Thomas E. Bradley

Thomas E. Bradley

TennesseeProbable

Father of Maudante Bradley, wife of Charles Coker Chenault · born about 1837

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Research status

Research status: PROBABLE (strong) as the father of Maudante Bradley (1873–1935), wife of Charles Coker Chenault. Her death record, filed as Mordant Chenault, born 20 February 1873, names her parents as Thomas Bradley and Eugenia Huddleston S656. In June 1880 T. E. Bradley, 42, a farmer, and his wife Euginia, 33, were in the 17th Civil District of Wilson County, Tennessee, with daughters L. P., 10, M. M., 7, and M. W., 5 S1333; she married Charles Coker Chenault in Wilson County in 1893 S424. What is weak: one record names him as her father. Know more? Add to this record.

Evidence: Maudante Bradley’s death record (as Mordant Chenault, 1935) names her parents as Thomas Bradley and Eugenia Huddleston (S656); in 1880 T. E. Bradley, 42, and Euginia, 33, of Wilson County, Tennessee, had a daughter M. M., 7 (S1333). Weak or missing: One record names him; the 1880 household gives initials only, and his birth day, middle name and death are not in any record read here. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage2026

History of this card. 24 Oct 2026

card added for the parent linked in the Ancestry tree on 24 Oct 2026 (INLAW-MIDDLE-20261024), from the records already on the child’s or spouse’s card; link graded Probable. SWEEP-1024A.

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Weak or missing

What is weak or missing: one record names him as her father; the 1880 household fits her age and county but gives initials only. His birth (about 1837–1838 in Tennessee, from his age in 1880) has no day from a record; the name “Edward” and a death at Lebanon in 1929 in other trees are unsourced.

In the record Generation 6 — Earl's 3rd-great-grandparents and their siblings

1. S424Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records — Wilson County marriage record, no. 181 (printed pp. 382–383): Chas. C. Chenault to Mandante Bradley, 15 November 1893. Ancestry record 3220078. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Licence issued at Lebanon, Tenn., on 15 November 1893 “to Chas. C. Chenault to marry Mandante Bradley”, Wm. Harkreader, clerk; the return, Wilson County, says the rite was solemnized the same day, 15 November 1893, by T. B. Larimore, M.G. The bride's given name reads Mandante, or equally Maudante: n and u cannot be told apart in this hand. The censuses give Mordalite and Mordante; the tree's Maudante is kept and the spelling stays open.
2. S656Tennessee death record, 1935, certificate 12557. Ancestry record 339854. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Mordant Chenault, wife of C. C. Chenault, of Castalian Springs; born 20 February 1873, Tennessee; died 24 June 1935, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville; parents Thomas Bradley and Eugenia Huddleston; buried at Gallatin. The Ancestry index files her as Maudante Bradley.
3. S13331880 census — T. E. Bradley household, 17th Civil District, Wilson County, Tennessee, ED 260, p. 8, lines 4–10. Ancestry, “1880 United States Federal Census”, record 41915264. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Probable Dwelling 60: Bradley, T. E., 42, farmer; Euginia, wife, 33; and daughters L. P., 10, M. M., 7, and M. W., 5; with a 19-year-old orphan girl, assistant housekeeper, and a farm worker, 50. All were born in Tennessee. The household is clearly Thomas and Eugenia Bradley, the parents her death record names. Which daughter is Maudante is not clear: the index takes M. W., 5, but her death record’s birth on 20 February 1873 fits M. M., 7, better. The census gives initials only. PROBABLE.