Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Brady, Michael Francis 1862 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 344
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     MICHAEL FRANCIS BRADY.  For a quarter of a century the M. F. Brady 
Equipment Company, of Portland, has been one of the leading dealers in 
railroad supplies in the Pacific northwest, and Michael F. Brady long ago 
established a well merited reputation as an able and progressive business man. 
He was born in New York city in 1862 and is a son of James and Ann (Touhey) 
Brady. About 1870 the family went to Brazil, South America, where they 
remained until 1872, when they came to Portland, Oregon. The father was long a 
blacksmith foreman for Ben Holliday on the Oregon-California Railroad, but is 
now retired from active affairs and is still residing in Portland, at the age 
of ninety-one, and remarkably hale and active for his years.

     Michael F. Brady received his education in the public schools of 
Portland, and in 1878, when sixteen years of age, went to work for the Oregon-
California Railroad, with which he remained until 1891, when he became master 
mechanic for the street car lines of Portland, which position he held until 
1903. In that year Mr. Brady embarked in the railway equipment business on his 
own account, organizing the M. F. Brady Equipment Company, and has carried it 
on successfully to the present time, being now located at 486 Twenty-second 
street north. He takes pride in the fact that if there is anything needed in 
the way of railroad supplies, he is prepared to furnish it promptly in any 
quantity, and his reputation for trustworthiness and dependability has been 
one of his best assets. His sales territory covers Oregon and Washington and 
he has jobbed a vast amount of goods of various kinds during the twenty-five 
years in which he has been in the business.

     In 1886 Mr. Brady was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Donlon, of 
Massachusetts, and to them have been born three children, namely: William F. 
and James D., who are associated with their father in business, and Frances, 
who is the wife of Arthur M. Mears, of Portland. Mr. Brady is a member of the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and the Irvington 
Club, and gives his political support to the republican party. He has ever 
shown a live interest in the prosperity and welfare of his community, has done 
his full share in promoting its interests, and is regarded as one of its best 
citizens, standing high in the esteem of all who know him.

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