History of Boone County Missouri United States of America

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A Short Biography of James Bradley Reavis

James Bradley Reavis, jurist, was born in Boone county, Mo., May 27, 1848; son of John Newton and Elizabeth (Preston) Reavis; grandson of Marcus A. and Lucy (Bradly) Reavis and of John and Jane (Ramey) Preston, and a descendant of a refugee, who landed with Ashley Cooper's expedition at Albemarle Sound, N.C., and adopted the name of Reavis, and in the maternal line descended from the Lees of Leesburg, Va. He was a student at Kentucky university, 1868?71; was admitted to the bar at Hannibal, Mo., in 1872; edited the Monroe City, Mo., Appeal, 1872?74, and in the latter year removed to California. In 1880 he opened a law office in Goldendale, Washington Territory. He was a member of the upper house of the territorial legislature, 1888, and a regent of the Territorial university, 1888?89. On the admission of Washington as a state he was Democratic candidate for justice of the supreme court and was defeated. He was married, May 27, 1891, to Minnie A. Freeman, daughter of Smith and Martha (Butler) Freeman of Nashville, Tenn. In 1896 he became chief-justice of the supreme court of Washington.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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