Mary Ellen Best [SEP] residence
moved to Nice in France for three years, where Mary Ellen Best's father died in 1817; the family returned to England in 1818. Mary Ellen's father left £1,000 to both her and her sister, to be inherited at the age of 21. Best attended a boarding school in her teens during which time she received lessons from a well qualified art teacher, George Haugh.
Like many middle–class women, she was educated in painting and drawing for leisurely pleasure and to attract a suitable husband. However
in Kankakee, IL.
- Edgar Bradley, b. 15 Jan 1841 Libertyville, IL; d. there 18 Sep 841.
- Mary Ellen Bradley, b. 14 Sep 1842 Racine, WI; of Chicago, IL; d. 1 Oct 1899 Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, NY; m. Chicago 10 Oct 1865 George Cadogen Morgan (1834/35- ).
- Joseph Harley Bradley, b. 30 Sep 1844 Racine, WI; of Chicago, IL; m. Brooklyn, NY 1 Mar 1871 Margina J. Richards (c1846-1896