Major Bradley Goodyear was an American lawyer, soldier, and member of the Goodyear family of New York.
11 Facts About Bradley Goodyear
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Bradley Goodyear was the youngest son of Charles W Goodyear and Ella Portia Goodyear.
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Bradley Goodyear's eldest brother Anson Goodyear was a prominent art collector.
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Bradley Goodyear's father was a close friend of President Grover Cleveland.
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Bradley Goodyear attended the Nichols School and graduated from the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
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Bradley Goodyear received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1907 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1910 where he served on the editorial board of the Harvard Law Review.
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Reportedly, Goodyear retired from his law practice in c when his partner Donovan, who was then the US Attorney for the Western District of New York, had his agents raid Buffalo's private Saturn Club and confiscated large amounts of illegal liquor.
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In 1910, Goodyear was married to Jeanette Bissell, a daughter of Arthur D Bissell and Frances "Fanny" Bissell.
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Bradley Goodyear was a member of the Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club, the Country Club of Buffalo, and the Cooperstown Country Club.
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Bradley Goodyear spent most of his last three decades at his country home in Springfield Center near Cooperstown, New York, known as Cary Mede, which they bought in 1920.
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Bradley Goodyear died at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown on February 6,1959.