Jonathan Hardin Chapter, NSDAR met in Mexia at Gibbs Memorial Library on Wednesday, April 9, for the regular monthly meeting with twenty members and five guests present.
The meeting was opened by Regent Patti Gauntt. The chapter was honored to award the Moody-Bradley House Foundation / Fairfi eld History Club with a National Historic Preservation Recognition Award. This award from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is designed to recognize worthy local individuals and groups for outstanding achievements in all areas of historic preservation, including buildings, historical landmarks and other areas. Accepting the award are Melinda Bonds (Chairman of Trustees Moody-Braddley House Foundation); and chapter member Diane Pullin (President of Fairfi eld History Club).
The Moody-Bradley House is a Greek Revival style house that was built in 1860 by Col. W.L. Moody, a cotton merchant in the town of Fairfield in Freestone County Texas, for his bride, Pherabe Elizabeth Bradley. His son W.L. Moody, Jr. was born in this house in 1865. The family moved to Galveston in 1866, to further Mr. Moody’s cotton business.
