Descendants of James Brady
Generation
No. 1
1. JAMES1 BRADY was born in born in
Child of JAMES BRADY is:
2. i. JOHN2 BRADY, b.
Generation
No. 2
2. JOHN2 BRADY (JAMES1) was born in
Notes for JOHN BRADY:
Patentee John Brady
purchased 80 acres for cash at Crawfordsville Land Office,
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1830 Indiana Census,
Territory attached to
John Brady, between 50-60
one son under 5
two sons between 5-10
one son between 15-20
three sons between 20-30
one daughter under 5
two daughter between 15-20
one daughter between 30-40
wife between 50-60
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1840 Indiana Census,
John Brady, between 60-70
years
two sons between 15-20
years
two sons between 20-30
years
one female between 10-15
years
wife between 60-70 years
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1850 Indiana Census,
Jane Brady, 64, $2,000 real
estate, born
Franklin Brady, 25,
laborer, born
Mary J. Brady, 16, born
Oliver Brady, 7, born
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1850 Illinois Census,
Joseph Brady, 31, born
Indiana, farmer, $233 real estate
B. F. Brady, 27, born
Indiana, farmer, $233 real estate
William Brady, 35, born
Indiana, $234 real estate
(living next door to Simms
Brady)
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Joseph Haigh, in his 1884
History of the Early Settlement of Chebanse Township, wrote, "The Brady
Settlement was still further east, south of the creek in the timber, and on
Sec. 34. B. F. Brady, now of Kankakee, and his brothers, Joseph and William,
came from Indiana and settled there about ten years before the settlement of
the prairie. Mrs. E. A. Westover was Jos. Brady's widow." The family is
detailed in History of Kankakee County, Vol. II, published 1906.There were
eleven children.
Children of JOHN BRADY and JANE BELL are:
3. i. JOSEPH3 BRADY, d. 14 Jul
1855, east of Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois.
ii. WILLIAM BRADY, b. 1815, Indiana.
Notes for WILLIAM BRADY:
On 8 July 1845 William
Brady, in a Federal Land Sale, purchased 40 acres @$1.25 an acre in Section 33,
Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, illinois.
iii. SIMMS BRADY, b. 1819, Indiana; m. TABITHA ______; b. 1833,
Ohio.
Notes for SIMMS BRADY:
On 10 Oct 1846 Sims Brady,
in a Federal Land Sale, purchased 46.7 acres @$1.25 an acre in Section 32,
Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.
1850 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, 21st District, page 177, #509 records this household:
Simms Brady, age 30, born
Indiana, $400 real estate
Tabitha Brady, age 17, born
Ohio
(living next door to Joseph,
B.F. and William Brady)
4. iv. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRADY, b. 16 Oct 1823, Attica, Fountain County, Indiana; d.
25 Feb 1917, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
v. FRANKLIN BRADY, b. 1825, Indiana.
Generation
No. 3
3. JOSEPH3 BRADY (JOHN2, JAMES1) died 14
Jul 1855 in east of Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois. He married JANE ______. She was born 1 Nov 1827 in Ireland, and died
15 Mar 1910 in Chebanse, Illinois.
Notes for JOSEPH BRADY:
On 28 August 1848 Joseph
Brady purchased from State of Illinois 40 acres @$5.00 an acre in Section 33,
Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. On 25 November 1853 he purchased
from the state, in the same section, 40 additional acres @$3.50 an acre.
1860 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, Chebanse Township, #1633-1516 records this family:
Jane Brady, age 28, born
Ireland, farmer, $487 value of real estate
John Miller Brady 13, born
Illinois
George Washington Brady, 8,
born Illinois
Benjamin Brady, 5, born
Illinois
Michael Provancher, 22,
born Michigan, day laborer
Children of JOSEPH BRADY and JANE ______ are:
i. JOHN WALTER4 BRADY, b. 1847.
ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRADY, b. 12 May 1852; d. 21 Oct 1890, Chebanse Township,
Iroquois County, Illinois.
Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON BRADY:
Iroquois County, Illinois
Death Records; LDS film #1321549 show, "George Washington Brady, age 38
years, 5 months and 9 days, farmer, married, born Iroquois County, Illinois,
died 21 October 1890 in Iroquois County near Chebanse, of Hemmorrhage of Stomach,
duration of 5 days, complication of congestion and rupture of vessel, duration
of 3 days. Buried at Chebanse, Illinois 23 October. G. G. Baker, Chebanse,
undertaker. S. R. Walker, MD, Chebanse."
5. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRADY, b. 19 Jan 1855, Chebanse Township, Iroquois County,
Illinois; d. 23 Nov 1938, Iroquois County, Illinois.
4. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN3 BRADY (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born
16 Oct 1823 in Attica, Fountain County, Indiana, and died 25 Feb 1917 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. He
married (1) MARY MADISON. He married
(2) MARY S. DAY 30 Dec 1855. She was born Bet.
1832 - 1834 in Canada, and died 10 Nov 1915.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRADY:
On 25 November 1853
Benjamin F. Brady purchased from state of Illinois 40 acres @$3.50 an acre in
Section 34, Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. On 28 November 1854
he purchased from the state an additional 40 acres @$3.00 an acre in the same
section. On 28 November 1854 he purchased from the state an additional 40 acres
@$3.00 an acre in the same section. On 28 November 1854 he purchased from the
state 40 acres @$3.00 an acre in Section 33, the same township. On 22 December
1855 he purchased 40 acres @$3.50 an acre in Section 34.
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1860 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, Chebanse Township, #1609-1495:
B. F. Brady, farmer, born
Indiana
Mary Brady, 26, wife, born
Canada
John Franklin Brady, 4,
son, born Illinois
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1880 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County, Kankakee, page 278D:
B. F. Brady, age 57, born
Indiana
Mary Brady, age 46, born
Canada
John Brady, age 23, son,
born Illinois
Mary Gray, age 20, other,
born Michigan
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1900 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County and City, 4th Ward, Water Street, #30-30:
B.F. Brady, 77, born
Oct1822 Indiana, father born KY, mother born VT, Justice of Peace, owns farm
Mary S. Brady, 65, born Apr
1835 Canada (English), mother of one, parents born Canada (English), she
emigrated in 1838
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He was one of two first
Justices of the Peace in Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. Benjamin
and Mary are buried in Aroma Park, Illinois.
History of Kankakee County,
pub. 1906, tells, "BRADY, BENJAMIN F., one of the pioneers of this section
of the country, a retired agriculturist and a justice of the peace, make his
home in Kankakee, where he is highly respected and honored. He came of pioneer
stock, some of his ancestors settling at Cincinnati, at the birth of that city.
Although he has attained many more than the years allotted by the Psalmist, he
is still alive and takes a deep interest in all that goes to make life
pleasant, and that is for the advancement of his fellow man. Mr. Brady was born
at Attica, Fountain county, Indiana, October 16, 1823, when that was but a
frontier village. His father, John Brady, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, and was
the son of James Brady. They were of that hardy race of Scotch-Irish who
crossed the mountains of Western Pennsylvania, and moving down the Ohio river
opened to settlement the lands now known as Kentucky, Tennessee, and, later,
Ohio and Indiana. Among the pioneers on the Ohio side were the ancestors of the
subject of this memoir. His mother, Jane (Bell) Brady, was born in New York and
was of English descent. Benjamin F. Brady was the youngest of a family of
eleven children born to his parents. His brothers and sisters all grew to
maturity, but all are now numberd with the dead. He remained at home with his
parents until attaining his twentieth year. Starting out in the world for
himself, he came to illinois in 1843, took up a claim in Iroquois county, and
commenced to develop it and make a farm. He still owns this 160 acre place,
which he purchased from the Government over sixty years ago. He lived on this
farm, engaged in tilling the soil, until, in 1864, he removed to Kankakee to
educate his only son, and has been a resident ever since. The marriage that
united Mr. Brady and Miss Mary Day took place December 30, 1855. The lady, who
is still living, is a native of Canada. They have had but one son, John F., now
a resident of Atkinson, Neb. He is a large ranch owner, having a place of 6,000
acres, is a prominent cattle dealer and real estate broker. He is a fine
representative business man. Benjamin F. Brady has been a republican since the
birth of that party, voting for Fremont in 1856, and for every republican
candidate for the presidency since. He takes quite an active interst in public
affairs. He has been justice of the peace and police magistrate since 1864. he
is now commissioner of highways. Fraternally our subject is a member of the Masonic
order. he was a charter member of the first lodge started in Kankakee. He is
well known throughout the county, and he and his wife have a high place in the
esteem of a wide circle of friends. He has been closely identifed with the
growth and development of this portion of the state, and takes pride in the
position that Illinois now holds in the union. When he came to the state it had
less than 500,000 and now it has nearly 5,000,000 inhabitants."
Child of BENJAMIN BRADY and MARY DAY is:
i. JOHN FRANKLIN4 BRADY, b. 1856.
Notes for JOHN FRANKLIN BRADY:
He lived in Atkinson, Holt
County, Nebraska in 1917 according to the obituary of his father.
1920 Nebraska Census, Dawson
County, Antelope township, #12-13 records this family:
John F. Brady, age 52, farmer,
born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born North Carolina
Elinor Brady, age 46, wife,
she and parents born Pennsylvania
Keith L. Brady, age 11, son,
born Nebraska
Harlor R. Brady, age 6, son,
born Nebraska
(John F. Brady, age 52 in
1920 would have a birthyear of ca1868; can this be the correct John F. Brady?)
Peasant View Cemetery,
Antelope Pct., Dawson County records the graves of John F. Brady, born 1866 and
died 1947; and Elinor Brady born 1873 and died 1954.
Generation
No. 4
5. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4 BRADY (JOSEPH3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 19 Jan 1855 in Chebanse Township, Iroquois
County, Illinois, and died 23 Nov 1938 in Iroquois County, Illinois. He married SARAH MADISON 29 Jan
1876 in Iroquois County, Illinois. She
was born 17 Oct 1860 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died 21 Jan 1940 in Iroquois
County, Illinois.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRADY:
1900 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, Sheldon township and village, 1st Street:
B. F. Brady, 45, born
Illinois Jan 1855, poultry dealer, owns mortgaged farm, parents bp unknown
Sarah Brady, 40, wife, born
Germany Oct 1859, mother ot two - both living
Orcley (?) Brady, 14, son,
born Illinois Feb 1886, at school
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1920 Illinois Census,
Iroquois county, Sheldon township and village, 1st Street, #183-184:
Benjamin Brady, 64, born
Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Ireland, poultry dealer, owns house
Sarah Brady, 60, born
Denmark
Arch Brady, 34, son, born
Illinois, house painter
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Iroquois County, Illinois
Marriage Records show B. F. Brady of Chebanse, age 21, married 29 January 1876
to Sarah Madison of Martinton, age 16, guardian giving consent; by Joseph W.
Kay, Justice of the Peace. Benjamin and Sarah are buried in Sheldon, Illinois,
along with son Arch.
Children of BENJAMIN BRADY and SARAH MADISON are:
6. i. ORA W.5 BRADY, b. Jun 1878,
Illinois; d. 23 Dec 1925, Will County, Illinois.
ii. ARCH BRADY, b. Feb 1886, Illinois; d. 1967.
Generation
No. 5
6. ORA W.5 BRADY (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born
Jun 1878 in Illinois, and died 23 Dec 1925 in Will County, Illinois. He married MARTHA "MATTIE" B. BARR 11 Mar 1899
in Kankakee County, Illinois, daughter of WILLIAM BARR. She was born
Mar 1880 in Ohio, and died 18 Mar 1925 in Iroquois County, Illinois.
Notes for ORA W. BRADY:
1900 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, Sheldon Township and Village, Grove Street, #245:
Ora Brady, 21, born Jun
1878 Illinois, married 2 yrs., poultry dealer, parents' birthplace unknown
Martha Brady, 20, born Mar
1880 Illinois, mother of 1, parents born Ohio
George Brady, 11 months,
born Jun 1899 Illinois
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1920 Illinois Census, Will
County, Joliet, Illinois State Penitentiary:
Ora Brady, inmate, age 42, born
Illinois, laborer
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1920 Illinois Census,
Iroquois County, Concord Township, Iroquois village, Sheet 3A, 5
January,#75-75:
Charles Davis, 39, born
Indiana, fireman on railroad engine
Martha Davis, 39, wife,
born Illinois, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Virginia
George Brady, 20, stepson,
born Illinois, laborer in factory
William Brady, 19, stepson,
born Illinois, laborer in steel work
Louis Brady, 17, stepson,
born Illinois, farm laborer, working out
William Barr, 69, widower,
father-in-law, born Pennsylvania, tile ditcher, parents born Virginia
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There was an Ora Brady who
died 23 December 1925 in Will County, Joliet Township, Illinois.
Children of ORA BRADY and MARTHA BARR are:
7. i. GEORGE MILTON6 BRADY, b. 1 Jun
1899, Sheldon, Iroquois County, Illinois; d. 3 Oct 1956, Beaverville, Iroquois
County, Illinois.
ii. WILLIAM BENJAMIN BRADY, b. 1900, Illinois.
iii. LOUIS LEON BRADY, b. 1902, Illinois.
Generation
No. 6
7. GEORGE MILTON6 BRADY (ORA W.5, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born
Notes for GEORGE MILTON BRADY:
George is buried in
Children of GEORGE BRADY and OPAL LASHBROOK are:
i.
ii. HOWARD BRADY.
iii. GEORGE BRADY.
iv. NORMAN DEAN BRADY.
v. DONALD BRADY.
vi. RALPH BRADY.
vii. RONALD BRADY.
viii. ______ BRADY, m. ROMAN WOLFORD.
ix. BETTY BRADY, m. ______ JESSIE.
x. DORIS BRADY, m. ______ DURSLINGER.
xi. MARTHA BRADY, m. ______ LANEY.