Historic clock belonged to early Brackenridge family

    It was a stroke of luck when Edna’s Charles Tipton came across a priceless work of art in an old abandoned room above a beauty salon located downtown Edna. Tipton found pieces of an old grandfather clock that belonged to the Brackenridge family dating back to the early 1800s.
    The grandfather clock fell into the right hands because Tipton is an avid clock restorer and a member of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors since 1972.
    On the grandfather clock, one will find J. Breakenrigs and Edinburgh (Scotland) painted on the dial. Tipton believes the historical clock belonged to John Adams Brackenridge’s father because Brackenridge was younger than the clock.
    Brackenridge moved his family to Edna in 1852 and lived in Brackenridge Plantation. Tipton said the family was originally from Scotland. The clock came back with him when he moved to the United States. The family’s last name was known as the Breakenrigs sometime between the 1700s and 1800s, Tipton said. He said the clock dates back to roughly 1800.