Biographical Sketch of Dr. T. L. Bradley, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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Dr. T. L. Bradley, successful physician of Warrensburg, was born August
26, 1870, near Columbus, Missouri.  He is a member of a well known pio-
neer family of Johnson County.  His father, Gafford Bradley, is a 
native of Johnson County, born in 1846 at Pittsville.  Gafford Bradley
is the son of Dickey Bradley, Jr., who came to Johnson County about 
1830.  Dickey Bradley, Jr., was the son of Dickey Bradley, Sr., and he
and his wife came to Johnson county a few years after their son had
located on a farm near Pittsville.  Dickey Bradley, Sr. was a veteran
of the War of 1812.  He was with General Jackson in the siege of New
Orleans.  He died in Johnson County in 1838 and was laid in his last
resting place in Blackwater cemetery, the first to be buried in that
historic place.  The Blackwater Methodist church was the first Metho-
dist church to be organized in Johnson county and it was organized with
twenty-one members, six of whom were Bradleys.  Dickey Bradley, Jr., 
was a highly respected farmer near Pittsville.  He reared to maturity a
large family.  August 26, 1870, he died on the farm where he had resid-
ed for forty years and his remains were interred in Blackwater cemetery.
Elizabeth (Fulkerson) Bradley, mother of the subject of this review, 
was the daughter of Dr. Monroe and Elizabeth (Houx) Fulkerson.  Dr.
Monroe Fulkerson is one of the early settlers of Johnson County and an
esteemed pioneer physician residing two miles southwest of Columbus,
Missouri.  His family of boys served bravely in the Southern army 
during the Civil War.  Elizabeth (Houx) Fulkerson is the daughter of
Nicholas Houx, one of the first four settlers in Johnson County.  Nich-
olas Houx settled at Columbus, Missouri and the first court held in
Johnson County was held at his home under an elm tree.  Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Houx have long been deceased and their remains rest in the
Columbus cemetery. To Gafford and Elizabeth Bradley were born two sons:
Judge Nick M., who is a prominent attorney of Warrensburg, Mo.; and Dr.
T. L., the subject of this review.  Gafford Bradley died in Warrensburg
in 1900 and his wife passed away in 1904 and their remains are both
buried in the Warrensburg cemetery.  Dr. T. L. Bradley attended the
public schools of Warrensburg.  He is a graduate of the State Normal 
School of Warrensburg and of the St. Louis Medical College, class of 
1896.  Dr. Bradley was the first student from Johnson County to grad-
uate from the St. Louis Medical College and the first from Johnson 
County to receive an interne appointment in the City Hospital.  He
served as interne one year.  In 1897 Dr. Bradley began the practice of
medicine at Warrensburg.  His office was located at that time in the 
old Montgomery building on the corner of Holden and Pine streets.  He
has since moved his office to the present location at 103 West Pine
Street.  Dr. Bradley has an excellent practice.  In 1898, Dr. Bradley
was united in marriage with Fannie Renick, the daughter of R. F. and
Mary (Wallace) Renick of Columbus township, a sketch of whom appears in
this volume.  Mary (Wallace) Renick was born, reared, married, reared
her family, and died in the same house.  She died at the age of seventy
two years.  The house still stands on the farm one and a half miles 
northeast of Columbus, Missouri.  Dr. and Mrs. Bradley reside in 
Warrensburg on the corner of Broad and McGuire streets.

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