Tulare County
Biographies
J. H. BRADLEY
The young man who reads this brief review of the career of J. H. Bradley, superintendent of the public schools of Lindsay, California, will find an illustration of what can be accomplished by energy and determination. He was born April 5, 1886, in Fillmore county, Minnesota. His parents, William and Mary (Haggerty) Bradley, belonged to that great class of moderately well-to-do people, but the educational facilities then lacked many of the advantages presented by the schools of the present day. As a boy he attended the local public schools and later the high school. A better education was the goal of young Bradley’s ambition. He therefore enrolled as a student in Fremont College, Fremont, Nebraska, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then studied for a time in the University of Southern Minnesota, at Austin, after which he entered the University of North Dakota, from which he was graduated with the class of 1918, as a Master of Arts. During the next four years he was superintendent of the public schools at Velva, North Dakota.
In the summer of 1922 Mr. Bradley came to California to attend the summer school of the University of California at Berkeley. That autumn he came to Lindsay as vice principal of the high school. At the close of the school term in 1923 he was elected to his present position of superintendent. He is a member of the California Teachers Association and in 1924 was chairman of the nominating committee for Tulare county; also vice chairman of Tulare County Institute.
In 1913 Mr. Bradley was united in marriage with Miss Hulda Ronning of Columbus, North Dakota. To this union have been born three daughters: Ina, Jean and Vivian. Mr. Bradley is a Scottish Rite Mason and stands high in that order.
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California – Kathleen Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 105
Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama
NATHANIEL FORSYTH BRADLEY
For more than half a century the name of Bradley has been inseparably connected with the bar of Tulare county, the father of the subject of this review having begun the practice of law in Visalia in 1867. Nathaniel Forsyth Bradley was born in Visalia, August 6, 1883. He was educated in the public schools of the city and in 1903 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s College of Oakland, California. He then enrolled as a student in the law department of Leland Stanford University, from which celebrated institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1906. While in the university he became a member of the Delta Chi fraternity.
Shortly after receiving his degree in 1906 he was admitted to practice in all the courts of the state and began active practice as a partner of his father, N. O. Bradley of Visalia. From his earliest manhood Mr. Bradley has been interested in the growth and progress of his native city. From 1919 to 1923 he was a member of the board of trustees, and is now (1925) president of the Visalia fire department. He is a member of the Tulare County Bar Association; the Modern Woodmen, of which he is past state president; the Elks, of which he is past exalter ruler; the Eagles, of which he is past worthy president; and the Knights of Columbus. He is fond of outdoor sports and finds his recreation in hunting, fishing and tennis.
On September 1, 1916, Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Leila Lawrence, daughter of Lewis Lawrence, formerly assistant cashier of the Bank of Italy, of Visalia. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have three children: a son named Lawrence F.; and two daughters, Jeanne Elizabeth and Margaret Adele. Mr. Bradley is a democrat and has acted as chairman of the county central committee. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Catholic church.
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California – Kathleen Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 381
Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama