Background
Bradford MacChesney Crittenden was born in San Jose, California on May
9, 1912. His father, later State Senator Bradford S. Crittenden (1876-1952),
was an attorney. His mother, Edith MacChesney Crittenden (1876 -1952), a former
music instructor at the College of the Pacific, was related to the late George
Kasson, a major landholder in the Tracy area.