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Violet Butler McCoy Bradley

Female 1864 - 1935  (70 years)


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  • Name Violet Butler McCoy Bradley 
    Born 10 Dec 1864  Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Nov 1935  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2524  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father David Butler 
    Family ID F890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joe McCoy,   d. 1915 
    Last Modified 13 May 2016 10:11:45 
    Family ID F891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph Calvin Bradley,   b. 12 Sep 1862, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1940, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Last Modified 13 May 2016 10:12:06 
    Family ID F892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet 1
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet 1
    The Bradley Memorial
    (From Kansas Messenger)
    Within a few days now the Kansas Christian Crusade will receive the net proceeds of the estate of Violet B. Bradley, of Rossville, Kan. This is a Memorial gift and will go to the enlargement of our Christian Church work in Kansas. Mrs. Bradley, died a little more than a year ago, was the daughter of David Butler, first governor of Nebraska. Governor Butler’s grandfather was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia in 1805. Governor and Mrs. Bradley were loyal members of the Christian Church.
    Mrs. Bradley was the only daughter of this well-known family. She was educated in Nebraska schools, and also studied in Chicago and New York. She was baptized by B. W. Johnson, one of the founders of the Christian Evangelist. She loved the work of the church and planned that her estate would be used to enlarge and sustain the work she loved.
    The estate consists chiefly of farmland near Rossville which was sold March 10 and after that the estate will be closed.

    Notice of Final Settlement
    Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that on the 16th day of June, 1937, I shall apply to the Probate Court sitting at the Court House in the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, for a full and final settlement of said estate and for an order of the Court finding and adjudging who are the heirs, devises or legatees of Violet B. Bradley, deceased.
    You are further notified that my claim for compensation as administrator c. t. a. and for attorney fees and other expenses necessarily incurred in the administration of said estate, will be heard on the 16th day of June, 1937, at 10 o’clock a.m.
    J. C. Bradley, Administrator, c. t. a.
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet 2
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet 2
    Former Rossville school pupils by the score will learn with regret the death of Mrs. Violet Bradley, of this city who taught in the primary department of the city schools for so many years, and gave them the first school experience.
    Death came to her Friday night, Nov. 22, at her home in south Main Street, from an illness that had its beginning just a year ago.
    The deceased came first to Rossville, in 1893 with her first husband, Joe McCoy. She taught until 1898, then removed to Topeka to continue her music work as an instructor in her own studio, teaching voice and piano. She had a fine voice and after two years at Topeka left for New York and remained there until 1910 in concert work. She was a musician of note and a teacher of piano and voice. She appeared at many public and church entertainments as a soprano soloist.
    She then returned to Rossville and again took up school work in the primary department where her great love for children and devotion to their welfare held her here for a number of years. After leaving here 1919 she taught at Grainfield, Kan., from 1921 to 1923 and once more returned to Rossville and taught music in the Rossville schools in 1924 and 1925.
    In 1915 her husband, Joe McCoy died. After her return to Rossville in 1925 she married J. C. Bradley.
    Mrs. Bradley was a member of a pioneer Nebraska family. Her father David Butler, was the first governor of Nebraska. She was born Dec. 10, 1964.
    She was a member of the Rossville Christian church and had been active in church work for 40 years.
    She is survived by her husband, J. C. Bradley; a step-daughter, Mrs. Charles D. Johnson, Topeka; two brothers, Seth Butler, Unadilla, Neb., and Paul Butler, Lebanon, Kan.
    Funeral services were held Monday morning at 10 o’clock at the Rossville Christian church. The Rev. H. L. Nelson, former pastor of the Rossville Presbyterian church conducted the services. The body was taken to Pawnee City, Neb., her birthplace, for burial in the family lot.
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet
    Obituary- Bradley, Violet
    CARD OF THANKS – The family of the late Mrs. J. C. Bradley wish to sincerely thank all friends for assistance and will hold in grateful memory all those offering sympathy and floral offerings in the time of their sorrow. J.C. Bradley and Mrs. Charles Johnson
    Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dolman of Topeka were in Rossville Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. C. Bradley.
    Mr. Virgil Sigler drove down from Lebanon, Kansas, Sunday afternoon to join Mrs. Sigler and Shirley Kay visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cless, and to remain over Thanksgiving. Mr. Sigler was accompanied from Lebanon by Mr. Paul Butler, who was called to Rossville by the death of his sister, Mrs. J. C. Bradley.
    John D. Zimmerman, representing the Kansas Christian Missionary Society bid in the house and 6 lots on Orange Street, at the sale of the late Mrs. Violet Bradley’s real estate holdings. Farm land northwest of Rossville was also offered at that time.
    (Published in the Rossville Reporter May 13, 20, 27 and June 3, 1937) In the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, In the matter of the estate of Violet B. Bradley, deceased.
    LEGAL (First Published in the Rossville Reporter, January 14, 1937)
    Administrator’s Sale Case No. 12155
    In the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas
    In the matter of the estate of Violet B. Bradley, deceased.
    By virtue of an order of sale issued to me, out of said Probate Court in the above-entitled proceedings, I will, on Wednesday, the 10th day of March, 1937, at 11 o’clock a.m. of said day, at the east front door of the County Court House in the City of Topeka, in the County of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas, offer at public sale and sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, all of the following-described real estate to-wit:
    The Northwest quarter (1/4) of the Southwest quarter (1/4) of Section Four (4), Township Ten (10), Range Thirteen (13) East of the Sixth P. M. in Shawnee County, Kansas, containing Forty (40) acres more or less.
    The West one-half (1/2) of the Northwest quarter (1/4) of Section Four (4), Township Ten (10), Range Thirteen (13) East of the Sixth P. M., in Shawnee County, Kansas, containing Eighty (80) acres more or less.
    The East one-half (1/2) of the Northeast quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Ten (10) Range Thirteen (13) East of the Sixth P. M. in Shawnee County, Kansas, containing Eighty (80) acres more or less.
    Lots Numbered Seventy-two (72), Seventy-four (74), Seventy-Six (76), Seventy-eight (78), and Eighty (80) on Orange Street, in the City of Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas, according to the recorded plat there- of.
    The above described real estate is being sold for the purpose of paying the debts of said deceased and the costs of administration. J. C. Bradley, Administrator with the Will Annexed. W. C. Ralston, Attorney.