LEONIDAS H. BRADLEY, of the firm of Bradley & Bradley, Lawyers, 117½ South Fifth Street, was born in Galia county, Ohio, July 23, 1841. He is one of a family of four sons and a daughter, of Lewis and Nancy C. Bradley nee Knox, of New York, and the State of Delaware, respectively. In 1852 they moved to Clark county, Illinois, where the senior Bradley died in March, 1880, and where the widow and several of the family now reside. Leonidas was educated at Marshall, Illinois, and Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, from which he was graduated in the classical course in 1861, being less than twenty years of age. He at once commenced the study of law with Judge Charles H. Constable, in Marshall, Illinois; in August, 1862, enlisted as a private in the 130th Illinois Infantry. Upon the consolidation with the 77th regiment he was made Quartermaster Sergeant and filled that office till discharged after the close of the war. In October, 1865, Mr. Bradley married Miss Abigail L., daughter of Hon. Uri Manley, an early settler and prominent lawyer of Marshall. Soon after retiring from the army Mr. Bradley was admitted to the Bar, settled in Springfield and formed a partnership with W. P. olden, which continued till June, 1872, when Mr. Olden retired and Isaac K. Bradley took his place. Mr. Bradley has been ardently devoted to his profession, paying little attention to politics, but was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1871, and in 1872 chosen to the City Council; was a candidate, against his wish, for County Judge on the Republican, ticket, but the county being strongly Democratic, was beaten. He was appointed Assistant United States District Attorney in 1869, did efficient service in prosecuting fraudulent distillers in this district; resigned in 1871. He enjoys an extensive practice in the Chancery and United States Courts. His marriage with Miss Manley has resulted in a family of three sons and three daughters, one of the latter deceased.