This article caught my attention because of the surname Bradley in it. It is one of the family lines in our ancestry. However, that Thomas Bardley mentioned in the clipping lived in Yorkshire, England, not in the US.
Clipping source:
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 40, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 29, 1840,
newspaper,
July 29, 1840;
Houston, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48097/:
accessed December 29, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Reading the piece, I thought, "I wonder how long he lived."
The condition described as "falling into a sleep" was probably a coma caused by some sort of brain aneurysm or another neurological condition. If it had need the previous, the bleeding would haved reoccurred again and again and/or finally, brought death.
I tried to find out more about Thomas, but not much luck with it.
Baby Thomas was christened in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, on 25 December 1817 (1).
Besides that, there is different data regarding various men by the name of Thomas Bradley who lived in England.
Considering, the area where the family lived (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) and his condition mentioned in the 1840 newspaper, I assume the young man did not live long. That is why the death record registered on 4 August 1846, in Caverley, Yorkshire, England, would probably be related to the family members mentioned in the above article. If that was so, "our" Thomas Bradley passed at the age of 28.
On the other hand, there is a census record from Huddersfield, Yorkshire of 1840. The data informs that a Thomas Bradley, born in 1817, was a lodger and lived in Leighton (Huddersfield, Yorkshire) in 1861 (2). So, perhaps, he lived longer despite all odds. Or, maybe not, who knows.
PS
Google info says that Leighton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire. Perhaps there was another one near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire?
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