GRIDLEY, Charles A. - The members of the legal fraternity of Cass County are notably men of superior intelligence and their reputation for ability is well merited, and many practice in all of the courts. A representative member of the Cass County bar who is an honor to his profession and to Virginia, as well, is the Hon. Charles A. Gridley, who has not only carried on a general law practice for years, but has filled ably and satisfactorily the several important offices to which he has been elected.

Charles A. Gridley was born at Virginia, Ill., January 10, 1874, a son of James Norman and Frances (Hill) Gridley. After attending the public schools of Virginia, he took a course at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., and later went to the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated from both the literary and law departments in 1896. Returning to Virginia, he entered his father's office, and has been engaged in a general law practice ever since, specializing on abstract work. In 1900 he was elected state's attorney for Cass County, and was re-elected to that office in 1904. Prior to this, he had served as city attorney from 1898 to 1900. He and his father own the only set of abstract records of Cass County.

In April, 1911, Mr. gridley married Dorothy Plahn, a daughter of George and June (Loosley) Plahn. Mr. and Mrs. Gridley have no children. His standing as an attorney and citizen is unquestioned, and he has many friends on only among the general public, but in the fraternal order of Knights of Pythias, of which he is a charter member, and was first chancellor commander. he belongs also to the Maccabees and the Elks at Jacksonville.