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Bradley, F. Dean (Francis Dean), 1883-1927

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Biographical History

F. Dean Bradley (1883-1927) was an important Nevada mining official and educator.

F. Dean Bradley was born on November 9, 1883 in Utica, New York. His father, Garrett A. Bradley was a Civil War Veteran and a mine employee who moved their family to Nevada when he was a small boy. He was a graduate of the University of Nevada in 1905 with a degree of mining engineering. F. Dean Bradley married Ethel Laverne Olson on October 22, 1910 in San Francisco California. F. Dean Bradley was the principal of the Tonopah school of mines. He served with the Nevada department of education and later on the federal board of vocational education as regional agent for industrial education.

F. Dean Bradley died on June 2, 1927 in Reno, Nevada.

Citation:
FamilySearch.com, via WWW, Oct. 9, 2017 (F. Dean Bradley; b. Nov. 9, 1883 in Utica, NY; p. ; m. Ethel Laverne Olson, Oct. 22, 1910, San Francisco, CA; d. Jun. 2, 1927 in Reno, NV)

Olson family papers, 1871-1947, Oct. 9, 2017 (p. Garrett A. Bradley, Civil War Veteran, miner; move to NV; graduate University of Nevada 1905. mining engineering; principal of Tonopah school of mines; Nevada department of education; federal board of vocational education, regional agent for industrial education)

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