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So you think you know about Lydia Moss Bradley? Celebrate her 200th birthday by testing your knowledge with these questions.

Lydia Moss Bradley Trivia

Although Lydia’s parents had lived in Clarke County, KY, they moved to Vevay, IN several years before Lydia’s birth on July 30, 1816.

Vevay, IN

Where was Lydia born?

Lydia was the youngest child of Zeally and Jenny (nee Glasscock) Moss. Zeally was 61 and Jenny was 50 when Lydia was born.

Youngest

Where did Lydia rank in birth order of her siblings?

Lydia and Tobias married on May 11, 1837, when she was 20 years old.

Tobias Bradley

Who did Lydia Moss marry?

Upon the marriage, Zeally gave Lydia a farm of 100 acres, Lydia bought another 40 acres by herself, and she invested in another nearby farm.

100 acres of farmland

What did Lydia's father give her when she married?

Lydia’s purchase of land on Peoria’s West Bluff included what is today the site of Bradley University.

West Bluff

Where did Lydia purchase land when her family moved to Peoria?

Lydia and Tobias had 6 children, none of whom lived past childhood. Their daughter, Laura, was the only one to reach the age of 14, and she is the namesake of Laura Bradley Park, which is only a mile from campus.

How many children did Lydia have?

Lydia had invested in Parsons Horological Institute and moved it from Indiana to Peoria, but the institution she actually founded was called Bradley Polytechnic Institute. It partnered with the University of Chicago for a few years, and was later renamed as Bradley University.

Bradley Polytechnic Institute

What was the name of the college Lydia founded?

In 1892, the New York Tribune stated that the United States had a total of 4,047 “millionaires” among its population of about 65 million; Lydia’s personal estate was valued at well over 2 million.

$2,000,000

What was the value of Lydia's estate in the late 1800's?

Born in 1816, Lydia died on January 16, 1908. She is buried next to Tobias in the family plot in Springdale Cemetery.

How old was Lydia when she died?

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