A research group of active and retired JFRD members discovered Henry J. Bradley, JFRD's first line of duty death in 1885, was buried in the Old City Cemetery but no headstone marked his grave, which could not be located.
A research group of active and retired JFRD members discovered Bradley was buried in the Old City Cemetery but that no headstone marked his grave, which could not be located.
To keep his legacy alive, the group raised money through private donations to purchase a headstone for Bradley, which will be unveiled Tuesday at the cemetery at East Union and Cemetery streets. Bradley was an African American firefighter who died on Dec. 16, 1885, after a blazing wall collapsed on him while he was fighting a massive fire on Bay Street in downtown.According to JFRD, Bradley’s death led to a movement among Jacksonville’s insurance companies, which had suffered losses in the fire, to create a paid fire department, and on July 15, 1886, the City Council created the Jacksonville Fire Department.Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.
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