James B. Bradwell

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Bradwell in 1865

James Bolesworth Bradwell (April 16, 1828 – November 30, 1907) was an American lawyer, judge, and a representative from Illinois.

Bradwell was born April 16, 1828, at Loughborough, England to American parents. He was raised in Utica, New York and in Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1852, he married Myra Colby. They had four children. Bradwell died on November 30, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois from pneumonia, aged 79.

James B. Bradwell Media

• History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time with biographies of its founders and supporters also a chronological statement of (14581152798).jpg

  James B. Bradwell with his granddaughter, Myra Bradwell Helmer (later Pritchard), from a 1900 publication

• Grave of Myra Colby Bradwell (1831–1894) at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.jpg

  Bradwell's grave at Rosehill Cemetery

Other websites

• Biography on rootsweb
• Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1908, pp. 329-330.