page 858 Portrait and Bio. record of O.C.N.Y. John B. Bradner, a merchant of Bellvale, was born in that village in 1849, being fourth in the family of ten children born to Adolphus B. and Pauline Weymer) Bradner. The fathe has been engaged in carpentering the greater part of his life, having learned that trade when a youth. Although past his fourscore years, he enjoys fair health, and makes his home in Ballvale, where he always resided. The mother died May 12, 1888. (book published 1895) The Bradner family is an old one, and can be traced back a number of generations. Rev. John Bradner emigrated from Edinburgh , Scotland, about 1721, and was the first minister in Goshen. His son Colville owned what is now the Henry A. Benedict Farm, near Stone Bridge. In 1790 he also purchased of John Taylor, of NYC, the farm at Bellvale now known as the Bradner homestead. His son John, a direct desendent of the Rev. John Bradner, was the grandfather of our subject, and was one of ten children born to Colville Bradner and wife. He always resided on the Bellvale purchase, and by his marriage with Mary Robinson thirteen children were born. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native county, and attended he district school of Bellvale during his youth. At the age of fourteen he began working on a farm, being thus employed for four years. When eighteen years old he commenced clerking in the general merchandise store of A. J. Burt, at Bellvale, and after remaining in that capacity seven years, was taken into partnership, business being conducted under the firm name of Burt & Bradner. The partnership continued for two and a half years, when Mr. Bradner withdrew from the firm, built a store of his own and engaged in business at Greenwood Lake. His was the first store at that point, and there he conducted a successful trade for nine years. At the end of that time he retired from business and built a comfortable and commodious home at Bellvale. In October 1890, Mr. Bellvale re-engaged in business at that place, occupying the store in which he had formerly been in business. He carried a fine stock, suitable to the trade of his locality, and is reconized as one of the wide-awake business men of Orange County. He is the owner of a finely productive orange grove in Florida, where also, in connection with L.Y. Jenness, he is interested in real estate. In 1873 Mr.Bradner was united in marriage to Miss Clara R. Hunt, daughter of Nathan and Esther (Rhodes) Hunt, natives of Orane County. Their union was blessed by the birth of four children, only two of whom are know living, Ida Beatrice and Pauline, both residind with their parents. In politicd Mr. Bradner is a democrat, and is at present the efficient Postmaster of Bellvale. In educational matters he has always taken a deep interest. He was elected to the office of school Trustee, filling that position for three years satisfactorily, and is now one of the Trustees of the warwick savings Bank. As a business man he has been very successful. (There is a portrait of John B. Bradner on page 859) pg. 646 ( this is only part of the bio) under Col. John D. Wood b. 1827 in Orange County, son of Alfred & Rosetta Dunning Wood , grandson to John Wood who was one of George Washington's Minutemen. Col Wood in 1856 married Miss Mary L. daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Valentine) sawyer all natives of this county. Col. John D. and Mary L. had 8 children, three are deceased, those living are are named as follows; Jessie, wife of C.V. Puff, of this county; Arthur S., who married Miss Emily Mapes, a member of one the leading families of the county, and who now makes his home in Philadelphia, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Lillie May, wife of Verner M. Weeks, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; and Alfred W. a dispatcher in the New York Central Railroad office at Albany. this si what i have found so far!! hope it helps yours in genealogy Joanne Curt Warner <genostuff@earthlink.net> To: Joanne <sound1@fcc.net> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] OCGS BOOKS > Hi Joanne-- > > Thanks for you generous offer. I am researching the Sawyer & Bradner > families. Specifically-- > > James Sawyer- b. abt 1696 Lyme CT. died unk. probably Orange Co., NY > James Sawyer b. 1738 Orange Co., NY, d. 1782 Goshen, Orange Co., NY. > Married elizabeth > Bradner abt 1760. Her family was supposedly prominent in the Goshen > First Presbyterian Ch. > Children--all born & died Goshen, Orange Co., NY unless noted > otherwise > James, b 1760, d. 1778 > Temperance, b. 1761. m. Nathan Jones > Elizabeth, b. 1764, d bef 1782?? > Sarah, b 1766 d. bef. 1802 ?? m. John Knapp > Benjamin- b. 1769, d. 1835. m. Hannah Wood > Moses- b. 1771, d. 1821. m. 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