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  2. Bradford E. Stratton: Birth: 19 JUN 1911 in Rock Island, Illinois. Death: 24 DEC 1986 in Gainesville, GA

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a. Note:   Born in Whiteside County
  Westside Abbey- moved to ?
  Emery was a blackSmith from ages 17 to 34; Worked at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois during WW-1- making guns. After the war he sold insurance for short time. Later traveled and sold hand machanic tools. He noticed that small garages were scraping the connecting rods used in autos. His idea to rebabbit the rods was the beginning of a new business. His wife, Della, told us of how he first came home with a ? car loaded with these connecting rods. He was given the old blacksmith shop to use as a place to set up his new business in Moline, Illinois.
  Later a company, Clawson & Balls, out of Chicago, heard about his business and bought him out, giving him shares, etc. Working for Clawson & Balls, Emery Stratton moved his family, first to Detroit, then to New York and last to Atlanta, GA. His office and shop was located on Peachtree Street in the downtown section, a short distance from the Fox Theater. Della, his wife, kept the books and Bradford, their son worked in the shop that was located in the lower level. As a child,I (Natalie) and Addalie played in the office and rolled around in the swivel chair, keeping away from a dangerous ramp to the lower shop.
  Emery remodeled an old house on Washinton Road in East Point. Jimmie and Grace finished school in East Point. Homer, staying with sister, Anna, finished high school in East Moline, Il.
  I, Natalie, remember Grace and Jimmie tap dancing; Jimmie also played the drums in a band. Emery (Granddaddy) built a large barn with a blacksmith�s shop for his horses. As a child I watched him shoe many horses with his leather apron and blacksmith tools. During the blackouts of the city (WW-II) he would saddle two horses and take me to ride about the area in the dark. He had many horse-ower friends that would swarm his home on Sundays, cooking out on a large outside bar-b-que pit that had cooking space for a whole side of beef. and also, an oven.
  All his sons were in the Army; Brad was in India; Homer was in Italy and Jimmie was in the States. Emery loved his sons very much. I remember the sewing kits he sent them. He would paste a message of love and luck in each kit. He wanted to make brass knockles for each boy.


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