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Elmer Bradford

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Elmer Bradford

Birth
Death
9 May 1927 (aged 13–14)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Dayton, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
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Sec 3 Row 3 #41
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Elmer Bradford Birth Year: abt 1913 Death Date: 9 May 1927 Age at Death: 14 Death Place: Butte, California, USA State File No. 22960. Note: May 4th is a Wednesday, but the article below is not clear that he actually died on that date.

Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 05 May 1927, Thursday Page 1: Auto Runs Over Dayton Boy, 14. Chico, May 4. – Elmer Bradford, 14, of Dayton, is in a Chico hospital in a serious condition as the result of an accident yesterday during which the boy was run over by an automobile driven by Marion McDaniel, also of Dayton. The boy’s skull is fractured. He may die.

Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 10 May 1927, Tuesday Page 1: Unconscious for 5 Days, Boy of 13 Dies. Chico, May 9. – After being unconscious for five days, Elmer Bradford, 13-year-old Dayton boy, who was struck by an automobile, died last night at a Chico hospital.

Chico Daily Enterprise, Wednesday evening, May 11, 1927: "Funeral Held For Bradford Boy. Funeral services for Elmer Bradford, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradford of Dayton, who died following injuries received last Wednesday, when he was struck by an automobile driven by Marion McDaniels, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel of the Bicknell & Moore funeral parlors, the Rev. J.T. Black of Durham officiating. Interment was made in the Dayton cemetery."
Elmer Bradford Birth Year: abt 1913 Death Date: 9 May 1927 Age at Death: 14 Death Place: Butte, California, USA State File No. 22960. Note: May 4th is a Wednesday, but the article below is not clear that he actually died on that date.

Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 05 May 1927, Thursday Page 1: Auto Runs Over Dayton Boy, 14. Chico, May 4. – Elmer Bradford, 14, of Dayton, is in a Chico hospital in a serious condition as the result of an accident yesterday during which the boy was run over by an automobile driven by Marion McDaniel, also of Dayton. The boy’s skull is fractured. He may die.

Oroville Daily Register (Oroville, California) 10 May 1927, Tuesday Page 1: Unconscious for 5 Days, Boy of 13 Dies. Chico, May 9. – After being unconscious for five days, Elmer Bradford, 13-year-old Dayton boy, who was struck by an automobile, died last night at a Chico hospital.

Chico Daily Enterprise, Wednesday evening, May 11, 1927: "Funeral Held For Bradford Boy. Funeral services for Elmer Bradford, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradford of Dayton, who died following injuries received last Wednesday, when he was struck by an automobile driven by Marion McDaniels, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel of the Bicknell & Moore funeral parlors, the Rev. J.T. Black of Durham officiating. Interment was made in the Dayton cemetery."

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"Elmer Bradford, 1913 - 1927"
Grave space is a cement slab w/upright marker; shared w/Perry Roy & Vina Bradford & Frances Cole

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SOURCE: Dayton Cemetery (c) 1994 By Adriana Farley and Marilyn Corley

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