Archives of Maryland
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Elizabeth Kell Bradford (ca. 1817-1894)
MSA SC 3520-2269
First Lady of Maryland, 1862-1866

Born: ca. 18171
Father:  Judge Thomas Kell2
Mother: Mary Ann Goldsmith
Kell Family Home:  Baltimore3
Marriage:  November 10, 1835 to Governor Augustus W. Bradford4
Children:  Twelve children, five of whom did not outlive their father Augustus W. Bradford (d. 1881).  The seven surviving children were Augustus W. Bradford, Jr., Samuel Webster Bradford,  Thomas Kell Bradford, Charles H. Bradford, Emeline K. Bradford, Jane B. Bradford, and Elizabeth Bradford.5
Died: December 27, 1894 in Baltimore City6
Buried: Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland7

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