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James A. Bradley : ウィキペディア英語版
James A. Bradley

James Adam Bradley (February 14, 1830 – June 6, 1921) was a wealthy Manhattan brush manufacturer, financier, member of the New Jersey Senate, philanthropist, and real estate developer.〔 He designed the resort destination of Asbury Park on the New Jersey Shore.〔JAMES A. BRADLEY (1830 - 1921) PAPERS, 1891 - 1897, Lois R. Densky, Gregory J. Plunges, April 1981. ()〕 Bradley was also involved in the development of Bradley Beach, which bears his name.〔(''A Brief History on Bradley Beach'' ), Bradley-Beach.com/〕
==Biography==
Bradley was born on February 14, 1830 in Rossville, Staten Island to Hannah and Adam Bradley. At age sixteen, in 1846, he became an apprentice brush maker for Bernalds and Weeks in New York City. In 1857 he established his own brush making business, Bradley & Smith, in New York City. Bradley was married to Helen M. Packard of Boston; they had no children.
Bradley converted from Catholic to Methodist, and was very close philosophically with the leaders of the Ocean Grove Meeting Association who ran the summer retreat on the New Jersey shore. These relationships lead Bradley to focus his attention on developing the area around Ocean Grove.
On January 24, 1871, Bradley acquired approximately of land east of the New York and Long Branch railroad, between Wesley and Deal lakes. Bradley named the new community Asbury Park after Francis Asbury, the founder of Methodism in the United States.〔(A Brief History of Asbury Park, Florance Moss )〕
Bradley served as the first postmaster of Asbury Park from 1874 to 1884, and established the city's first newspaper, the ''Asbury Park Journal'' (1876–1910) in 1876, serving as its editor and until 1882. Bradley began Asbury Park’s first sewerage system in 1881, and setup water & gas works in 1884. Bradley also served as Mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey and councilman. In 1894, Bradley was elected to the New Jersey Senate from Monmouth County.
The City of Asbury Park sued Bradley for control of his beach front property, and sewer system in 1902. Bradley lost the suit.
Bradley died June 6, 1921.〔 He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York.

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