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Bradstreet family of Thomaston, Connecticut

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Thomas D. Bradstreet Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (1841-1915) — also known as Thomas D. Bradstreet — of Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn., August 1, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; vice-president and general manager, Seth Thomas Clock Company; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1892; member of Connecticut state senate, 1903-05; Connecticut state comptroller, 1907-13; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Sons of the Revolution; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn., August 15, 1915 (age 74 years, 14 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Thomas Jefferson Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet; brother of Albert Porter Bradstreet and George Parker Bradstreet; married, March 23, 1864, to Sarah M. Perry; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin twice removed of James Doolittle Wooster; third cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Leonard White and Blake C. Fisk; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles, John Adams and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce.
  Political family: Bradstreet family of Thomaston, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08
  Albert Porter Bradstreet (1845-1923) — also known as Albert P. Bradstreet — of Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn., June 9, 1845. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Thomaston, 1877-78; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880; member of Connecticut state senate, 1881-82 (16th District 1881, 20th District 1882). Died in 1923 (age about 78 years). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Thomas Jefferson Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet; brother of Thomas Dudley Bradstreet and George Parker Bradstreet; married 1875 to Mary Jane Parker; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin twice removed of James Doolittle Wooster; third cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Leonard White and Blake C. Fisk; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles, John Adams and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce.
  Political family: Bradstreet family of Thomaston, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Parker Bradstreet (1848-1929) — also known as George P. Bradstreet — of Thomaston, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Conn., January 10, 1848. First selectman of Thomaston, Connecticut, 1904-09. Died May 13, 1929 (age 81 years, 123 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Thomas Jefferson Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet; brother of Thomas Dudley Bradstreet and Albert Porter Bradstreet; married 1881 to Hattie Melchor Blackman; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin twice removed of James Doolittle Wooster; third cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Leonard White and Blake C. Fisk; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles, John Adams and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce.
  Political family: Bradstreet family of Thomaston, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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