The Bradford Family
Germaine and Wilbur County have enjoyed the legacy of the Bradford family from the beginning. Nancy Horne Bradford came from an old Connecticut family and she was accustomed to traveling to New York City to the Opera and Ballet and visits to the museums there kindled a lifelong love of fine art. Nancy and Thomas met in New York City when he was there celebrating his graduation from Harvard. In addition to donation of grants to area artists and scholarships to deserving students, the Bradford Foundation supports local charities such as the Wilbur County Senior Center, Meals-on-Wheels, and The Double T Ranch for Troubled Teens. The Bradford family bible reveals a connection to some of the earliest American colonists. They are descended from William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony and Mayflower passenger. It is not a connection that our Germaine founder, Thomas Bradford, celebrated. He told his children that…