Tulare County Biographies

CLARENCE LINN BRADLEY

Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama

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Clarence L. Bradley, the junior member of the well known law firm of Bradley & 
Bradley, of Visalia, is a native of that city, a son of O. N. and Virginia 
(Bequette) Bradley.  He was born on October 20, 1885, attended the local schools 
in his boyhood and in 1915 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in electrical 
engineering from Leland Stanford University.  For some years before his 
graduation he was engaged in electrical engineering work, dating from 1910, and 
has held the position of deputy county surveyor of Tulare county.
 
Mr. Bradley commenced the study of law in the office of Bradley & Bradley, a 
firm composed of his father and older brother, and was admitted to practice in 
1915.
 
Mr. Bradley served in the army during the World war, leaving Visalia with 
Company D, Second California Infantry.  He served in France with the 
Thirty-ninth Infantry, Fourth Division, in command of Company C, in the battles 
of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne, was wounded in action and honorably 
discharged with the rank of first lieutenant.
 
Upon his return from France he became a member of the firm and since then has 
been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession.  Among his 
clients are the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank, the Japanese 
Association, the People�s Consolidated and Lower Extension ditch companies, and 
well as a number of other Visalia firms and corporations.  Mr. Bradley is United 
States referee in bankruptcy for Tulare county.
 
Mr. Bradley is a member of the Tulare County Bar Association; the American 
Legion, in which he belongs to the Forty and Eight, the Kiwanis Club; the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; and the Knights of Columbus.
 
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 
167