , b. Tenn. 1876 survived husband and remarried
6 Samuel Howard Crowe, salesman for Old Judge coffee, b. Mo. 1881 d. 1944  
m. 1906
7 Frances North, b. Mo. 1882
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Hugh M. Bradley, lawyer, Union soldier  
m.
9 ...
12 John Crowe, Union soldier, judge in Union, Franklin Co., Mo.,  
m.
13 (first wife was named Minerva Breckinridge, daughter of Asa Breckinridge, second wife was named Sarah Hendrick)
14 Frank Miller North  
m.
15 Susan Hardeman
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Jonas Bradley  
m. 1828
17 Elizabeth Davis
24 Martin Crowe  
m.
25 Jane Jump, of St. Charles Co., Mo.
28 Flavius Josephus North  
m.
29 Frances Carter Goode
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 James Bradley, buried in Madison Co., Ohio  
m.
33 ...
48 Michael Kroh, killed in an accident in 1818  
m.
49 NN Green
58 John Goode, Judge  
m.
59 Margaret Miller
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Jonas Bradley, living in Loudoun Co., Va., in 1785  
m.
65 ...
96 Gottfried Kroh, from Germany to St. Charles Co., Mo., in 1796  
m.
97
98 James Green, from Virginia to Kentucky with Daniel Boone  
m.
99 ...
116 Mackarness Goode, Jr.  
m.
117 Mary Moseley
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
234 Edward Moseley  
m.
235 Amey Greene
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
468 Arthur Moseley  
m.
469 Martha Cocke
470 William Greene  
m.
471 Amey Clay,
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
936 Arthur Moseley, Jr.  
m.
937 Sarah Hancock
938 John Cocke  
m.
939 Obedience Branch
940 Thomas Greene, Jr.  
m.
941 Martha Filmer
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1874 Robert Hancock  
m.
1875 Joan Ligon
1876 Richard Cocke  
m.
1877 Elizabeth
1878 John Branch  
m.
1879 Martha
1882 Henry Filmer, see RD500 242 for his descent from Edward I  
m.
1883 Elizabeth
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
3750 Thomas Ligon, see RD500 204 for his descent from Edward I.  
m.
3751 Mary Harris
3752 Richard Cocke, by his other wife, Mary Aston, he was an ancestor of George Bush.  
m.
3753 Temperance Bailey
3756 William Branch  
m.
3757 Jane Hatcher
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
7512 Christopher Branch, see RD500 407 for his descent from Henry I, and for Thomas Jefferson's descent from him.  
m.
7513 Mary Addie
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 

1920 Missouri, Jefferson County, vol. 57, ED 34, sheet 12, line 1

                                                      Father's    Mother's
                     Age   Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Bradley Mrs Ourfie   46     H    W       Tennessee    Tennessee   Tennessee
        Edna         20     D            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee
        Warren       19     S            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee
        Margaret     17     D            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee

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1920 Missouri, Jefferson County, vol. 57, ED 31, sheet 4, line 12

                                                    Father's    Mother's
                   Age   Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Crowe S.H.         38     H    M       Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      Frances M.   37     W    M       Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      S.H. Jr.     12     S            Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      Sussie       10     D            Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      Elizabeth     8     D            Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      John Thomas   2     S            Missouri     Missouri    Missouri

He was a salesman for a grocery.

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1910 Missouri, Iron County, vol. 35, ED 14, sheet 4, line 78

                                                    Father's    Mother's
                  Age   Status        Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Bradley Hugh      34     M  11        Missouri     Virginia    Virginia 
        Omfie     34     M  11 3 3    Tennessee    Tennessee   Tennessee
        Edna      10     S            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee
        Warren     9     S            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee
        Margaret   7     S            Missouri     Missouri    Tennessee

He was a salesman at a dry-goods store, she was a dressmaker

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1910 Missouri, Butler County, vol. 8, ED 13, sheet 14, line 57

                                                       Father's    Mother's
                   Age   Rel   Status     Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Crowe Samuel H.    29     H    M  4       Missouri     Missouri    Unknown 
      Francis N.   28     W    M  4 2 2   Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      Samuel H.     2     S               Missouri     Missouri    Missouri
      Sussie M.    NR     D               Missouri     Missouri    Missouri

He was a wholesale coffee salesman.

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FURTHER NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
See above. Also:  
 
 
 
Bradley -- Bill Bradley, Time present, time past [New York: Vintage, 1997]  
 
 
 
William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com