Bradley, William L
manufacturer, was born in 1826, in Cheshire, Conn.
He built a factory in the back bay district of Boston, and transacted a business in the manufacture of fertilizers the first year, which now employs over fifteen hundred men and a capital of over $4,- 000,000. In 1872 Mr. Bradley organized the Bradley Fertilizer company.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM O'CONNELL, lawyer, legislator, was born March 18, 1847, near Lancaster, Ky. In 1875 he was nominated for United States senator, and received the vote of his party in that body; and in 1876 made the race as the republican cardidate for congress, but was defeated. In 1896 he was elected governor of Kentucky as a republican.