Descendants of James Brady

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JAMES1 BRADY was born in born in Pennsylvania (possibly), Scotch-Irish.

       

Child of JAMES BRADY is:

2.                i.    JOHN2 BRADY, b. Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Bef. Oct 1850, Fountain County, Indiana.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHN2 BRADY (JAMES1) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died Bef. Oct 1850 in Fountain County, Indiana.  He married JANE BELL.  She was born 1786 in New York or Pennsylvania.

 

Notes for JOHN BRADY:

Patentee John Brady purchased 80 acres for cash at Crawfordsville Land Office, Indiana, 24 April 1820; title issued 15 April 1825; land located in Fountain-Warren Counties; document #2693.

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1830 Indiana Census, Territory attached to Warren County, White Oak Grove:

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, Fountain County, Logan Township records this family:

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, Fountain County, Logan Township, #1018-1042 records this family:

Jane Brady, 64, $2,000 real estate, born Pennsylvania

Franklin Brady, 25, laborer, born Indiana

Mary J. Brady, 16, born Indiana

Oliver Brady, 7, born Indiana

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1850 Illinois Census, Iroquois County records this household:

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 1 Jun 1899 in Sheldon, Iroquois County, Illinois, and died 3 Oct 1956 in Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois.  He married OPAL IRENE LASHBROOK 15 Sep 1920 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois.  She was born 18 Dec 1903, and died 24 Jul 1989.

 

Notes for GEORGE MILTON BRADY:

George is buried in Sheldon, Illinois; among his survivors were 17 grandchildren.

       

Children of GEORGE BRADY and OPAL LASHBROOK are:

                   i.    FLORENCE BELL7 BRADY, m. ______ AUSTIN.

                  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.