History: Family: Part III - Swope's 1905 McKINNEY-BRADY-QUIGLEY families, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by David Loy. info@protoSight.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ html table of contents may be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/mbqfams.htm _______________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES OF MCKINNEY-BRADY-QUIGLEY CONTENTS. Page file name CHAPTER I. OUR ANCESTORS. 5 mck01.txt CHAPTER II. THE CLAN MACKENZIE. 14 mck01.txt CHAPTER III. JOSEPH MACKENZIE. 20 mck01.txt CHAPTER IV. THOMAS McKINNEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 24 mck01.txt CHAPTER V. ANDREW M'KINNEY. 72 mck02.txt CHAPTER VI. DAVID McKINNEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 75 mck02.txt CHAPTER VII. AGNES McKINNEY AND HER DESCENDANTS. 85 mck02.txt CHAPTER VIII. QUIGLEY-BRADY. 140 mck03.txt CHAPTER IX. THE BRADY FAMILY. 142 mck03.txt CHAPTER X. MARY QUIGLEY BRADY AND HER DESCENDANTS. 144 mck03.txt CHAPTER XI. ROBERT QUIGLEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 228 mck04.txt ADDENDA. ORATION AT MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 15, 1879. BY HON. JOHN BLAIR LINN. I mck05.txt INDEX OF HEADS OF FAMILIES TO THE FOURTH GENERATION. (1) mck05.txt _______________________________________________________________________________ 140 CHAPTER VIII. QUIGLEY-BRADY. James Quigley, the first ancestor of whom we have knowledge, came to this country from Ireland in 1730, and took up four hundred acres of land, in what was later Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Penna. At Quigley's Bridge, within a stone's throw of the Conodoguinet Creek, he built his home, and for five generations his descendants have inherited and lived there. Though still in possession of the family, the house is not the one made sacred by the work of his hands, for in 1841 it was replaced by a large brick dwelling, which is still in a good state of preservation. The spot is beautiful. The creek winds in graceful curves towards the Susquehanna river, with here and there a grassy island dotting its sparkling surface; and a few miles to the north, across the fertile stretches of the valley, a range of mountains known as the North or Kittatinny, rises above the sloping hills, and traces its outlines on the sky. The creek and the mountains are the sole survivors of time, since those early days when James Quigley erected his house of logs in the forest; rowed his birch bark boat along the stream, scanning the edges of the distant hills for the face of a redskin, lest in his absence they reduce his home to ashes and take his, loved ones captive. Of his wife, Jeanette, we have nothing but tradition to point to her Scottish parentage, her name Jeannette bearing the sweetest impress of her country. We are assured she was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a wise counselor, or she would not have given to the world such brave and illustrious children. In 1738 the house of worship at Middle Spring was dedicated, three miles from the homestead. James Quigley and, his wife were members and faithful 141 attendants, and with their children are buried in the old graveyard, which surrounded the original log church, where on the twenty-seventh of September, 1900, their descendants erected a monument to the memory of their ancestors, who took part in the Colonial and Revolutionary service, and with their wives lay for many years in unmarked graves. James Quigley not only proved himself a warrior in keeping the Indians from his own door, but was in active service, commissioned ensign, March 25, 1756, in Rev. John Steele's company of Cumberland County Colonial Rangers, and in Revolutionary service, private in Colonel Robert Adams' company, Sixth battalion. He died in 1782. His will reads: "To dear and loving wife, all my stock of cows and horses, to be disposed of at her pleasure. I also allow her a comfortable maintainence out of my real estate all her life. To daughter Mary Brady 10 pounds. To heirs of son John, if any, 1 dollar, when demanded. To dear and loving son Robert, all the balance of my estate. ALEX. McLAUGHLIN, ROBT. McCOMB, JAMES McCUNE, Witnesses. ROBERT QUIGLEY, Executor. Issue: i. SAMUEL QUIGLEY, d. May 28, 1753. ii. JOHN QUIGLEY, d. June 6, 1753. iii. MARTHA QUIGLEY, d. June 12, 1753. iv. AGNES QUIGLEY, d. Aug. 26, 1756. a. v. MARY QUIGLEY, b. Aug. 16, 1735; m. Captain John Brady. b. vi. ROBERT QUIGLEY, b. 1744; m. Mary Jacob. 142 CHAPTER IX. THE BRADY FAMILY. "Hugh Brady, Most Reverend Lord Bishop of Meath was the fourth son of Sir Dennis O'Grady or Brady, of Fassaghmore, County Clare, Ireland, knight and chief of his name, and was directly descended from a long line of ancestors, including several kings of the province of Munster, and other McBradys who were monarchs of Ireland, their genealogy having been traced back to King Milesius, by Sir William Betham, who was Ulster King of Arms, Dublin. In course of time the O and the Mc were dropped and the name became plain Brady. Hugh Brady, above mentioned, was the first Protestant Bishop of Meath county, Ireland, whose descendants have continued to conform to the Protestant religion. One branch of the family was represented in England by Sir A. Brady, baronet, London, and by his brother, Captain Edward Brady, who married Mary Ann Sharp, a descendant of James Sharp; Archbishop of St. Andrews, Scotland, who was murdered near Edinburg, May 3, 1679. General Alexander Brady Sharp, of Carlisle, Penna., a representative of the Sharp branch, made a study of the family genealogy. Another branch of the Brady family in Pennsylvania is that of Captain John Brady. His father, Hugh Brady, the propositus, an Enniskilliner, who with Hannah, his wife, had seven sons and two daughters, are reported to have settled along the Conodoguinet creek, and have come from Delaware at an early date. This may be a mistake however, but we have no definite proof. All the sons and daughters married and had issue. Samuel married Jane Simonton, and had six children, two sons and four daughters. John married Mary Quigley and had thirteen children. Joseph married Mary Carnahan and had two sons and four daughters. He [Image] THE BRADY COAT-OF-ARMS 143 was a soldier of the Revolution. William married-Ferguson, who emigrated to North Carolina after the Revolutionary War, and from thence to Kentucky. Hugh married Jane Young and had five sons and four daughters, two of whom, Hannah and Rebecca, married Samuel and Hugh McCune in the Cumberland Valley. Ebenezer married Jane Irvine, and had four sons and four daughters. James married Rebecca Young and had four sons and three daughters. Mary married Samuel Hanna, and had two sons and two daughters. Margaret married Archibald Hanna and they also had four children, two sons and two daughters." BRADY COAT-OF-ARMS. (Rt. Hon. Sir Magiere Brady, Bart, P. C. Vice Chancellor of the Queen's University, and a Commissioner of National Education, at one time Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 2nd son of Francis Tempest Brady, Esq., of Willow Park, Co. Dublin). Arms-Az. A Saltire eng. Or. btw. 4 Martlets Ar. On a chief Gu. 3 dishes, each holding a boar's head couped of the 2nd. Crest-A Martlet Or. charged on the breast with a trefoil slipped Vert. Motto-Vincit Pericula Virtus. (Virtue Conquers Peril.)-Burke. Symbolism: Or. (Gold) Generosity. Ar. (Silver) Peace and Purity: Gu. (Red) Military Fortitude.. Az. (Blue) Truth and Loyally. Vert. (Green) Hope. The boar's head was a mark of hospitality. The Saltire cross was the symbol of resolution, Being engrailed shows a grant of land given at some time. The Martlet was the mark of the 4th son in a family, and having no feet to stand on, meant he was dependent on his own exertion for support. The trefoil signifies perpetuity. -Wade. 144 CHAPTER X. MARY QUIGLEY BRADY AND HER DESCENDANTS. a. Mary Quigley daughter of James Quigley and Jeanette Quigley was born August 16, 1735 in Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Penna., died October 20, 1783, married 1755, Captain John Brady, born 1733, died April 11, 1779. No family of pioneers was more conspicuous in the early history and settlement of the country than the Bradys. Hugh Brady and Hannah Brady came to the Scotch-Irish Covenanter community, along the Conodoguinet creek about 1750. Tradition points to the fact that they lived in Delaware, and removed to Pennsylvania at the solicitation of friends who were prosperous and found the land good and available. They were near neighbors of the Quigley family, and were members of the Middle Spring Presbyterian church. John Brady, the second son of Hugh Brady and Hannah Brady was born near Newark, Delaware, here he received a good education an taught school. He came with his parents to Pennsylvania, and soon won the love of Mary Quigley. At twenty-two, the age of his marriage, he was six feet in height, well formed, with black hair, hazel eyes and a dark complexion. Fearless, impulsive and generous, he was one whom friends loved and enemies hated. Soon after his marriage, the breaking out of the French and Indian War caused him to enlist in the service and defend his country from the merciless invaders. On July 19, 1763, he was commissioned captain, Second battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiments, commanded by Governor John Penn, Lieutenant Colonels Asher Clayton and Tobias Frances. In 1764 he 146 received his commission of captain in the Second Pennsylvania battalion, in Colonel Bouquet's expedition west of the Ohio, in which campaign he participated, and took part in the land grant to the officers in that service during the year 1766. He was actively engaged against the Indians who made desperate slaughter in Bedford and Cumberland counties, and killed many of the settlers. When his regiment reached Bedford, the officers drew a written agreement, wherein they asked the proprietaries for sufficient land on which to erect a compact and defensible town, and give each a commodious plantation on which to build a dwelling. Captain John Brady was one of the officers who signed this petition. In 1768, "urged by the restless, mysterious impulse that moulds the destiny of the pioneer of civilization," he removed his family to Standing Stone, now Huntingdon, Penna. The following year he again changed his location to a site opposite the present town of Lewistown, Penna. At that period titles to uncultivated lands could be secured by erecting a house, and by cutting a few trees by way of improvement. In this manner he took up a vast tract of land on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, later known as Smoketown, and had he lived longer, he would have been one of the wealthiest men in the state. Owing to the dishonesty of those connected with the management of his affairs, his family was deprived of any benefit from his exertions. In 1776 he took his wife and children and belongings to Muncy Manor, where he built a semi-fortified log house, known later as "Brady's Fort". It was a private affair and was not classed among the provincial fortifications. The spot on which it stood is now in the borough of Muncy, and a slight elevation in a field is pointed to as the exact plot of ground. After Northumberland county was formed, Captain John Brady was appointed foreman of the first grand jury, and served in many such capacities afterward. Not slow to respond to the call to arms in defense of home and the independence of the nation, he marched to the front in some of the bloodiest engagements of the War of the Revolution. He fought with Washington at Brandywine, where his two sons Samuel and John were with him, and he was wounded in the mouth. The loss of some teeth 146 was the result, but he was disabled by an attack of pleurisy and was sent home. In 1775 Colonel Plunkett made his famous expedition to the Wyoming Valley, and he was one of his ablest assistants. The Connecticut settlers claimed under their charter, the territory of the province of Pennsylvania as far south as the 41st degree of latitude, which ran a mile north of Lewisburg, and determined to enforce their rights. In 1772 a party of them reached the present town of Milton, but were driven back by Colonel Plunkett. The settlers were not subdued and the contest was waged many years. They advanced to the Muncy Valley and made a settlement where the town was later located. In order to punish the intruders for their presumption in occupying this part of the West Branch region, blood was shed and continued loss of life. He was a surveyor of land in Cumberland, Buffalo and White Deer Valleys, and in the possession of his descendant Mrs. Charles Gustav Ernst, nee Mollie Brady Cooper of Punxsutawney, Penna., is a surveyor's guide book, entitled "Tables of Difference of Latitude and Departure", for navigators, land surveyors, etc., "compiled at the instance of a committee of the Dublin Society, by John Hood, Land Surveyor. Published in Dublin in 1772." She has also an account book, which has on the inside of the leather cover, the words printed in ink, "John Brady, his book, Cumberland County, 1765." It shows a report of surveys from 1765 to 1767, with the name of the owner of land surveyed, quantity of land surveyed, in whose name, number in the office, date of application and date of survey, receipted bills, lists of names of early settlers, and quotations of pathos and humor, such as "The man can never please who has but one sort of wit." Wit sometimes gives us the privilege to play the fool boldly. Keep him at least three paces distant who hates bread, music, and the laugh of a child. Call him saint who can forget his own sufferings in the minute griefs of others. 147 Death at a distance we but slightly fear, He brings his terrors as he draws more near. Remember man as you pass by, As thou art now, so once was I. As I am now, so shalt thou be, Prepare for death and follow me." In the same volume is a poem on George III, we presume original, and a letter. Oh, George the third, what do you mean, Is wisdom from you fled, Or have you got no eyes to see That England's almost dead. Why do you cause the foul north wind Upon this garden to blow, So that the flowers cannot spring, It seems to blast them so. Consider well before too late, Consider while you're king, Oh think, think that your empire's great, While over us you sing. But when you turn our cruel foe As plainly doth appear, Then we are forced to let you know That you shall not reign here. Nor shall your cursed ministry Impose on us their laws, And if they ask us to comply We'll smash and break their jaws. At Boston now they have begun To show their cruel spright, But well I know ere all was done Many souls did take their flight. And so shall many, many more Ere we lose liberty, Before freedom shall live no more Both you and we shall die. 148 A letter written March 26, 1775: Honoured Grandfather- Yesterday my dady handed me a letter with a black seal, which caused me to conclude that the contents were on account of the death of a near friend, which proved true. I did expect that it was you, my grandfather, as your health has been much impaired sometime past. But when I read the letter, I can't tell whether I was glad or sorry, but I thank God you are not dead, and I hope my grandmother is gone where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. I know Sir, that if a man of your years and wisdom and experience does not know how to deport himself under this afflicting dispensation of God's providence, it becomes one of my years to be silent in the matter. I conclude with my best wishes for your prosperity, and hope yet to see you in the land of the living. Your loving grandson. His writing is clear and distinct, even after the lapse of more than a century. His accounts were kept with accuracy and neatness. His brain power showed in his business transactions as well as on the field of blood, when he hunted the trail of the red man or struggled with the British, with whom he put into play his strong arm and fought to kill. In August 1776 he had an adventure with the Indians at Derr's landing. Lewisburg was originally called Derrstown, and on the run that empties in to the river below the town, was a mill owned by Derr, who kept a trading house, where the Indians were supplied with powder, lead, tobacco and rum. Captain John Brady feared the Indians would be tampered with by the British, and thought it advisable to propose a treaty with the Muncy and Seneca tribes, who were up the West Branch, and were unfriendly with the Delawares on the North Branch. He and two others were chosen to make the proposal. They sought the chiefs of the tribes, who listened with apparent approval, smoked the pipe of peace, promised to be present at Fort Augusta on the appointed day, led the men out of their camp, and shook hands with them in seeming friendship. They assembled at the fort a hundred strong, and dressed with all the adornments of war on their persons. The people at the fort were too poor to make large presents 149 such as the Indians had received on former occasions, and the treaty was not made. They left well satisfied however, and in their canoes proceeded homeward. Later in the day Captain John Brady imagined Derr's might be besieged, and his home was near the landing and his family possibly in danger. He crossed the North Branch, and on the bank of the river near the trading house were the canoes of the Indians. The squaws after some time, worked with oars to get the canoes to his side of the stream, and when they landed, ran to the thickets of sumac, which grew on his farm to the height of a man's head. Not slow to suppose they were in mischief, he rapidly went to where they were, and found the squaws conveying rifles, tomahawks and knives into the bushes and hiding them. He jumped into a canoe and crossed to Derr's, where he found the Indians intoxicated. A barrel of rum stood at the door, with the head out. He emptied its contents, and said to Derr, "My God, Frederick what have you done?" To which Derr replied, "Dey dells me gif um no dreet town on de fort, so I dinks as I gif um one here, als he go home in bease." One of the Indians told him he would one day rue the spilling of the rum, and he was on his guard, for he knew the revengeful spirit of his enemy. They left Derr's the next day, after a night of drunken rioting. On March 3, 1776, he was commissioned first major of the battalion commanded by Colonel Plunkett, and on October 14, 1776, captain in the Twelfth regiment of the Pennsylvania line, commanded by Colonel William Cooke, whose two daughters became wives of two of Captain John Brady's sons. In 1778, on the invasion of the Wyoming Valley he went with his family to Sunbury, and September 1, 1778, returned to the army. In the spring of 1779 he received orders to join Colonel Hartley on the West Branch, and on the 11th of April, 1779, was killed by a concealed body of Indians. He had taken an active part in efforts to subdue their atrocities, and his daring and repeated endeavors, intensified their hatred and desire to capture him, resulting so fatally on that spring time morning. With a guard and wagon he went up the river to Wallis' to procure supplies. His family was living at the "Fort," at Muncy, during the winter and early spring, 150 and from his home to the provision house was only a few hours ride. On their return trip, about three miles from Fort Brady, at Wolf Run, they stopped to wait for the wagon, which was coming another way. Peter Smith whose family was massacred on the 10th of June, and on whose farm young James Brady was mortally wounded, was by his side. Captain John Brady said, "This would be a good place for Indians to hide." Smith replied in the affirmative, when the report of three rifles was heard, and the Captain fell without uttering a sound. He was shot with two balls between the shoulders. Smith mounted the horse of his commander and escaped to the woods unharmed, and on to the settlement. It was not known what Indians did the shooting, but proof was evident that a party had followed him with intent to kill. In their haste, they did not scalp him, nor take his money, a gold watch, and his commission, which he wore in a green bag suspended from his neck, his dearest earthly possession. Thus perished one of the most skilled and daring Indian fighters, as well as one of the most esteemed and respected of men, on whose sterling qualities and sound judgment, the pioneers of the entire settlement depended. Carried to his home at Fort Brady, which he erected and is now within the borough limits of Muncy, his heroic little wife looked the second time upon the blood stained form of one of her family, her son James having met the same doom on the 8th of August of the preceding year. Laid to rest on the hillside where few interments had been made, his grave was well nigh forgotten, and weeds and briars hid the lonely mound of earth, until the spot was identified through the efforts of a granddaughter of Captain John Brady, Mrs. Backus, wife of General Electus Backus, U. S. A. Prior to 1830 at Halls, a heavy granite marker was erected bearing the inscription Captain John Brady, Fell in defense of our forefathers, At Wolf Run, April 11, Aged 46 years. An old comrade who was present at his burial, pointed [Image] MONUMENT UNVEILED AT MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 15, 1879 TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY 151 to the site, and requested that he be laid by his side. His request was granted, and near by Captain John Brady's grave, is that of his friend Henry Lebo. The highway runs by the cemetery, which is between Muncy and Williamsport, and is beautifully located, and is in a good state of preservation, the dust of many pioneer settlers within its bosom. A hundred years after his death, through a dollar subscription fund, raised by Mr. J. M. M. Gernerd, a monument was placed in the cemetery at Muncy, and unveiled October 15, 1879. The date 1779 is on. the front of the shaft, the name "John Brady" in the die, and the date of erection 1879 in the sub-base. The cost was $1,600.00, and that of the slab in the burial lot at Halls $70.00, the latter also due to the untiring energy of Mr. Gernerd, by an autograph subscription at twenty-five cents a signature. In closing his oration at the unveiling of the monument, Hon. John Blair Linn, of Bellefonte, Penna., said: "To Captain Brady's descendants, time fails me in paying a proper tribute. When border tales have lost their charm for the evening hour; when oblivion blots from the historic page the glorious record of Pennsylvania in the Revolution of 1776; then and then only will Captain Samuel Brady of the Rangers be forgotten. In private life, in public office, at the bar, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives of the United States, in the ranks of battle, Captain John Brady's sons and grandsons and great-grandsons have flung far forward into the future the light of their family fame." Captain John Brady was foremost in all expeditions that went out from the West Branch settlement, and his untimely death was a sore affliction. When the inmates of the fort heard the report of the rifles that ended his life, they with his wife, ran to ask Smith, who was with him, where he was, and his reply "In heaven or hell or on his way to Tioga," showed his rapid flight, for he did not wait to see whether he was killed or taken prisoner. Some years later, his son General Hugh Brady was visiting in Chambersburg, Penna., and an old citizen inquired if he knew John Montour. He became very excited and said, "Yes, he is the damned rascal who killed my father." Historians differ as to the accuracy of the latter statement, but 152 whether John Montour's was the shot that killed him, enough it is to know, that a foul hand and revengeful heart wrought his doom. Not only had he been a soldier, but was useful and influential in political life. His was a remarkable career, and death claiming him in the prime of manhood, robbed the earth of one of her strongest sons, and the nation of one of her most loyal subjects, but in the lives and life work of his children, was continued and completed the blessings and benefits to mankind commenced so unselfishly by him. And now came the test of character which proved Mary Quigley Brady a true woman, a consecrated mother, and one of the bravest heroines of history. At the age of twenty, the little Scotch-Irish maiden with large bright blue eyes, linked her fortune with that of John Brady, big, broadshouldered, and handsome, coming scarcely above his heart in height, yet as fearless and noble as he. It was considered a good match. The Quigley and Brady families were of the same faith, the same social standing, and each in comfortable circumstances. Until 1768 she either lived with her father or near him, and enjoyed the privileges of her girlhood home as in days gone by. With true wifely devotion she followed her husband's restless footsteps to the West Branch Valley, and on the tract of land which was given him for provincial services, she began her work of training her sons and daughters for the duties of life, and nobly she fulfilled her mission. Churches there were none, hence the instruction given, was largely due to her zeal, while the father cultivated the soil and protected the little home won by him by military daring. Later, on their productive land near Muncy, she encouraged her sons in the tilling of the soil, but their souls longed for broader fields of activity and usefulness, and the battle cry rather, than the reaper's song brought a responsive echo. "Her sons, beside their fine, mental endowments, were perfect specimens of humanity, and the average height of the six boys when grown to manhood was six feet." When Captain John Brady joined Washington's army, he took with him his sons Samuel and James, the first winning an officer's commission soon after he was twenty years 153 of age, and James becoming a sergeant before he reached the age of eighteen. Day after day during those perilous times, Mary Quigley Brady kept her younger sons employed on the farm, ever on the alert against the surprises of the Indians. Her position being wearing and dangerous, her husband was given leave of absence while the army was in winter quarters at Valley Forge. In 1778 her son James was mortally wounded by an Indian, dying four days after Liberty, her youngest and thirteenth child was born. As independence had just been declared, she called her Liberty, and was very anxious lest the minister who christened the child, would not know whether from the name, it was a boy or girl. He baptized it Liberty Brady, and happily applied the feminine gender in his prayer for its welfare, and relieved the mother's anxiety. As there were thirteen states, and this the thirteenth child, the name was fitting and well chosen, and has descended to each successive generation of the Quigley family. After the death of her husband in 1779, with her cup of sorrow filled to the brim; turning from his new made grave, beside which slumbered four children, she fled with her nine remaining Sons and daughters to the home of her parents in the Cumberland Valley, along the Conodoguinet Creek. She spent the months from May until October with her father and mother, returning to the Buffalo Valley with her family, and settled on the original tract of land presented to her husband by the government. Many men would shrink from such a perilous undertaking in those days of bloodshed, knowing not in what bushes might be hiding an Indian who hungered for a scalp to add to his trophies; but her duty to her children led her through all the dangers, and her cheerful courage never flinched, and with her manly sons and helpful daughters took up the burden of life again in her own home. When she started from her father's house, her brother Robert Quigley gave her a cow, which she led over the hills to the Buffalo Valley, carrying Liberty, who was fourteen months old, before her, on horseback. Her indomitable perseverance enabled her to reach her destination in safety, but the difficulties and exposure of the journey were great, and although a vigorous, healthy woman of forty-four, her con- 154 situation weakened, and coming to the scene of her heart's deepest sorrow, opened for her a trying winter. The season of 1779-1780 was severe, the depths of snow so impassable that intercourse with even their few scattered neighbors was hindered, some of whom were massacred by the Indians in the early springtime. The savage invasion obliged her and her family, with others, to take shelter about three miles distant, where the women and children remained during the day, while the men went to their farms and returned at night, but she preferred sharing danger with her boys, than in agonizing suspense away from them, which characteristic of steadfast affection and unswerving performance of duty, is strikingly visible in those of all branches of the family. who have Quigley blood in their veins. Many a day the son Hugh walked by the side of his brother John, carrying a rifle in one hand and a forked stick to clear the plow shear, in the other, while John plowed. The mother frequently went with them, to prepare their meals; in constant peril, but in this as in all the joys and adversities of life, an angel of mercy to them, her death on the 20th of October, 1783, was a personal and grievous loss to each of her children. To them, since the death of her husband, she had given her undivided attention and affection, and for them she had unselfishly labored. She was rewarded for her care as shown by a remark made by her distinguished son, General Hugh Brady, "My brothers lived to be men in every sense of the word, at a period when the qualities of men were put to the most severe tests." She was proud of her children, and modest in receiving praise for her share in their training, but her satisfaction in seeing them leaders in warfare, at the time America's most eventful history was enacted, more than repaid her. They were not only skilled in military tactics, but their alertness and ingenuity in planning attacks made their names and deeds linger in every heart and on every tongue. Their gentlemanly manners, and fascinating conversational powers, combined with solid common sense, made them respected and admired, and no social function was complete until the broad shouldered, handsome figure of one of Mary Quigley Brady's sons appeared. They were everywhere in demand, and had she lived to see them matured and fully equipped for life's battles, she would have 155 found them as much at ease with the women of culture, as in the presence of armies. She died at the age of forty-eight years after a lingering illness, due to the struggles and exposure of existence on the frontier. She lived until independence was established, and the Indians who wrought so much pain and distress in her family, were driven far beyond the river. Some of her children were grown and the younger depended greatly on her wisdom and advice, but during her protracted weakness, learned to lean on each other in the affairs of their household. Hers was a beautiful life, and her love for her family was supplanted only by her trust in God. She was buried in the old Lutheran plot in Lewisburg, and later, her remains, with those of her son John and his wife, were removed to the new cemetery. On the gravestone, time-stained and worn, is the inscription: Mary, widow of Captain John Brady, (who fell in the Revolution of '76) Departed this life October 20, 1783. All tears are wiped from her eyes. She lies far from her kindred, and the dust of her sons and daughters is widely scattered, scarcely two of them buried in one place Some graves are marked with granite columns, and some lie in lonely spots with nothing but the tangled grasses to cover their bareness. Issue: 2. i. CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY, b. 1756; m. Drusilla Van Swearingen. 3. ii. JAMES BRADY, b. 1758, d. Aug. 13, 1778, unmarried. iii. WILLIAM BRADY, b. 1760, d. in infancy. 4. iv. JOHN BRADY, b. Mar. 18, 1761; m. Jane McCall. 5. v. MARY BRADY, b. Apr. 22, 1764; m. Captain William Gray. 6. vi. WILLIAM PENN BRADY, b. Aug. 16, 1766; m. Jane Cooke. 7. vii. GENERAL HUGH BRADY, twin, b. July 27, 1768; m. Sarah Wallis. 8. viii. JANE BRADY, twin, b. July 27, 1768, d. Feb. 27, 1845, unmarried. 9. ix. ROBERT QUIGLEY BRADY, b. Sept. 12, 1770; m. Mary Cooke. x. AGNES BRADY, b. Feb. 14, 1773 d. Nov. 24, 1773. 10. xi. HANNAH BRADY, b. Dec. 3, 1774; m. Robert Gray. xii. JOSEPH BRADY, b. Aug., 1777, d. in infancy. 11. xiii. LIBERTY BRADY, b. Aug. 9, 1778; m. William Dewart. 156 CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY. II. Captain Samuel Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born 1756 near Shippensburg Cumberland Co., Penna., died December 25, 1795, given the title of "Young Sam", to distinguish him from his uncle Sam; married 1785, Drusilla Van Swearingen, who died January, 1823. From the pen of an historian of 1846 we quote the following, relating to the adventures of young Sam Brady: "Who has not heard of Brady, captain of the spies, of his perilous adventures by field and flood, of his hair-breadth escapes in the imminent deadly breach, of his chivalrous courage, of his unmatched physical ability and activity, yet where do we read his history? It is to be learned only from the aged settlers of western Pennsylvania, or peradventure from a timeworn ranger, for a few of his warriors still survive. We trust that an historian will be found to place Brady of the Rangers with Wayne, Marion, Lee, and other distinguished patriots whose memories are immortal. He is emphatically the hero of western Pennsylvania, and future bards of this region, when time shall have mellowed the facts of history, will find his name the personification of all that was fearless and fruitful of resource in the hour of danger. His the step that faltered not, the eye that quailed not, even in the terrific scenes of Indian warfare. Many a mother has quieted the fears, and lulled to sleep her infant family, by the assurance that the broad Allegheny, the dividing line between the Indians and the whites, was watched by the gallant Captain of the Rangers; and to their apprehensions of death or captivity, has replied encouragingly, 'They dare not move on the river, for there lies Brady and the 'Rangers'." He was, when grown to manhood, five feet, eleven and three-fourth inches in height, and weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds. His remarkable powers of physical endurance, his strength and extraordinary agility, were prominent even before he attained the years of maturity. His fame and bravery as an Indian fighter and scout has been woven in story and song, until his name is familiar in every household. His exploits and services prior to the Revolution were numerous and valuable, and the redskins 157 looked after him with bloodthirsty eyes. He was as brave as he was handsome. On August 3, 1775, he enlisted, and joined General Washington at Boston. At the age of nineteen years he was a full-fledged soldier. At the battle of Long Island, he distinguished himself, and was commissioned lieutenant in Captain John Doyle's company, Wayne's brigade, appointed captain by brevet for services at Germantown and the Brandywine, and was with General Wayne at Chadd's Ford. After his commission as lieutenant he escaped from Paoli, at the time of the massacre, and leaped across a deep enclosure, which enabled him to assist in saving a number of lives. The chasm was so wide, that from his remarkable leap, he was called "The Jumper." The British were so near to him that as he jumped across a fence, they impeded his progress, by pinning with bayonets his blanket coat to the rails. He tore himself free, shot a cavalryman, who was close to him, ran to a swamp, where he with fifty-five men who had escaped, joined the army in the morning. He served in western Pennsylvania as a captain-lieutenant, and until the close of the Revolution appeared on the rolls of the Third, Sixth and Eighth Pennsylvania Line, in continuous service in the U. S. Army. He received special appointments on several occasions from General Washington, for special duties, and fought at White Plains, and was one of the gallant defenders at Trenton and Princeton. At the latter place, as one of Hand's riflemen, he escaped capture. His impetuosity led him into repeated danger, but his resourceful mind was ever equal to the emergency. General Broadhead successfully wrote to General Washington, and suggested his name as captain, and he was breveted captain August 2, 1779. In the archives of the state, there is a letter from Colonel Broadhead in which he speaks of a letter from General Washington, commending Captain Samuel Brady for assistance and services. The war closed when he was twenty-seven years old, yet he was noted for skill and daring, and was everywhere quoted as the scout who shot to kill. He was with Colonel Broadhead at Pittsburg, when the sad intelligence of his father's death reached him. In the frenzy of his grief, he raised his hand and made a vow, that 158 "Aided by Him who formed yonder sun and heaven, I will avenge the murder of my father, nor while I live will I ever be at peace with the Indians of any tribe." Nor was the opportunity long delayed. The Indians attacked a family near Pittsburg and killed all excepting a boy and his sister, who were taken prisoners. Captain Samuel Brady, with an Indian guide, Cole, determined to rescue them. The second evening, the savage tribe camped by a stream of water, unconscious of the hungry eyes of their pursuers, who eagerly thirsted for their fierce, wild blood. As their fire blazed in the darkness, Cole said "They will sleep by that fire tonight." "Yes," replied Captain Samuel Brady, "and I will awake them in a voice of thunder in the morning." With breathless impatience the scout awaited the dawn, and with the first streak of light in the east, he saw an old chief rise and stir the fire. Instantly a shot rang out, and he fell into the flame, and in the encounter which followed eight warriors were relieved of their scalps. The children were rescued, and the boy asked for the Captain's tomahawk, which he used in cutting off the head of the chief who fell into the fire saying, "It was he who scalped my mother." Captain Samuel Brady was to Pennsylvania from Fort Pitt to Wheeling, what George Rodgers Clark and Daniel Boone were to Kentucky, and be was a pioneer of the strongest type. The thrilling adventures of this soldier of the frontier, and his vigilant endeavors to wipe from the earth the last trace of the redskins, is one pf the most interesting pages of history; and his success sent many a warrior to the happy hunting ground. His skill in stratagems and his enterprising disposition, did more towards protecting the borderland, than his entire regiment besides. At one time he was pursued by Indians, and jumped into the hollow of a tree. When the redskins reached the spot, a spider had woven a web across the opening, and they did not look into the fallen trunk. On the Beaver river at Brady's Bend, he with his men killed a number of the enemy, and Governor McKean offered a reward of five hundred dollars for violating state law. He surrendered himself for trial, was honorably acquitted, proved to the jury that the Indians had killed a family in Virginia, and he simply avenged the murder. To 159 him was given the amount of reward offered for his own person. On one occasion he took with him on a scouting expedition, according to General Broadhead's instructions, two comrades, Biggs and Bevington. Near the village of Fallstown, at a place above the mouth of the Beaver river, they found the charred walls and chimney of the cabin belonging to the settler Gray. The Indians who wrought the havoc were supposed to be in concealment nearby, and the men were debating their course, when they saw Gray on horseback riding toward home. As was the custom, they had painted their faces, and were dressed in Indian fashion. The Captain realized the need of tact, for if Gray saw them, he would probably shoot before an explanation could be made, so as soon as the settler passed him, he sprang upon his horse, seized Gray in his arms, and said "Don't struggle, I'm Sam Brady." With his little party, they examined the ruins of the cabin, and found no trace of burned bodies, so Gray felt no doubt that his wife, her sister, and his five children were captives. They soon found the trail, and rapidly followed. The Indians were not concealed, and were quite a large force. His men wanted to go back to Fort McIntosh for assistance, but their leader pointed out the necessity of keeping them in sight, and the four determined to press on and do or die. Towards nightfall they caught a glimpse of the Indians crossing a mountain pass about a mile away, and counted thirteen, together with the two women and five children. At a famous spring, which after the adventure of this terrible night was called Bloody Spring, they built their fire and camped, whilst Captain Samuel Brady led his party along a creek, which thereafter bore the name of Brady's Run, to a spur of the mountain which commanded a view of the camp. Unsuspicious of observing foes, they prepared their evening meal, while the Rangers lay concealed nearby. Finally they fixed themselves in a semi-circle, surrounding the women and children. Their muskets, rifles and tomahawks were piled at the foot of a tree, and ere long, with the dying embers of the fire in the center of the group, the dusky braves and their prisoners were asleep. The Captain planned the attack and the only advisable way 160 was to kill them, before they awoke. Gray was given the right of the semi-circle, Bevington the left, choosing the center for himself, and instructing Biggs to take the firearms and tomahawks. Their only chance for success, lay in their use of the scalping knife and tomahawk. Forced to leave their guns, they crawled, on their knees toward the camp. The sound of a twig which snapped under Biggs' hand woke an Indian, who raised himself, and hearing nothing further, went to sleep again. After sufficient interval to allow him to get into sound slumber, they began anew their snake-like march. They reached the circle at the same time, and simultaneously their three knives killed three Indians. Again the stroke and yet again. The third Indian Gray struck did not die instantly, and was finished with his tomahawk. His reeling body fell upon the legs of his comrade next him, who attempted to scream, whereupon the scout's knife sent him to join his fellows. The three Indians remaining made efforts to rise, but he killed one with his knife, another with his tomahawk, and Biggs who had snatched the rifles, shot the last one. It was only a moment of time, yet the Captain of the Rangers had ended the lives of six, Bevington three, Gray three, and Biggs one. The women and children, screamed and fled to the woods when they saw the tomahawks and war painted faces of the supposed Indians, but were soon overtaken and with horses, arms, plunder, and scalp of each savage, were returned to a place of safety. Gray's cabin was a ruin, but willing hands helped him to rebuild, and before many weeks passed he had a place he called home. Captain Samuel Brady worked with unabated energy to secure as many scalps as possible, for each warrior slain was one step nearer the successful keeping of his vow to avenge the death of his father and brother, and for each scalp he could receive remuneration. In the minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, Joseph Reed, President, February 19, 1781, an order was drawn "in favor of Colonel Archibald Lochry, Lieutenant of the, county of Westmoreland, for the sum of 12 lbs., 10 s. in state money, equal to 2500 dollars, Continental money, to be by him paid to Captain Samuel Brady, as a reward for an Indian 161 scalp, agreeable to a late proclamation of this board." (Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, D. D.) He was well versed in the wiles of the Indians, and was ever on their trail but was captured only a few times. During one season of captivity, his fertile brain conceived a plan, which he successfully carried out. His hands were tied, and in the night, he rolled to the fire, burnt his bonds, with a heavy stick brained an Indian, and escaped. In pursuit of some of the Sandusky Indians, in what is now the state of Ohio, he was nearer losing his life, that was so valuable to the country, than at any period of his remarkable career. He ambushed his Rangers at Brady's Lake. The party they were seeking were most of them killed, but a larger force of Indians came when the skirmish was at its height, and after a long fight he was taken prisoner. A few of his men were overlooked, but the majority were killed and scalped. As he was a renowned character, his death was to be delayed until other Indian tribes could be notified and a general jubilee of rejoicing held. At last the great day dawned and from far and near the chiefs with their tribes assembled, to see the most frightful tortures inflicted on their enemy. The fires were lighted around him but burned low, as he was bound to a stake, while different bodies of savages came riding in on their ponies. To add to his torture too, the flames were kept in check, and his suffering would have been very severe, had the Indians not made such confusion during the arrival of their friends, that the guard was not vigilant, and he cautiously pulled at the withes which bound his wrists, and slowly, surely they broke beneath the strain. Some accounts claim that the heat enabled him to break his bonds, but it was probably due to his wonderful physical strength. Stripped of his clothing, he dashed madly across the flame of fire, according to one writer, seized a squaw, the wife of a famous chief, according to other historians her child, threw her into the fire, and in the attendant turmoil caused by his desperate deed, he made good his escape. With no weapons of defense, no clothing, nothing to eat, and hundreds of Indians wildly following with resolute persistence, he ran through a hundred miles of woods. He hurriedly picked berries, dug roots and washed them in the streams through 162 which he plunged, or secured what food he could get, until he came to the Cuyahoga river, near the present town of Kent, Portage Co., Ohio. He made his way to Standing Rock, and intended to cross at that ford, but the Indians were awaiting him, and he ran farther along the bank, to a place where the rocks rose at some points to a height of twenty-five feet. The body of the river at the narrowest part was from twenty-three to thirty feet wide, and was deep and dangerous. There was no other ford than Standing Rock for miles, and the Indians felt assured of their prize, but faint heart was not known to the Captain of the Rangers, and even a rushing torrent of water did not stop him in his course. Gaining a less precipitous edge of the cliff, he ran back into the forest, to get a good start, and was so near the approaching red men, that he heard their shots and exclamations. Across the expanse of water, at a height of probably twenty or twenty-five feet, he bounded, and with the eye of a practiced marksman, struck the bank on the other side, and stood on the cliff, as the wild yell and wilder appearance of the first pursuer denoted his disappointment and rage. He gave way to his wrath in his desperate utterance of sadness, "Brady made damn good jump. Indian no try." Captain Samuel Brady was wounded in the leg however, and was overtaken by the Indians who had crossed the ford. With his strength almost exhausted he dived under the water at Brady's Lake and concealed himself. He lay among the lilies breathing through a reed which was hollow, until danger was past. His leg was in such a condition that blood oozed from the wound, leaving a crimson trail, by means of which he was tracked to the lake. Around it they waited and listened, and concluded he was drowned, and finally returned to their camp, and he to the fort. A desperate undertaking was that of Brady and Lewis Wetzel during the "bloody year" of 1782. The western settlements were excited over the rumor that the allied Indian tribes of that section of country were contemplating a raid on the whites of the frontier. General Washington ordered General Broadhead to send two reliable scouts to visit them and spy on their actions. The daring fighter Brady, as usual was his first selection, and the choice of his companions 163 being left to him he said he would take but one, and that one Lewis Wetzel. Their conspiracy was to represent Indians, which they did. They went to the grand council at Sandusky, and claimed to be Shawnees, anxious to join in the attack soon to be made on the white settlers. Unsuspicious of their disguise, the Indians were at first friendly and they were privileged to attend the council meetings, where ways and means were freely discussed. They became familiar with their intentions, and learned their plans and mode of procedure. For some time they were unsuspected, but one old chief suddenly began viewing them with suspicious eyes, and the two men who had noticed his glances, were not surprised when he started toward them with a tomahawk in his hand. In an instant the Captain shot him dead, Wetzel felled a chief, and after some moments of desperate fighting, they gained the outskirts of the camp, where they sprang on two fine Kentucky horses, which had been captured. On and on they rode like two winged demons, their warpaint and feathers weirdly hideous in the cold March daylight. One horse gave out, but the two men undaunted lost not a moment, one riding, the other running. They came to the wigwams of some friendly Delawares, just as their second horse fell beneath his rider. Securing another, they took turns, one riding, the other running as before. At intervals they stopped and shot a pursuer, always keeping, a distance of many yards. When they reached the Ohio river, they plunged with their horse into the icy torrent. Captain Samuel Brady clung to its back, while Wetzel hung to its tail and struggling and swimming they gained the other side, leaving the Indians to give up the chase. It was intensely cold. Their clothes were frozen, long icicles hanging from them, and almost perished, they attempted to build a fire. Wetzel was scarcely alive, and to save him, the Captain killed their horse, disembowelled it, and put his comrade into the animal, to keep him warm, while he lit the fire. When he had made a raging heat, he took Wetzel from the horse's body and rubbed him until he was warm. It was a hairbreadth escape, and the plan of the Indians was exposed to 164 the government, and both scouts were commended for their courage and the manner in which they gained the information. The Indian conspiracy was broken in twain, and the dashing young Captain of the Rangers was more than ever beloved by the women and children as their protector, and respected by the men, to whom he was the embodiment of physical manhood. Sometime during the year 1780 he made a trip to the Sandusky towns, to learn the state of affairs with the Indians. Alone and unassisted he made a map of the section of country in which they were located, marked the towns, went so near their principal town that he was able to capture two horses and two squaws. He seated the squaws on the horses, but one dropped unobserved from her horse when near the Ohio river, and with the other in custody, he rode through the woods. The ride was monotonous, yet he was compelled to keep such a sharp lookout for Indian trails, that he was not surprised to meet a warrior on horseback, with a woman in front of him on the saddle, and two children running beside them. After studying the face of the woman for a moment he found her to be Jenny Stupes, wife of a frontiersman, and determined to save her. By a marvelous accuracy, he shot the Indian dead, without inflicting a single injury to the woman. He rolled from the horse, leaving her bewildered. Captain Samuel Brady was in disguise, and rushed toward her, in his painted countenance the wild gleam of savagery, in his hand a scalping knife. Supposing him to be what his disguise indicated, she said, "Why did you kill your brother?" "Why, Jenny, don't you know me? I am Sam Brady", said the captain, and with her children and his prisoner, he started for the nearest settlement. Jenny Stupes had a little dog, which followed her, and by means of which the Indians who belonged to the party that captured her, could trail her and her rescuer. After the load fired into the Indian's body, but three were left for his rifle. He did not want to lose one by killing the dog, yet it had to be killed or the little band of fugitives might be found. Finally the dog came near, and he used his tomahawk in putting it out of the way. At last 165 Fort Pitt was reached, and Jenny, her two children, and the captured squaw, landed in safety within its walls. He was anxious to see the Indian he had shot and he went to the spot the next day, in company with a body of men from Fort McIntosh. They searched for the warrior, and were about to leave in despair, when a pet Indian who had come with them, called them to a glade, where they found his grave. His comrades had carefully buried him, but laid branches of trees beside him, and stuck bushes into the ground, which instead of concealing him, withered and disclosed the spot. He lay about two feet under the sod, with all his accoutrements of war around him, his savage jewelry on his arms and breast. Stripped of his raiment and jewels, his ammunition taken from him, he was alone and unadorned in his narrow bed. Captain Samuel Brady had achieved such fame and had successfully met and conquered so many Indian outbreaks in the past few months, that when he and his men arrived at Pittsburg, with the scalp of the dead chief, they were received with military honor. He was a "gentle and taciturn man, of handsome, lithe, graceful figure, warmly attached to his friends, never boastful or given to harsh expressions in regard to persons or subjects." "Contrary to the family habit, he was a swarthy man, with long black hair, and bright blue Irish eyes like his mother." His eyes were beautiful, and in conversation he moved his head less than them. His manner was quiet but full of gentlemanly courtesy. He was beloved by the children, and lying in front of the blazing logs he recounted his adventures, and they in childish wonder and admiration, gathered around him, until he rolled himself in his blanket and went to sleep. He preferred this, and usually came in by the back gate "just to see how Polly and the children were getting along." Polly was his sister and expected him to disappear as mysteriously as he came. He was well versed in the Bible, and at times when induced to stay over night, he would suggest to the boys, William and Jackson Gray, that they get a Bible and read "varse about". A chapter anywhere was found, and with no book, he repeated his part correctly. His favorite position during these readings was stretched on the floor, with his big, earn- 166 est eyes fixed on the fire. He was full of true, wholesome piety. He was not afraid to speak the truth, even though it meant death. After peace was declared, he killed three Indians, and a reward of three hundred dollars was offered for him. Sometime later, he was sitting in a tavern in West Virginia, when two Virginians rode up, and told the keeper they wanted horse feed and dinner. He was rolling his rifle on his knees, and they laid their pistols on a table near, while they conversed with the landlord. He told them the young Captain was popular and lived in that region. They promised him part of the reward if he would assist in his capture. The landlord said it was useless as no one could take Sam Brady alive. They vowed they could. The man opposite said, "I am Sam Brady". They looked at him, measured his strength, and gave up the attempt. After dinner they turned to the table to take up their pistols, but the Captain of the Rangers said "no", and not even the landlord persuaded him to change his mind. He afterward presented them to their sons. At the trial at Pittsburg, he laid the scalps on the bar, and said, "There they are, I killed them." Women and men were there to fight for him if necessary, but their services were not needed. His success as a scout, and the public recognition and applause of his daring enterprises, met with approbation with some, and envy with others. A number of his brother officers censured the commandant for giving him such frequent opportunities for preferment and distinction. The jealousy waxed greater, until an open complaint was made, and a demand sent to headquarters, that others should be allowed to share with him the dangers and honors of the service. He was soon acquainted with the facts, and in a few weeks an opportunity was presented which tested the efficiency of the arrangement. The Indians made inroads into the Sewickly settlement, committing the most barbarous depredations. A party of soldiers was sent to subdue them, under command of officers, his name omitted. The day after they started, he begged the commander to give him a few men, "just to catch the Indians," but he was refused. With true Scotch-Irish perseverance however, he tried his luck a second time with bet- 167 ter results, and was put in command of five men. With these he added his pet Indian, who served as his mascot, and struck the Indian trail. Instead of moving in the same direction as the first detachment had done, he crossed the Allegheny at Pittsburg and went up the stream. He supposed the Indians had come down the river in canoes, until they reached the settlement, and examined the mouths of all the creeks flowing into it. At the mouth of the Big Mahoning, six miles above Kittanning, the canoes were drawn up to the western bank. He moved down the river and as soon as it was dark, he made a raft and crossed to the Kittanning side. He then went up the creek, and found, the Indians had crossed too, as their canoes were drawn to its upper bank. He subdued their atrocities at that place. When General Wayne reached Pittsburg in 1792 he requested Captain Samuel Brady, who lived in Ohio Co., W. Va., to come to him, and on his arrival gave him command of all the spies in the employ of the government at that time. He ordered his sixty or seventy men so judiciously, that the frontier was free from depredations. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, D. D., says, "He was a singular mixture of the Puritan and cavalier. He could pray like an old Covenanter, and fight with all the dash and spirit of Prince Rupert. Pennsylvania owes him a debt of gratitude which should never be forgotten." Tradition tells us Cooper used him as his hero in the Leather Stocking Tales. His wife was the daughter of Captain Van Swearingen. After marriage, they lived at Chartier's Creek, Washington Co., Penna., then in Ohio Co., W. Va., near Wellsburg, and in 1793 removed to Short Creek, two miles west of West Liberty, W. Va., where he resided until his death. His life in years was short, in deeds beyond the reckoning of man. No man was a better fighter. No undertaking was too great for him, nor peril too blinding Captain Samuel Brady of the Rangers was as tender as a woman, and few men have been as sincerely beloved, and as deeply mourned when death claimed him. Issue: 12. i. VAN SWEARINGEN BRADY, b. Sept. 18, 1786; m. Elizabeth Ivess. 13. ii. JOHN BRADY, b. May 24, 1790; m. Nancy Ridgely. 168 III. James Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) second son of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born 1758, near Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., died August 13, 1778. Like his brother he was a strong, healthy child, and in his boyhood learned to shoulder his musket, and follow Indian trails. With the gift of one born to command, he developed a powerful physique, which gave promise of great personal magnetism and ability, but destiny decreed otherwise. At the age of eighteen, he was a sergeant, and accompanied his father and brother on several occasions, when they joined the troops under General Washington. His mind was brilliant, and his dash and spirit indicated his good humored superiority; his agility and bravery in all daring expeditions and exploits made him popular with his comrades. He was six feet, one inch in height, and had red hair. General Hugh Brady paid him a glowing tribute, when he said, "My brother, James, was a remarkable man. Nature had done much for him. His mind was as well finished as his body. I have ever placed him by the side of Jonathan, son of Saul, for beauty of person and nobleness of soul, and like him, he fell by the hands of the Philistines." At that time, the men wore long hair, plaited and tied in a queue at the back of the head. James had his hair arranged in the prevailing fashion, and the color and fine suit were admired by his friends. He was captain of the militia, and one day the "Young Captain of the Susquehanna," with others, was having his hair "done up" by Mrs. Buckalow. He was lively and full of nonsense, and she said to him, "Ah, Jim, I fear the Indians will get this red scalp of yours yet." "If they do", he replied, "it will make a bright light on a dark night". In less than a week he fell a prey to the tomahawk, and the savages held his scalp as a trophy. On the 8th of August, 1778, a corporal and four men of Colonel Hartley's regiment, with three militiamen were ordered to guard fourteen reapers and cradlers who were assisting Peter Smith, near the mouth of Loyalsock creek, at Turkey Run, across the river from Williamsport. It was necessary in those perilous days, to appoint sentries to protect the settlers while they harvested. When no 169 commissioned officer was present, it was the custom for the company to choose a leader, whom they called "Captain", and to obey him in every respect. James Brady, on account of his shrewdness and lack of cowardice was selected to command this party. They reached the farm on Friday and the greater part of the work was completed that day. That night four of the reapers returned to Fort Muncy. In the morning the remainder began their duties again. The four cradlers were near the house, the reapers at some distance. The rifles belonging to the men were around a tree, but Brady thought it, imprudent and put his apart from the others. At daybreak, the fog was so great, they could scarcely see about them, and an hour after sunrise were surprised by a band of Indians who took them unawares, under cover of the fog. The sentry, panic-stricken, fled, followed by the reapers. Brady ran for his rifle, but was pursued by three Indians, who fired at him before he reached it. He fell over a sheaf of grain and escaped the first shot, but within a few rods of his rifle received a wound in the arm. He succeeded in getting his gun however, and killed the first Indian. He picked up another gun and shot a second, when the remainder closed in upon him. He was active and in the full vigor of manhood, and for a few minutes he fought desperately, when a thrust from a spear pinned him to the ground, and in an instant he was robbed of his scalp. It was scarcely off his head, when a little Indian was told to strike a tomahawk into his bleeding temples four times. The savages then hurriedly fled, after killing a sentry and militiaman. Unconscious, he lay for some time, but when he partially recovered, he crawled to the cabin of Jerome Vanness, who did the cooking for them, heard the firing, and concealed himself, but at the approach of Brady went immediately to him and rendered him all possible assistance. They found the Indians were Mingoes, and thirty in number. Brady begged Vanness to fly, as they might return, but he refused, and with the aid of soldiers who came from Fort Muncy, he made his commander comfortable. Vanness had dressed his frightful wounds, and after drinking quantities of water he asked for his gun, and with it beside him, went to sleep. When the relief party rode up, Brady supposed his enemies 170 had come back, staggered to his feet, grasped his rifle, and prepared to defend himself. With tenderest care he was taken to a canoe, and rowed as rapidly as possible down the river to Sunbury, then Fort Augusta, forty miles away, where his mother was, and whither he had requested to be conveyed to see her. On the way he thirsted continually and became delirious. It was nearly midnight when they reached the town, and they did not intend to arouse Mrs. Brady, but she had fears that something had happened to her son and met them at the river. The spot where they landed is pointed out at Sunbury as a place of interest. The young captain was a fearful looking spectre of his former self, and the meeting was heart-breaking. He lived four days in delirium, and on the fifth his reason returned and he described the horrible occurrence with the most minute details. He made a brave fight for life, but death was inevitable. He was buried near Fort Augusta, and for more than a century his grave was unknown. After careful research and investigation the exact spot was located, near a saw mill, owned by Ezra Canfield, and a short distance from Loyalsock creek, where Bull Run flows into the river. IV. John Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) fourth son of captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born March 18, 1761 near Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., died December 10, 1809, at Milton, Penna.; married at Shippensburg, January 26, 1785. Jane McCall, born March 8, 1767, died March 4, ?? The heroism and patriotic spirit of the early settlers were transmitted to their children, and John Brady inherited an abundant share of pluck and Scotch-Irish determination to conquer. Born in the Cumberland Valley when the Indians counted the scalps on their belts with gruesome satisfaction; when the lives of men were short and full of danger; with ancestors who had read their Bibles by the camp fires of Cromwell's army; with a father's example to stimulate, and a mother's counsel to guide, he lived for the furtherance of the best interests of his country, and enjoyed the esteem and grateful applause of his friends. When seven years of age he went with his parents and their children to Standing Stone. 171 the small Indian town, which sheltered this illustrious family for a year. Along the Juniata river and the West Branch of the Susquehanna, he spent the years when massacre and torture were every-day occurrences, and the hairbreadth escapes of his father and brother Samuel only intensified his boyish eagerness to drive from his country the fiery redskins. He was tall like his brother, six feet, one inch in height, not heavy but muscular, and as straight as an arrow. His power of endurance was wonderful, and his intellectual ability was great, his shrewd insight into human nature enabling him to serve the government in political as well as savage warfare. No perilous expedition undertaken by his father was considered too dangerous for him to share. When Captain John Brady and his son Samuel were ordered to Brandywine, John the younger, was allowed the privilege of going with them to return with the horses. He was directed by his father to go home, but the boy of fifteen could not resist a shot at the British, and great was his father's surprise on the morning of the battle to see him in the ranks, with a huge rifle by his side. During the retreat he was wounded and escaped capture through the kindness of his colonel, William Cooke. A few scars reminded him through life of his first endeavor to uphold the hands of those who fought for liberty. He lost his rifle in the battle, for which he received pay. His father was slightly injured, and Ensign Boyd who told him of the anticipated struggle, was killed. He was most tenderly beloved by his mother. When sixteen years of age, he took charge of the family and superintended the management of the farm, in the absence of his father and brother, whose services were in constant demand by the government. Soon after the death of his mother, the children scattered. In 1784 and 1785, Samuel, Mary, and John married, and the younger members of the family lived with them. John Brady settled at Short Creek. In 1794 he was elected to the office of sheriff of Northumberland county. In 1802 he was proprietor of a hotel at Milton, Penna. He was buried at Lewisburg, Penna. His wife, Jane McCall, was an intelligent, exemplary woman. Her influence was widely extended, and her 172 descendants are cultured and illustrious. She survived her husband twenty years, and her remains were interred with his in the old Lutheran burial ground. After some years they were removed to the new cemetery. On the tombstone is the inscription: "John Brady son of John and Mary Brady departed this life December 10, 1809, aged 48 years. He was a good man and a just one. Jane wife of John Brady departed this life March 4, aged 62 years. Her trust was in Him who is the Father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow." Issue: 14. i. MARY BRADY, b. Jan. 15, 1786; m. William Piatt. ii.JAMES BRADY, b. Jan. 17, 1789, d. Nov. 26, 1790, in infancy. iii. JOHN BRADY, b. Jan. 13, 1791, d. Sept. 4, 1837, unmarried. 15. iv. SAMUEL BRADY, b. Feb. 22, 1793, d. Feb. 17, 1816, unmarried. 16. v. WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, b. Feb. 16, 1795; m. Rachel Mussina. 17. vi. JASPER EWING BRADY, b. Mar. 4, 1797; m. Margaret Maria Morton. 18. vii. HANNAH BRADY, b. Apr. 2, 1799; m. William Piatt. 19. viii. JANE BRADY, b. Aug. 22, 1801; m. Rowland Stoughton. ix. JAMES McCALL BRADY, b. Nov. 10, 1803, d. Aug. 21, 1829, unmarried. x. NANCY BRADY, b. Feb. 22, 1806; m. George Eckert. No issue. xi. CHARLOTTE BRADY, b. May 18, 1808; m. H. C. Piatt. No issue. V. Mary Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) fifth child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was, born April 22, 1764; near Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., died December 13, 1850; married September 10, 1784, Captain William Gray, who died July 19, 1804, at Sunbury, Penna. She was the oldest daughter and naturally the younger members of the family were dependent upon her. After the death of her father, she gave to her mother the tender ministrations of a strong, affectionate character. After her mother died, she married soon, and the bride and groom took the younger brothers and sisters to their new home at Sunbury, where they remained until they married. Gen- 173 eral Hugh Brady was the exception. He lived with Captain Samuel Brady, whose home was in Washington county, Penna., until he was commissioned ensign in General Wayne's army in 1792. Captain William Gray received his commission June 28, 1778, and the Pension Record says: "He died July 19, 1804, before the passage of a law for the service only in the Revolutionary War, therefore there is no statement of his military services, other than that by his widow, Mary, when she made her application for a pension dated July, 1838. She stated that she was living in Sunbury, Penna., and was aged 74 years in April last, was the widow of William Gray, who was a captain in the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental line, and served to the close of the war, but gives no dates or further details of his service or incidents connected therewith. His commission is dated June 28, 1778, signed by John Jay, President of Congress, and authorizes his rank as captain in Fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania from June 3, 1777." His death by drowning was a sorrow, from which his wife never fully recovered. Owing to mismanagement of the executors of his estate, his widow was left in moderate circumstances. After some years of hardship and privation, she was able to regain some of her property, refurnished her house and built an addition to it, which enabled her to live more comfortably. In girlhood she was handsome, had good features, blue eyes, a well shaped nose, and perfectly poised head. She was aristocratic in her ideas and dignified in appearance. Her health until her death was excellent. At sixty years of age she walked to Sunbury from Mahanoy City, a distance of twenty-five miles, and was not exhausted. Her erect carriage was noticed even in her old age. Some one remarked to her, "Oh, how straight you are." To which she replied, "Did you ever know a Brady to stoop?" To her children the visits of their Uncle Samuel Brady were notable events in their lives. She allowed him to follow his eccentric ideas in her home, and always heartily welcomed him to her fireside. He called her Polly, and showed her the warmest affection. She and her husband were members of the Presbyterian 174 church at Sunbury. In June, 1848, she was living there. She died at Lancaster and is buried at Sunbury. Issue: i. ELIZABETH BRADY GRAY, b. Apr. 23, 1786. ii. MARY GRAY, b. Sept. 13, 1790, d. 1866; m. first Lieut. Robert Galbreath Seely, U. S. A., who d. 1813. To Lieut. Robert Galbreath Seely and Mary Gray Seely was born one child: i. HARRIETT JANE SEELY, b. Jan. 22, 1811, d. Aug. 1901; m. George Totten of New York City. To George Totten and Harriett Jane Seely Totten were born three children: i. HARRIETT TOTTEN. ii. GILBERT TOTTEN. iii. MARIE TOTTEN; m. Geo. Putnam Smith. Mary Gray married secondly Rev. Martin Bruner b. Apr. 22, 1790, d. Mar. 27, 1852, resided at Sunbury, Penna. To Rev. Martin Bruner and Mary Gray Bruner were born three children: i. WILLIAM A. BRUNER, b. July 10, 1818, killed during the battle of Fredericksburg, Md. ii. CHARLES J. BRUNER, b. Nov. 17, 1820, d. Mar. 15, 1886; m. June 3, 1852, Louisa Weiser. To Charles J. Bruner and Louisa Weiser Bruner were born six children: i. MARY GRAY BRUNER, b. Apr. 18, 1853. ii. ELIZABETH WEISER BRUNER, b. Aug. 18, 1855, d. July 27, 1856. iii. LOUISA BRUNER, b. Mar. 1, 1857, d. Nov. 7, 1861. iv. CHARLES FRANCIS BRUNER, b. Nov. 6, 1858, d. 1860. v. WILLIAM W. BRUNER, b. Feb. 23, 1861, d. Dec. 7, 1901; m. and resided at Sunbury, Penna. vi. FRANK TOTTEN BRUNER, b. Aug. 5, 1863, d. Mar. 16, 1871. iii. MARY E. BRUNER, b. May 6, 1823, d. Sept. 6, 1823. iii. WILLIAM GRAY, b. Dec. 3, 1792. iv. JACKSON GRAY, b. Sept. 30, 1796; m. Sept. 3, 1827. Margaretta J. Carpenter. VI. William Penn Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) sixth child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born August 16, 1766, near Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., died November 16, 1843, at Mahoning, Penna.; married October 2, 1791, Jane Cooke, born November, 1771, died April 6, 1827, daughter of Colonel William Cooke, who commanded the company in which Captain John Brady and his two sons served at the 175 battle of Brandywine. William Penn Brady was deputy surveyor of Northumberland Co., Penna., for many years. He removed to Indiana Co., Penna., in 1806 and resided at Brady's Mill. Early historians tell us his name was William Perry Brady, but his direct descendants claim his middle name was not Perry but Penn. He was a prominent man in the state, politically and influentially. Issue: i. CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY, b. Aug. 25, 1792, d. 1852, captain of volunteers in the War of 1812; m. and descendants resided near Lewisburg, Penna. ii. WILLIAM BRADY, b. Mar. 10, 1794, d. in infancy. iii. ROBERT BRADY, b. Dec. 22, 1795; d. Feb. 3, 1849; unmarried. 20. iv. COL. HUGH BRADY, b. Jan. 2, 1798; m. Sarah Smith Evans. 21. v. MARY BRADY, b. Mar., 1800; m. James Erwin Cooper. 22. vi. JAMES BRADY, b. July 25, 1802. VII. General Hugh Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) twin brother of Jane Brady, and seventh child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born July 27, 1768, at Standing Stone, Penna., died April 15, 1851 at Detroit, Mich. married October 10, 1805, Sarah Wallis, of Lycoming Co., Penna., born August 19, 1778, died August 25, 1833 at Detroit. After he returned with his mother and family from her father's home in Cumberland county, he apprenticed himself to a tanner. Soon his mother died and he went to Washington, Co., Penna., with his brother Captain Samuel Brady. He joined with parties in pursuit of the Indians on several occasions, but had a personal encounter with them only once. On May 22, 1791, the scouts discovered a trail, about eight miles up the Indian Cross-cut. The next morning Lieutenant Buskirk, with twelve state Rangers, and ten citizens, met at the old Mingo town, and with Hugh Brady started on the trail. About sunset they were fired on by the savages, who were concealed in the bushes. Three men were wounded and Lieutenant Buskirk was killed. After a bloody encounter of about ten minutes the Indians retreated. They were pursued until dark but were not overtaken. The following day a large party of Rangers returned to the field, and found twenty-two Indian packs, which showed that twenty-two Indians had fought that 176 number of Rangers. Eight Indians were wounded and died before they reached their towns. Hugh Brady said he "had a shot at the bare back of one, but was not sure that he fell." On March, 7, 1792, he was appointed ensign in a rifle company commanded by Captain John Crawford. William Clarke, of Kentucky, was the first lieutenant. He was on the recruiting service, and received only three dollars a month. Poor pay and inferior clothing induced him to join the headquarters of the army at Legionville, twenty miles from Pittsburg. On Christmas day, 1792, he performed his first military duty. He commanded a picket guard. At guard mounting, the officer of the day, Major Mills, saw that the young ensign was inexperienced, and when he visited his guard at twelve o'clock, he took pains to instruct him. He had Baron Steuben's tactics, and an old sergeant to coach him, so he was prepared to receive the rounds when they approached at night. The Major complimented him, and inspired him with confidence, which served him well in after years. In speaking of the privations of army life, he said "During the winter of 1794-95 we lived poorly. Our beef came to us on the hoof, and we had little or nothing to fatten them with. Having no salt to cure, it was slaughtered, and hung up under a shed, where by exposure, it became perfectly weather beaten, and, as tough as an old hide. Of course it made a miserable soup. At the same time our men received only half rations of flour, and were working like beavers to complete our quarters. Thus we lived until February, when a brigade of pack horses arrived loaded with salt and flour, and with them came a drove of hogs. From this time forward we considered ourselves living on the fat of the land. An early spring followed and with it came ducks, geese and trout to improve our living. The Indians soon after came in with flags to sue for peace. The treaty was opened at Greenville on the 4th of July, 1795, on which day I arrived at that place. I had been ordered there as a witness in the case of Captain Preston, who was tried for disobeying orders." He remained with the army at Fort Wayne for some months, and while there received letters from his brothers 177 urging him to come home, as he had not seen them for ten years. He was anxious to visit the haunts of his boyhood, and his family had grown from children into men and women and longed to see their distinguished brother. He resigned his commission and on November 20, 1795, left Fort Wayne, and spent the winter following in Lexington, Ky. In March, 1796, he rode to Marysville, thence by quartermaster's boat to Wheeling, Va. The journey was three weeks in length. He went to the home of his brother Captain Samuel Brady, whose death had occurred on the preceding Christmas. On the 20th of July he reached the scenes of his youth, and went first to see his sister Mary, Mrs. William Gray. Ten years had changed him from a boy of seventeen to a man of twenty-seven, and when he inquired of his sister if her husband were in, she replied, "I presume you will find him at the store", and returned to the parlor. He was leaving the house, when he heard steps behind him, and found his sister Hannah rushing into his arms, exclaiming, "My brother Hugh". She had seen him last, when she was only eight years old, but knew him from his resemblance to his twin sister Jane. Some months he passed in Sunbury and vicinity, when in the winter of 1798-99 he was appointed captain in Adams' army, which in less than two years was disbanded. His brother William owned a tract, of wild land on the Mahoning river, about fifty miles from Pittsburg, and urged his aid in improving his uncultivated acres. In the spring of 1802 they settled on the waste, and that summer built a grist and saw mill. Their bread stuffs had to be carried thirty miles on horseback, and their meat killed with their rifles. Life was a perplexing problem. In 1805 he married and took his wife to their home on the settlement, where his two children, Sarah and Preston, were born. The society was not what he desired for his family, advantages there were none, and his financial condition did not look encouraging. In 1810 he removed to Northumberland, and in 1812 was again called into service, and was in the employ of the government until his death. His military record was brilliant. He entered the U. S. Army March 7, 1792, as ensign; was with General Wayne on his western expedition, after the defeat of St. Clair; 178 commissioned lieutenant February 10, 1794, and captain January 8, 1799. After an absence of a few years from the service, he was restored to it by President Jefferson in 1808. He was commissioned colonel of the 22d foot June 6, 1812, and commanded his troops at the battle of Chippewa. He displayed great courage, and General Scott says in his report: "Old Brady showed himself in a sheet of fire." Equal bravery he displayed at the battle of Niagara Falls, where he received a wound. On the reduction of the army, he was retained in service, as colonel of the 22d foot. After 1835 he was in command of the department, of which Detroit, Mich., was the headquarters. While at that place he contributed to the pacification of the frontier troubles, at the time of the Canadian dangers. By the army he was considered one of its fathers. He received two brevets: as brigadier general July 6, 1822, and as major general, for faithful service May 39, 1848. At the battle of Chippewa he was "wounded in the groin, by a ball striking his sword scabbard, which disabled him." That sword was on the buffet in his reception room for years, and beside it another sword, with scabbard of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, diamonds and pearls, presented him by the state of Pennsylvania, in token of his gallant ser vice to his country. Like his brothers, he was tall, almost six feet in height, erect, handsome and distinguished looking, with keenly beautiful, penetrating eyes that flashed fire. He was genial and hospitable, his dining table often surrounded by men such as the Rev. George Duffield D. D., Judge McLean, Millard Filmore and Scott, Worth and Macoms of the army. His military tactics were perfect, his services beyond recompense. His unbounded generosity and thoughtful solicitude for those beneath him in rank, made him one of the most popular men of his day. His tender care for his mother was beautiful, and his admiration for his brothers and sisters, and his pleasure in their successful achievements made him beloved by his family circle. General Hugh Brady was an illustrious man, of forcible character. General Scott said of him "God never made a better man or better soldier." He was a devout christian, [Image] GENERAL HUGH BRADY 179 an honorable patriot, He was devoted to his military career until his death. His life was a series of loving services for his home land. He was driving a pair of spirited horses that became entangled in wires that were dropped for repairs from a telegraph pole. They ran away with him, fatally injuring him as they threw him from his carriage. His pastor, Dr. Duffield, was with him during his last hours, and said to him: "General, you are very ill; my friend, very ill." The General opened his eyes, and pressing Dr. Duffield's hand, replied, "Yes, yes sir. I know it. I know it." "But, General, you are badly hurt and very ill." "Oh yes," he faintly replied, "yes, I know it." A pressure, a silence, a few sobs, when Dr. Duffield said, "But General, you are very ill. I am sorry to tell you, you are just about to die." Instantly raising himself, straight as in health, his eyes flashed under his bandaged forehead, and he firmly uttered the words, "Let the drum beat, my knapsack is slung, I am ready to die." "Thus parted two old friends, belonging to two of the oldest Scotch-Irish families in the Cumberland Valley, Presbyterian in all their branches, the one a leading divine of the northwestern frontier of our country, the other the commander of the Northwestern Military Department of the United States, distinguished and honored." In an account of his life, General Hugh Brady says, "But what a wonderful generation this has been, the most wonderful since the days of our Saviour". This descendant of the early pioneeer settler, this lion-hearted officer of the Revolution, was as fine a gentleman as a soldier, and well deserved the lines from the poem of D. Bethune, Esq., written after his death: "And manly eyes may weep today, As sinks the patriot to his rest, The nation held no truer heart. Than that which beat in Brady's breast. " His wife died eighteen years before him. She was a clever, aristocratic woman, and modestly shared the honor bestowed upon her celebrated husband, who was until her death, her devoted lover. They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, at Detroit, Mich. 180 Issue: i. SARAH WALLIS BRADY, b. June 19, 1807, d. Apr. 12, 1828; m. Mar. 1, 1827, Col. Electus Backus, U. S. A. No issue. 23. ii. SAMUEL PRESTON BRADY, b. June 22, 1809; m. Elizabeth Mary Nexsen. 24. iii. MARY LAITHY BRADY, b. Nov. 11, 1811; m. Col. Electus Backus, U. S. A. iv. ELIZABETH HALL BRADY, b. Oct. 31, 1814, d. Feb. 4, 1825. No issue. v. JANE BRADY, b. Mar. 10, 1817, d. June 18, 1848. No issue. vi. CASSANDRA BRADY, b. Aug. 18, 1819, d. Mar. 24, 1864. No issue. VIII. Jane Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) twin sister of General Hugh Brady, and eighth child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born July 27, 1768, at Standing Stone, Penna., died February 27, 1845, at Northumberland, Penna. "Aunt Jenny" was a woman of unusual intelligence and ability. She did not have the advantage of an early education, but she showed a love for good literature, and in later years, when she was deaf, she selected choice books, and improved her mind in every possible way. When she was young she was gay and fond of sports, played ball with her brothers and greatly enjoyed their amusements and society. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Her death was the result of an accident. She was on her way to visit a poor sick woman, when she fell and dislocated her hip and did not recover from the injuries she sustained. She was unmarried. IX. Robert Quigley Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) ninth child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born September 12, 1770, died prior to 1814 in Jefferson Co., Penna., married Mary Cooke, daughter of Colonel William Cooke of the Revolution and sister of the wife of William Penn Brady. She survived her husband and died at Sunbury, Penna. He was at one time in partnership with his brother, General Hugh Brady, in Indiana Co., Penna. The only record concerning him in the courts of that county, is an account filed by his administrator in 1814. His estate was small, and was probably taken by the widow, as no mention is made of his children. He lived in Indiana county from 1806-1809. 181 Issue: i. JOHN BRADY, resided at Achison, Ohio. ii. Son. X. Hannah Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) eleventh child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born December 3, 1774, died November 26, 1835, at Sunbury, Penna.; married Robert Gray, a nephew of Captain William Gray. No issue. XI. Liberty Brady3 (Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) thirteenth and youngest child of Captain John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady, was born August 9, 1778, died July 25, 1851, at Sunbury, Penna.; married William Dewart, of Sunbury. At the age of five years she lost her mother, but found a devoted sister in Mrs. William Gray, with whom she made her home until her marriage. She is buried at Sunbury. Issue. i. WILLIAM DEWART, a rector of the Episcopal church, and its main founder at Sunbury. XII. Van Swearingen Brady4 (Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) son of Captain Samuel Brady and Drusilla Van Swearingen Brady, was born September 13, 1786, at Chartiers Creek, Washington Co., Penna., died 1859; married 1810, Elizabeth Ivess, daughter of Captain William Ivess, of Ohio Co., W. Va., at which place he lived until 1813, when he removed to Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, and died there. He was a remarkably handsome man, six feet in height, with an athletic build, broad shoulders, and like his Brady ancestors, as straight as an arrow, undaunted in courageous achievements, and qualified to fill any position in life. He was affable and cordial in manner and conversation, and universally beloved. He is buried at Manchester. Issue: i. SAMUEL BRADY, m. Matilda Parker and had one child, Mary F. Brady, who lived at Napoleon, Ohio. He d. in 1855. ii. PRISCILLA BRADY, m. Jacob Pence, d. between 1880-1890 without Issue. iii. HUGH BENONA BRADY, d. 1852, unmarried. iv. SARAH ANN BRADY, d. 1853, unmarried. v. DRUSILLA BRADY, m. Benjamin Pence and had four 182 daughters; Susan, m. Guthrie; Bettie, m. Sibral; Maria, unmarried; Lucinda, m. William Robuck and resides at Manchester, Ohio. vi. JOHN BRADY, m. Mrs. Nancy Lytle and had two children, Theodosia and Winfield. 25. vii. WILLIAM IVESS BRADY, b. May 12, 1817; in. 1839, Sarah Stephens. viii. DR. ROBERT BRADY, m. Helen Hampton and lived at Catlettsburg, Ky., until his death in 1856. No issue. ix. ELIZABETH BRADY, m. Van Swearingen and had two sons, Van and John. XIII. John Brady4 (Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) son of Captain Samuel Brady and Drusilla Van Swearingen Brady, was born May 24; 1790, near Wellsburg, Ohio Co., W. Va., died January 12, 1872, and is buried in the cemetery at West Liberty, W. Va., where one monument marks his grave and that of his distinguished father; married January 10, 1813, Nancy Ridgely, of Ohio Co., W. Va., who died April 3, 1839. He was gifted in intellectual ability and held many positions of trust in his native state. He was esteemed an honorable politician, and served six terms in the legislature. His exemplary life and mental endowments drew to him a vast circle of admiring friends, who cherished his memory. He inherited the noblest traits of character, which gave him prominence as a man of thought and action. In the eightieth year of his age he wrote to General A. B. Sharp, of Carlisle, Penna., "Now sir, you ask me to give some account of myself. I was left an orphan at some little over five years, without any relative to pity or encourage me in the country, left in the wilds of West Virginia. My mother, brother and I had to hoe our own row. I scuffled until I became a pretty good looking young man, when I married a nice little woman, lived happily with her until she died. Never expected to be anything but a tiller of the soil, but to my astonishment in 1825 I was, appointed a member of the county court of my county, which position I held for thirty-one years. In the meantime I was appointed commissioner of the revenue for the county, the two offices not being incompatible. I held that office for three years. I was carrying on my little farm, was busy at my plow, went to my dinner, picked up the late paper, and to my utter astonishment I saw that at a large and respectable meeting 183 convened in the court house, John Brady, Esq., was unanimously nominated as the candidate for a seat in the house of delegates. I did not accept the nomination until the Saturday previous to the election. There were four candidates and two to be elected. When the poll was counted, I was fifty votes ahead of the foremost of the other three. I was three times elected, until I utterly refused to be a candidate. I was also high sheriff of my county. I have been a very temperate man both in eating and drinking. I am in my eightieth year, and I know nothing of the feelings of a drunken man. If this little sketch of my life will be of any use you can use it. It is true to the letter, but I give it to you with reluctance." Issue: i. ELIZABETH BRADY, b. Jan. 12, 1815, d. at seventy-six years of age; m. Sept. 24, 1838, John M. Gallaher. They had no children but adopted a daughter, who is Mrs. Lizzie VanKirk, of Merrittstown, Penna. 26. ii. WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, b. June 9, 1817; m. Anna Mary Vance. iii. HORATIO BRADY, b. Feb. 22, 1821, d. Sept. 19, 1825. iv. SAMUEL FRANKLIN BRADY, b. Aug. 19, 1826, d. Oct. 17, 1833. 27. v. MARY ANN BRADY, twin, b. Jan. 16, 1824; m. Professor Joseph Culbertson Power. 28. vi. DRUSILLA BRADY, twin, b. Jan. 16, 1824; m. Joseph Ulysses Rose. XIV. Mary Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born January 15, 1786, died January 4, 1864; married April 4, 1805, William Piatt, born October 7, 1778, at Seven Mile Run, N. J., died April 7, 1857. His ancestor, John Piatt of France, a Huguenot, was driven from his country on account of religious persecution, settled in Holland and married Frances Van Wyck. He went with a brother to the Isle of St. Thomas, and died there in 1760. One of his sons, John Piatt, came to America and settled in New Jersey. His son, William, became the husband of Mary Brady. He was a prominent surveyor, and ran the lines for many of the counties in Pennsylvania. He was surveyor for Lycoming county in which are Brady and Piatt townships, named for this family. He took an active part in a number of public enterprises, and resided in Ly- 184 coming county. He is buried beside his wife in the graveyard at White Deer Church, Union Co., Penna. Issue: i. JANE PIATT, b. Jan. 7, 1806, d. Aug. 27, 1851. ii. MARY PIATT, b. Feb. 27, 1808, d. Apr. 27, 1809. iii. FRANCES B. PIATT, b. Apr. 1, 1810, d. Oct. 4, 1902; m. John Hammond of South Bend, Ind. No issue. 29. iv. JOHN BRADY PIATT, b. Mar. 20, 1812; b. Lydia Wetzell. 30. v. WILLIAM McKINNEY PIATT, b. July 8, 1814; m. Rebecca Heston McClintock. vi. CATHARINE PIATT, b. Aug. 20, 1816, d. Sept. 27, 1847. vii. HANNAH M. PIATT, b. Sept. 12, 1818, d. Sept. 7, 1848. viii. SAMUEL T. PIATT, b. Aug. 13, 1821. 31. ix. NANCY M. PIATT, b. May 13, 1824; m. Robert H. McCormick. XV. Samuel Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born February 22, 1793, died February 17, 1816 In a campaign against the Indians, at the commencement of the War of 1812, he served as a volunteer under Governor Edwards. They defeated the Indians in one battle. Following this, he was commissioned ensign in the twenty-second United States Regiment, under command of his uncle, General Hugh Brady, and served also under General Wilkinson. In 1814 he was with General Brown's army on the Niagara frontier. He participated in the battle of Lundy's Lane, a second lieutenant in the company from Fort Erie. He was the only platoon officer of his regiment who was not killed or wounded. After the declaration of peace, Lieutenant Brady made arrangements with Captain John Culbertson to go on a trading expedition to the Rocky Mountains, supposing he would not be retained in the army, as its numbers were reduced. He was retained, however, and not wishing to break his engagement with his friend he resigned his position. In preference to an acceptance of his resignation, the government gave him an unlimited furlough. His health failed and his physician ordered him to spend the winter in the south. With a brother officer, Lieutenant Colonel Trimbell of Ohio, he went to New Orleans, and died there, in the twenty-third year of his age. His disease [Image] GOLD MEDAL PRESENTED TO WILLIAM PERRY BRADY FOR SERICES ON LAKE ERIE 185 was aggravated by field service in the Niagara campaign, when he should have been in the hospital. He was six feet five inches in height, and remarkably handsome, with an imposing military figure and commanding presence like the ancestor whose name he bore. Colonel Trimble wrote of him: "In Lieutenant Brady's death, the country has lost an intelligent and gallant officer, and myself a firm and disinterested friend." XVI. William Perry Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born February 16, 1795, died April 4, 1864, at Harrisburg, Penna.; married first November 8, 1814, Rachel Mussina, daughter of Lyons Mussina, of Aaronsburg, Centre Co., Penna., born March 9, 1799, died December 8, 1849, and is buried beside her husband at Salona, Clinton Co., Penna.; married secondly Mrs. Borden, of Bordentown, N. J., who went to Kansas after his death. He worked at his cabinetmaking trade at Aaronsburg in early life. When the war broke out in 1812, at seventeen years of age he abandoned his trade and volunteered in Captain George Record's company, and in 1813 was one of the volunteers on board of Commodore Perry's fleet. In honor of his services on Lake Erie, the state presented him with a gold medal. His regiment was stationed at Erie when Perry was fitting out his fleet. As the Commodore did not have the required number of marines, he called for volunteers, and William Perry Brady was the first to enroll his name and raised fifty-five men who were mustered into service. Before they sailed General Hugh Brady came to Erie, and used his influence to secure him an appointment as purser's steward on board the vessel Trippe. He was attached to one of the smaller vessels, which had to be abandoned. He was the last man to leave his gun, and his shirt sleeves were torn away with fire from the enemy. In later years he took great pride in showing the old shirt to his friends, and in his share of victory gained on the 10th of September, 1813. After the return of the fleet to Erie, he with two of his Centre county friends waited on the Commodore, and received their discharges. He again made his home at Aaronsburg, and in a short 186 time was married. He then removed to Mackeyville, Clinton Co., Penna., previously known as Hamburg. In 1846 he was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate of Pennsylvania, which office he held until his death. He was widely known, and his conversational ability and genial disposition made him prominent and popular in. social life, and held in high repute among men. He died at Harrisburg, after eighteen years of service for the state. His first child was born at Aaronsburg, the others at Mackeyville. Issue: 32. i. SAMUEL BRADY, b. Aug. 31, 1815; m. Margaret Kerr Russell. ii. BARBARA BRADY, b. Feb. 22, 1818. 33. iii. LYONS MUSSINA BRADY, b. May 9, 1821; m. Sarah Thompson McKibben. 34. iv. JANE MCCALL BRADY, b. July 20, 1823; m. Henry Bridgens. v. LIBERTY DEWART BRADY, b. Oct. 5, 1829, d. young. vi. JOHN JACOB BRADY, b. Feb. 26, 1832; m. Mary Best, d. in Kansas, had two children: Kate E., m. Samuel Ralph; Samuel, d. young. vii. CHARLOTTE P. BRADY, b. Aug. 3, 1835, d. young. XVII. Jasper Ewing Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March 4, 1797 at Sunbury, Penna., died January 23, 1871 at Washington, D. C.; married December 16, 1828, Margaret Maria Morton, born August 10, 1810, at Chambersburg, Penna., died January 6, 1895, at Washington, D. C. He learned the trade of hatter, and after traveling from place to place for a few years, settled in Franklin county, Penna. He taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg in 1827, and practiced in that town. In 1843 he was elected to the assembly, and re-elected the following year. During his first term, though he represented an anti-improvement county, he offered an amendment to the bill to reduce the state tax providing for the assessment of a three mill rate, which redeemed the credit of the state. For three years he was treasurer of Franklin county. In 1846 he was elected to Congress, beating Hon. Samuel Hepburn. In 1848 he was defeated by Hon. James X. McLanahan. He removed to Pittsburg in 1849 and practiced law until 1861, when he accepted a position in 187 the paymaster's department at Washington, D. C., which responsible office he held until July, 1869. He then resumed the practice of law at Washington. His intelligence, culture, and force of character made him a king among men. His wife was a strong type of womanhood and universally beloved. They are buried in Rock Creek Cemetery at Washington, D. C. Issue: 35. i. JAMES DUNLOP BRADY, b. Jan. 20, 1830; m. Eliza Hannah Beares. 36. ii. JOSEPH PRITTS BRADY, b. May 9, 1833; m. Mary Elizabeth Murray. 37. iii. JANE BRADY, b. June 29, 1835; m. Robert Peel Duxbury. 38. iv. JASPER EWING BRADY, b. Oct. 21, 1837; m. Harriet Cora Townsend. 39. v. GEORGE KEYPORTS BRADY, b. Dec. 9, 1839; m. Henrietta Murray. vi. KATHERINE MORTON BRADY, b. Feb. 16, 1842, d. Sept. 5, 1899. vii. LOUISA SPANGLER BRADY, b. Dec. 1, 1844, resides at Washington, D. C. 40. viii. CHARLOTTE BRADY, b. Apr. 7, 1847; m. Franke Hermann Finckel. 41. ix. WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, b. Feb. 25, 1849; m. Lucy Denise Tracy. 42. x. MARGARET FABER BRADY, b. July 20, 1852; m. Dr. Swan Moses Burnett. XVIII. Hannah Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2 James Quigley1) was born August 2, 1799, died April 26, 1847, in the White Deer Valley, Penna.; married September 28, 1820, William Piatt, born June 29, 1795, died January 6, 1876, in the White Deer Valley, and is buried beside his wife in the family burial ground three quarters of a mile from the homestead where his ancestors settled years before, when the country was a wilderness. Issue: 43. i. JAMES B. PIATT, b. July 10, 1821; m. Mary Ann Russell. 44. ii. HERMON CLINE PIATT, b. Mar. 24, 1824; m. Margaret Eason. 45. iii. ABNER PIATT, b. Mar. 27, 1827; m. Annie Murphy. 46. iv. McCALL PIATT, b. Aug. 4, 1829; m. Margaret McCormick. v. MARY PIATT, b. Oct. 26, 1883. 47. vi. ELIZABETH PIATT, b. Apr. 30, 1836; m. William S. McCormick. 188 vii. CHARLOTTE PIATT, b. July 14, 1840, d. Oct. 3, 1878; m. Hon. Frank Porter. No Issue. XIX. Jane Brady4 (John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born August 22, 1801, died September 28, 1842; married February 2, 1824, Rowland Stoughton, born 1802, died September 5, 1832, lived, died and are buried at Lewisburg, Penna, Issue: 48. i. JASPER BRADY STOUGHTON, b. Feb. 22, 1826; m. Sarah Jane Broadhurst. 49. ii. CATHARINE ANN STOUGHTON, b. Nov. 14, 1827; m. Stephen Flanigan Lyndall. iii. FRANCIS ADDINOTON STOUGHTON, b. 1828, d. 1831. iv. MARY JANE STOUGHTON, b. 1831. d. 1832. v. LAURA STOUGHTON, b. 1832, d. 1832. XX. Colonel Hugh Brady4 (William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born January 28, 1798, in Northumberland Co., Penna., died September 6, 1861, at Brookville, Penna.; married September 14, 1821, Sarah Smith Evans, born July 3, 1802, at Sunbury, Penna., died September 10, 1864, at Brookville, daughter of Evan Rice Evans and Sarah Wallis Evans. He was an ardent patriot and politician, and served as an aide, with the rank of colonel, on the staff of Governor Johnson. He studied law and practiced at Brookville. His intelligence and force of character made him popular with his friends. As a lawyer he was shrewd, and handled difficult cases with judicious care and tact. His wife was a lovable woman, of noble disposition and pleasing manner. Issue: 50. i. CAPTAIN EVAN RICE EVANS BRADY, b. Mar. 16, 1823; m. Frances A. McGee. 51. ii. ELIZABETH SHIPPEN BRADY, b. Dec. 25, 1825; m. Andrew Craig. XXI. Mary Brady4 (William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March 1800, in Northumberland Co., Penna., died June 27, 1842, at Punxsutawney, Penna., and is buried there; married 1819, James Erwin Cooper, born March 4, 1790, at Penn's Manor, died, and is buried at Brownsville, Penna. In the direct line of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftsbury, his American ancestry dates to 1687, when 189 William and Margaret Cooper settled at Cooper's Point, four miles from Philadelphia, Penna., having purchased all the lands between the Delaware river and Cooper creek, and three miles up the creek. Sir Ashley Cooper, the great surgeon, and J. Fenimore Cooper, the novelist, were members of this family. Of Quaker descent, James Erwin Cooper settled on Canoe creek, Jefferson Co., Penna., in 1833, and later removed to Punxsutawney. His wife, Mary or Mollie Brady Cooper, as she was familiarly called, was the good angel of Punxsutawney. Of Presbyterian extraction, Scotch-Irish born and bred, her christian character appealed to all with whom she came in contact. She was instrumental in organizing the first Sunday school in the village. It was held in the old school house on the public square, and she compelled her children to attend in their bare feet, so as to be on an equality with the poorer children who could not afford shoes. She furnished the library for the school. She and her husband were charitable and rich in all the graces which combined to make them admired and popular in social and domestic life. Their works lived after them in the fond remembrance of many who loved them. Issue: i. REBECCA COOPER, d. at the age of one year. 52. ii. JANE ELIZABETH COOPER, b. June 5, 1822; m. Joseph B. Barclay, M. D. iii. WILLIAM COOPER, d. at the age of eight months. iv. JAMES COOPER, d. in infancy. v. SARAH COOPER, d. at the age of fifteen years. vi. Child, d. in infancy. 53. vii. THOMAS JEFFERSON COOPER, b. Apr. 2, 1829; m. Elizabeth Ann Beisel. XXII. James Brady4 (William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born July 25, 1802, in Northumberland Co., Penna. Issue: i. WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, m. Clara Beck, d. during the Civil War, had several children. ii. ISRAEL BRADY, m. his brother's widow, was in the Civil War, confined in Libby Prison. XXIII. Samuel Preston Brady4 (General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born June 22, 1809 190 at Indiana, Indiana Co., Pa., died May 25, 1868 at Cologne, Germany; married August 25, 1833, Elizabeth Mary Nexsen, born July 17, 1813 in New York City, died December 2, 1888, daughter of Elias Nexsen, who was the son of Elias Nexsen, first collector of the port of New York. Samuel Preston Brady was the only son of General Hugh Brady, and came to Detroit, Mich., with his father in 1827, from Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In June, 1832, he accompanied Colonel Whistler, U. S. A., who was in command of two companies of U. S. troops sent from Fort Niagara to Chicago, Ill., to take part in suppressing the Black Hawk Rebellion. He remained there after the settlement of the Indian difficulties as Post Sutler, and returned to Detroit in 1837, where he established himself in business. In 1867 his health obliged him to withdraw, and he took a trip to Germany, where he died. His commercial life was, a continuation of successes. In connection with Mr. C. A. Trowbridge, his business house was established, and was known as the firm of Brady and Trowbridge until 1850, when it was changed to S. P. Brady & Company, the father taking the stand alone, and subsequently including his oldest son. Since the death of Samuel Preston Brady, and for five years previous, the firm has been quoted as "Brady and Company." They have been connected with the vessel interests as forwarders, and the Mining Supply business, their trade having been largely in connection with the Lake Superior Mining industry since its earliest days. Issue, seven of whom d. in infancy. 54. i. SARAH WALLIS BRADY, b. Sept. 18, 1834; m. William H. Croul. 55. ii. GEORGE NEXSEN BRADY, b. Aug. 25, 1837; m. Augusta McClelland. 56. iii. PRESTON BRADY, b. Nov. 8, 1844; m. first Emily Medbery, second Margaret H. Radcliff. 57. iv. SAMUEL BRADY, b. Sept. 25, 1846; m. Jennie DeForrest Howard. 58. v. WALLIS BRADY, b. Feb. 16, 1850; m. Sarah J. Hill. 59. vi. WILLIAM HENRY BRADY, b. June 11, 1868; m. Alice L. Darnell. XXIV. Mary Laithy Brady4 (General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born Novem- 191 ber 11, 1811 in Cumberland Co., Penna., died February 10, 1880, at Detroit, Mich.; married October 14, 1830, Colonel Electus Backus, who had formerly married her sister, born February 17, 1804, at Rensalaerville, N. Y., died June 7, 1862, son of Electus M. Backus, lieutenant-colonel of the 1st light dragoons, who was mortally wounded at the head of his regiment in defense of Sackett's Harbor in 1813. "He was appointed a cadet from the state of New York to the Military Academy at West Point, July 1, 1820; graduated July 1, 1824; No. 28, whole No. 388; breveted 2nd lieutenant, 2nd Infantry, July 1, 1824; 2nd lieutenant, 1st Infantry, July 1, 1824. In garrison at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1824-5; Clinch River, Fla., 1826; Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1827-8; 1st lieutenant July 28, 1831; captain, 1st Infantry, October 17, 1837; A. D. C. to Brigadier General Hugh Brady, from July 16, 1827, to October 7, 1837. Served in the Sac and Fox War, but was in no important engagement. Served in the Florida War from December, 1837, to June, 1840. Fort Mitchell, Ala., 1840. Was present under Colonel Davenport with his company and assisted in the capture of forty Indians at the mounds at the foot of Lake Okichobee, March 14, 1838. Left Florida on sick leave June, 1840. . Fort Columbus, N. Y., 1841; Fort Snelling, Minn., 1841-44; Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1845-46; served in the Mexican War from May 12th, 1846 to its close; was present at battles of Monterey and Vera Cruz; breveted major September 23, 1846, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Monterey September 21, 22, 23, 1846; commanded the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa from April 4, 1847, to January 1, 1848; on recruiting service in Buffalo, N. Y., 1849-50; major, 3rd Infantry, June 10, 1850; served in the campaign against the Navajo Indians under Colonel E. V. Sumner in 1851; built Fort Defiance in 1851-52; Fort Fillmore 1853-54; superintendent of the general recruiting service from July 1, 1855 to July 1, 1856; commanded the second column against the Navajo Indians in October and November, 1858, killed seven Indians, captured 57 horses and 300 sheep and goats, lost neither a man or animal during the campaign except one horse killed and one officer wounded on the last day of the campaign and long after the hostilities had ceased; Fort Defiance, N. M., 1858-59; sta- 192 tioned at Rengold Barracks, Tex., 1860-61; lieutenant-colonel, 3rd Infantry, January 19, 1859; brought his command out of Texas safely on the Star of the West via. New Orleans, and steamboats to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; served at Detroit, Mich., in the Rebellion during 1861-62 as mustering and disbursing officer. His failing health would not permit him to take the field, although his presence was greatly desired by General Scott. Colonel, 6th Infantry, June 1, 1862." It was his wife who identified the grave of her grandfather, Captain John Brady, at Halls, two miles east of Williamsport, Penna. She and her husband are buried in the same lot with her distinguished father, General Hugh Brady, in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. Issue one child: 60. i. MARY ELECTUS BACKUS, b. Dec. 8, 1837; m. James N. Ward. XXV. William Ivess Brady5 (Van Swearingen Brady4, Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born May 12, 1817, two and a half miles west of Manchester, Ohio, died June 3, 1899, in Lewis Co., Ky.; married 1839, Sarah Stephens, born November 8, 1820, died January 29, 1868. He resided near Manchester for some years, removed to Kentucky and spent the last thirty days of his life there. He was a farmer, genial, hospitable, never turned an unwilling ear to those in need, respected and beloved by all who knew him. Like his Brady ancestors, he had a magnificent physique, was exactly six feet in height, perfectly erect, and weighed one hundred and eighty pounds. He possessed an exceedingly attractive personality, which drew a large circle of friends around him. He was a wise counselor, a devoted christian, a member of the Methodist church. His interest in his family and veneration for his Scotch-Irish parentage, enabled him to render valuable assistance, and give much of the information contained in this genealogical work regarding his immediate branch. His conversational magnetism was powerful, and even in old age he was a favorite with the children and young people, as well as with those more advanced in years. He is buried beside his wife at Manchester, Ohio. 193 Issue: i. MARY BRADY, b. May 31, 1842, d. July 17, 1886; m. Nov. 16, 1865, Abner J. Riddle, b. Oct. 16, 1836, d. Mar. 16, 1897. They were members of the Methodist church, and are buried at Manchester, Ohio. To Abner J. Riddle and Mary Brady Riddle were born six children: i. WILLIAM N. RIDDLE, b. Sept. 16, 1866; m. Sept. 1, 1899, Maggie Himes, b. Mar. 23, 1873. He served ten months and fourteen days in 18981899, in the Spanish-American War in Cuba, reside at Trinity, Ky. To William N. Riddle and Maggie Himes Riddle were born two children: i. ALVA NELSON RIDDLE; b. Jan. 3, 1901. ii. WILLIAM ALBERT RIDDLE, b. Mar. 23, 1903. ii. J. H. RIDDLE, b. Aug. 5, 1869; m. first Mar. 10, 1902, Mary Boon, who d. June 15, 1903. No issue; m. secondly Bertha Robb, reside in Lewis Co., Ky. iii. SARAH B. RIDDLE, b. Aug. 6, 1871; m. July 10, 1895, George William Clark, b. Mar. 26, 1869, in Lewis Co., Ky. He is a farmer and resides near Alburn, Ky. To George William Clark and Sarah B. Riddle Clark were born three children: i. CARRIE J. CLARK, b. Apr. 29, 1896. ii. LULU B. CLARK, b. Aug. 8, 1898. iii. LEVI S. CLARK, b. June 11, 1900, d. Aug. 3, 1901. iv. VAN SWEARINGEN RIDDLE, b. Oct. 27, 1873, resides at Trinity, Ky. v. J. W. RIDDLE, b. Feb. 4, 1875, resides at Trinity, Ky. vi. CARRIE E. RIDDLE, b. Mar. 20, 1880, resides at Trinity, Ky. ii. ANN WILEY BRADY, b. Oct. 30, 1843, d. Nov. 2, 1864; m. Nov. 19, 1862, Daniel Sterrett. They had one daughter, Sarah Bell, who died in early womanhood at Baxley, Ind. iii. VAN SWEARINGEN BRADY, b. Feb. 7, 1846, d. Feb. 25, 1866. During the Civil War he was promoted to the rank of corporal. He joined the 70th Ohio Regiment in 1861, belonged to Sherman's old division, was in all the principle engagements in which his regiment participated, and marched with Sherman to the sea. He was a lad of fifteen years when he entered the army, and the soldier life proved too severe and he died at the close of the war. He gave promise of strong, physical manhood, combining many of the sterling qualities of his ancestors. His early death was a sorrowful disappointment to his friends. iv. JOHN BRADY, b. Dec. 20, 1847; m. Feb. 18, 1868, Sarah Martha Cooper, b. July 15, 1851, at Decatur, Brown Co., Ohio. He was too young to enter the army at 194 the beginning of the Civil War, but his patriotic spirit and love of country, which he inherited from his ancestors, proved him a soldier, and near the close of the war he joined the Fourth Battalion of the Ohio Cavalry, and he soon rose to a corporal's rank. His commission reads: "Company E, Fourth Independent Battalion, O. V. C." At the age of fifteen years he was a cavalryman, and served until the conflict ended. He lived on a farm until Sept. 15, 1868, when he removed to Watson, Mo., where he has since resided. Soon after he went west be became interested in the buying and selling of cattle, and continues in that line of business. He is wide awake and thoroughly wholehearted and true. To his generosity is due much of the valuable data contained in this volume regarding the Brady family. To John Brady and Sarah Martha Cooper Brady were born ten children: i. ROBERT W. BRADY, b. Jan. 9, 1869; m. Jan. 1, 1895, Minna Correll, of Leon, Iowa. He was a telegraph operator at fourteen years of age, the youngest in the U. S. at that time. He still holds to the profession of telegrapher, and fills a responsible position as chief dispatcher for the U. P. R. R. at Salt Lake City, Utah. ii. SARAH S. BRADY, b. Jan. 29, 1870. iii. ANNA MAUDE BRADY, b. Feb. 6,1873; m. Oct. 26, 1903, A. W. South, of Watson, Mo. iv. VAN A. BRADY, b. Jan. 7, 1875, belongs to the signal corps of the U. S. Army, stationed on the Phillipine Islands, promoted to corporal. Like his brother he was a telegraph operator at fourteen years of age. v. JAMES M. BRADY, b. Mar. 17, 1877. He began at fourteen years of age to work for the Postal Union, and continues in their service. vi. EMMA PEARL BRADY, b. Nov. 7, 1880; m. July 9, 1902, O. H. Bayless, of Watson, Mo. vii. LEONA BRADY, b. Sept. 14, 1882. viii. JESSE C. BRADY, twin, b. Aug. 10, 1887. ix. BESSIE M. BRADY, twin., b. Aug. 10, 1887. x. HOMER EUGENE BRADY, b. Sept. 2, 1892. v. MARGARET I. BRADY, b. June 12, 1852, d. July 12, 1853. vi. ASENATH P. BRADY, b. Aug. 22, 1857, resides at Trinity, Ky. vii. WILLIAM L. BRADY, b. June 25, 1860, d. July 11, 1863. viii. HUGH D. BRADY, b. Apr. 28, 1862, d. May 25, 1882. XXVI. William Perry Brady5 (John Brady4, Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born June 9, 1817 near West Liberty, W. Va., died June 13, 1879; married October 4, 1842, Anna Mary Vance, born August 26, 1820, died June 30, 1874. He lived at West Liberty until a few years after his mar- 195 riage, when he removed to a farm and resided four years. He then bought the old homestead and lived there until 1870, when he took his family to the valley of Virginia and settled near Harper's Ferry. They made it their home four years. In March, 1874, they went to St. Joseph, Mo., where the parents died and are buried side by side in the St. Joseph cemetery. William Perry Brady was an extensive dealer in French Merino sheep, and while in Virginia had the finest sheep in the United States. He was intellectual and broad in his views, charitable and held in high esteem by hosts of friends and admirers. Issue: i. NANCY ELIZABETH BRADY, b. Aug. 4, 1843, resides at Oakland, Cal. ii. JOSEPH VANCE BRADY, b. June 11, 1845; m. Nov. 5, 1872, Florence J. McLain, b. June 29, 1854. He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business at St. Joseph, Mo., removed to Waco, Neb., and is a prosperous and enterprising ranchman, deals largely in the buying and selling of horses and cattle, and interested in all business pursuits. To Joseph Vance Brady and Florence J. McLain Brady were born three children: i. FRANCES L. BRADY, b. July 29, 1878; m. John W. York, resides at Houston, Neb. ii. JAMES McC. BRADY, b. Apr. 14, 1880; m. Dec. 22, 1901, Jeridean Larimore, reside at Lincoln, Neb. iii. JOHN S. BRADY, b. May 14, 1885. iii. JOHN SPEER BRADY, b. May 30, 1848; m. Sept. 20, 1882, Anna Gore, of St. Joseph, Mo., whose parents were residents of Kentucky. He was born in West Virginia, and removed to St. Joseph in 1866, where he entered the wholesale grocery house of Nave, McCord & Co., and was with them thirteen years. In 1879 they opened a branch establishment at Omaha, Neb., under the name of Nave, McCord & Brady. Mr. Nave sold his firm interest, and the business has since been incorporated under the name of McCord-Brady Company. Mr. Brady was manager of the firm in Omaha since 1879, and is now vice president, and is largely instrumental in the successful continuance of the enterprise. To John Speer Brady and Anna Gore Brady were born two children: i. BESSIE BRADY, b. Aug. 5, 1883. ii. HALLACK McCORD BRADY, b. Mar. 26, 1891. iv. MARY MOORE BRADY, b. June 19, 1851; m. Apr. 4, 1877, Archibald P. Tandy, b. Mar. 5, 1854, in Grundy Co., Mo., and is now a merchant at Grant City, Mo., where he and his family have resided for four years. 196 Of their six children, the oldest was born at Albany, the others in North Co., Mo., and are prominent and influential. To Archibald P. Tandy and Mary Moore Brady Tandy were born six children: i. LUELLA TANDY, b. Apr. 2, 1878; m. Aug. 6, 1902, George Cloos. To George Cloos and Luella Tandy Cloos was born one child: i. VIOLA LORENE CLOOS, b. May 8, 1903. ii. JOHN PAUL TANDY, b. Feb. 27, 1881. iii. WILLIAM HENRY TANDY, b. Mar. 9, 1883. iv. REESE BOWEN TANDY, b. Sept. 30, 1885. v. NANNIE BRADY TANDY, b. July 6, 1888. vi. FRANCES NARCISSA TANDY, b. Oct. 28, 1890. v. WILLIAM POWER BRADY, b. Jan. 3, 1852, resides at Oakland, Cal. vi. HANNA DRUSILLA BRADY, b. Oct. 6, 1855; m. June 8, 1882, Eliphalet Hayden Baird, b. at Morgantown, W. Va., d. Nov. 25, 1894, at Brownsville, Penna., where he was engaged in the grocery business for some years, and where his widow resides. To Eliphalet Hayden Baird and Hannah Drusilla Brady Baird were born two children: i. CHARLES HAYDEN BAIRD, b. Jan. 3, 1890. ii. HELEN BRADY BAIRD, b. Sept. 20, 1892. vii. ANNA JANE BRADY, b. Oct. 29, 1860; m. at St. Joseph, Mo., June 14, 1882, Charles F. Shireman, b. Oct. 11, 1856, at Cornwall, Penna. He is a member of the well known firm of Jones, Townsend & Shireman, clothiers, at St. Joseph, Mo., and is an influential and well esteemed citizen, on whose judgment and good will his friends and competitors depend. To Charles F. Shireman and Anna Jane Brady Shire man were born four children: i. JOSEPH VANCE SHIREMAN, b. Jan. 1, 1884. ii. FLORENCE LOUISE SHIREMAN, b. Oct. 22, 1886. iii. HELEN BRADY SHIREMAN, b. Aug. 4, 1888. iv. JOHN SHIREMAN, b. Dec. 29, 1893. viii. ELIZABETH GALLAHER BRADY, b. July 5, 1861; m. Feb. 14, 1884, William H. Belden, of Salt Lake City, Utah. To William H. Belden and Elizabeth Gailaher Brady Belden was born one child: i. GEORGE WALLACE BELDEN. XXVII. Mary Ann Brady5 (John Brady4, Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born January 16, 1824 at West Liberty: W. Va., died April 21, 1875 at Albany, Mo.; married April 6, 1853, Professor Joseph Culbertson Power, of Westmoreland Co., Penna., born August 10, 1829, died February 9, 1897, at Albany, Mo., where he and his wife are buried. Their home was at 197 West Liberty, where all their children were born, until 1868, when they removed to Summit Point, W. Va., in the Shenandoah Valley. In April 1874, they went to St. Joseph, Mo., and in the autumn of that year settled at Albany, where Mr. Power had charge of the public schools. He had a brilliant mind and intellectual ability, and was held in high esteem. Their home was a center of generous hospitality, where the most pleasing, gracious courtesy was extended. In early life his wife was a member of the Methodist church, but in 1862 she and her husband united with the Presbyterian church. She was small of stature, with dark hair, dark eyes, and had much of the heroic spirit of her Brady ancestors. Though a sufferer for twenty years, she was bright, happy, and particularly attractive and beloved. Her christian life was beautiful and influential, and her devotion to her family was beyond compare, actuated by the most unselfish love. She was a twin sister of Drusilla Brady Rose. Issue: i. JOHN BRADY POWER, b. Oct. 21, 1855, d. May 14, 1888, at San Diego, Cal., and is buried at Albany, Mo. ii. NANNIE G. POWER, b. July 31, 1858, d. July 13, 1862, and is buried at West Liberty, W. Va. iii. JOSEPH WILLIAM POWER, b. Apr. 8, 1861; m. Dec. 25, 1893, Florence May Cribs, of Waukee, Iowa. He was with the Standard Oil Company at St. Joseph, Mo., from 1882 until April, 1900, since that time he has been engaged in the hardware business at Cawker City, Kan., and is interested in all progressive enterprises. To Joseph William Power and Florence May Cribs Power were born three children: i. DORSEY WILLIAM POWER, b. Nov. 27, 1894, d. Apr. 27, 1897. ii. JOSEPHINE BRADY POWER, b. Dec. 11, 1900. iii. PHILIP POWER, b. Oct. 1, 1902. iv. LIBBIE GALLAHER POWER, b. Oct. 31, 1864; m. Feb. 27, 1890, Arthur Dorsey, b. Aug. 24, 1859, d. Dec. 8, 1900, at St. Louis, Mo., resided at San Diego, Cal., then at Omaha, Neb., where Mr. Dorsey traveled for a New York firm. Since his death his widow has spent some time at Cawker City, Kan., Chehalis, Wash., and East Oakland, Cal. To Arthur Dorsey and Libbie Gallaher Power Dorsey were born two children: i. HAROLD POWER DORSEY, b. Sept. 5, 1896. ii. FRANK NAGEL DORSEY, b. Sept. 14, 1900. v. FRANK McCULLOUGH POWER, b. Aug. 27, 1866; m. Dec. 24, 1890, Florence J. Robinson, of Fort Wayne, 198 Ind., b. 1869, went to the Pacific coast in 1897 and reside at Chehalis, Wash. To Frank McCullough Power and Florence J. Robinson Power were born three children: i. JOSEPH FAIRFIELD POWER, b. Mar. 21, 1892. ii. HARRY ROBINSON POWER, b. Sept. 23, 1896. iii. FRANCES POWER, b. Feb., 1903. XXVIII. Drusilla Brady5 (John Brady4, Captain Samuel Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born January 16, 1824, at West Liberty, W. Va., died August 19, 1899; married June 27, 1850, Joseph Ulysses Rose, born July 15, 1825, at Wellsburg, W. Va., died November 5, at Omaha, Neb. His wife was a twin sister of Mary Brady Power. When they were children their father even, did not know them apart, but called each by both names. She had great strength of character, and drew a large circle of friends around her. The comfort and happiness of her home were her constant care. Mr. Rose lived at Wellsburg until 1847, removed to West Liberty and engaged in the dry goods business until 1851. The old home farm was inherited by the twins, who induced him to abandon his mercantile life and settle on their country place. In 1873 he took his family to St. Joseph, Mo., where he secured employment in one of the largest art stores in the city. In a few years he opened an establishment in Omaha, Neb., which for twenty-three years has been known as Rose's art store. With his two sons the business assumed an enormous capacity, and since his death and that of his son, it has been conducted by Joseph U. Rose, his surviving son. The influence for good exerted by him and his wife was far reaching, and their memories are lovingly cherished by many friends. Issue: i. DR. WILLIAM C. ROSE, b. Apr. 18, 1851, d. Oct. 24, 1883; m. June 27, 1878, Nellie Wilson, daughter of Dr. Wilson, of Creston, Iowa. Educated at Bethany College, three miles from his Virginia home, he entered the drug business in Washington, D. C., and later attended a medical college in that city. His love for medicine was visible when a child, and from infancy he was called "Dr.". After he went west, he completed his course of study at the Keokuk Medical School, began the practice of medicine at Creston, removed to Omaha, Neb., in 1881, and died there in the midst of a brilliant career. 199 To Dr. William C. Rose and Nellie Wilson Rose were born three children: i. CLAUDE WILSON ROSE, b. Mar. 14, 1879. ii. WILLIAM BYRON ROSE, b. Dec. 2, 1880. iii. NELLIE MAUDE ROSE, b. July 10, 1883, d. May 24, 1884. ii. JOSEPH ULYSSES ROSE, b. Nov. 7, 1852; m. Dec. 24, 1879, Martha Miriam Phillips, b. June 2, 1858, d. Jan. 24, 1900. He became interested with his father in the art business in 1880, has occupied one location in Omaha, Neb., since that time, has enlarged the establishment from one to four floors, and has the most complete art store in the city, enjoying the esteem and confidence of patrons and friends. To Joseph Ulysses Rose and Martha Miriam Phillips Rose were born two children: i. JOSEPH WORTHINGTON ROSE, b. Sept. 30, 1880, d. Jan. 31, 1888. ii. ALBERT PRICE ROSE, b. Oct. 28, 1885, a graduate of the Culver Military Academy at Culver, Ind., class of 1904. iii. ELIZABETH HOOPER ROSE, b. 1854; m. Aug. 3, 1879, James H. Bulla. To James H. Bulla and Elizabeth Hooper Rose Bulla were born three children: i. CORY J. BULLA, b. July 30, 1880. ii. HARRY R. BULLA, b. Mar. 3, 1883. iii. MARY ROSE BULLA, b. Aug. 28, 1888. iv. SAMUEL BRADY ROSE, b. Jan. 17, 1855, d. Sept. 30, 1890; m. Jan. 10, 1887, Cora Turner, resided at Omaha, Neb., engaged in the art business. v. MARY DRUSILLA ROSE, b. Nov. 16, 1857; m. Nov. 7, 1878, John Huston. vi. ALBERT PRICE ROSE. b. July 9 1862, d. May 3, 1873. XXIX. John Brady Piatt5 (Mary Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March 20, 1812, in the White Deer Valley, Penna., died May 18, 1860; married August 13, 1844, Lydia Wetzell. He died in the White Deer Valley, after which his family moved to Watsontown, Penna., where they have since resided. Issue: i. WILLIAM BRADY PIATT, b. May 21, 1846, d. Apr. 27, 1895; m. Nov. 26, 1884, Zelia Diffenbach. Born in the White Deer Valley, he left home after the death of his father, began work with an engineering corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, leaving it to connect his interests with the Reading Railroad Company. He furnished large quantities of timber supplies, and on account of his business superiority, he was given immense contracts to fill for the company. He was a Democrat. 200 and the Northumberland county Democrats gave him an unsolicited nomination for state senator, but he declined the honor. In 1881 he was elected chief burgess of Watsontown and in 1892 served out the term of the unexpired time of Burgess McClure. He was the largest stockholder in the National Bank and owned a vast amount of property in and around the town. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity. His commanding presence, jovial manner, remarkable memory, and helping hand will long be remembered by hosts of friends. ii. SUSAN W. PIATT. iii. KATHARINE W. PIATT, d. Apr. 8, 1901. iv. MARY J. PIATT. v. ROBERT M. PIATT. vi. FRANCIS A. PIATT. vii. NANCY BRADY PIATT. XXX. William McKinney Piatt5 (Mary Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born July 8, 1814, at a place near the present site of Allenwood, Northumberland Co., Penna., died June 20, 1889, at Tunkhannock, Penna.; married November 18, 1845, Rebecca Heston McClintock, born April 11, 1818, at Jersey Shore, Penna., died July 8, 1888, at Tunkhannock, daughter of Thomas McClintock, an Irish Presbyterian, born in Donegal, Ireland, and Mercy Heston McClintock, a Quakeress. William McKinney Piatt was born on a farm, and his early education was secured by the light of pine knots on the kitchen floor. His first hundred dollars was earned as a boy of nineteen years boating stone for the Muncy dam on the Susquehanna river. This money was kept for him by his mother, and afterwards used in paying his expenses at Lewisburg Academy, where he did chores for his board, and received a diploma at the end of his course. He followed the profession of his father, and studied civil engineering, and secured a position in the prothonotary's office at Williamsport, Penna. Later he surveyed for the state canal, Stephen D. Foster, who wrote "The Suwanee River", being on the same corps with him at Athens, Penna. He read law under Judge William Elwell, and when Wyoming county was set off from Luzerne county in 1842, he assisted in opening the books of the new county. He was admitted to the bar and located at Tunkhannock, Penna. Three years later he was married. He formed a law part- 201 nership with John Brisbin. In 1852 he had a disastrous fire, which made him virtually begin life anew. In 1854 he was chosen as a state Senator, and in 1856 was elected speaker of the state Senate. He was a democrat and made the first war speech in his county. He practiced law, for nearly fifty years. He was public spirited, held the offices of school director for almost twenty-five years, burgess, councilman, county chairman of the Democratic committee, delegate many times to the state conventions, and several times to the national convention. He was the owner of valuable property, and was noted for his benevolence and liberality. They were members of the Presbyterian church. On his birthday, July 8, 1888, he met with the loss of his wife, and in the June following, he was thrown from a conveyance, and sustained such injuries that he died on the 20th. Few men are followed to the grave by as many sincere mourners, and few are missed as much as he was. He was a staunch friend, an ardent defender, and an unprejudiced advocate. He spent a long and useful life at Tunkhannock, with the companionship of a highly cultured and accomplished wife and four sons, who are distinguished and prominent. Issue: i. ROBERT McCLINTOCK PIATT, b. Sept. 19, 1846; m. Jan. 1867, Mary Caroline Jacques, b. Oct. 28, 1847, at Center Morland, Wyoming Co., Penna. He was a graduate of the Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in the class of 1864. He partakes largely of the shrewd, tactful, judicious man of affairs, who moulds the minds of those with whom he is associated. His ability and eminent attainments are recognized and admired. He is a dealer in real estate, a Democrat In politics, in faith a Methodist, and resides at Tunkhannock, Penna. To Robert McClintock Piatt and Mary Caroline Jacques Piatt was born one child: i. JENNIE REBECCA PIATT, b. Feb. 20, 1873, d. June 4, 1893. ii. FRANK HAMMOND PIATT, b. Nov. 25, 1848; m. Dec. 16, 1878, Mary A. Dana, b. Aug. 8, 1850, in Eaton township, Wyoming Co., Penna. He was a graduate of Lafayette College in 1870, C. E., served his county as superintendent, and was postmaster for five years. In politics he is a Democrat, and was a member of the Legislature during the term of 1892-1893. He was a polished speaker and held the affection and esteem of his friends in the halls of legislation. He and his 202 wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is retired from active business, and resides at Tunkhannock, Penna. iii. JAMES WILSON PIATT, b. Feb. 9, 1850; m. Mar. 4, 1875, Frances Cecelia Overfield, b. Aug. 11, 1846; in Washington township, Wyoming Co., Penna., daughter of William Bush Overfield and Matilda Townsend Overfield. She was the organizer of and appointed first regent of Tunkhannock Chapter Daughters American Revolution and re-elected every year since. Mr. Piatt entered Lafayette College at the age of sixteen, graduated 1870, degree A. M. 1873, admitted as a lawyer at the age of twenty-one, was elected district attorney and served 1875-1878, admitted to the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania and Circuit and District court of the U. S., has assisted in the trial of nearly every important case in Wyoming Co., Penna., for the past twenty-five years, was the choice of his party for judge in his county and after a prolonged deadlock in the district, agreed upon the nomination of a third candidate, director and attorney for Wyoming National Bank many years, has been burgess, councilman, school director, chairman of the Democratic county committee several years, delegate to state and national convention of that party, prominent in masonry, was past master of his lodge 1878 and again in 1890, is District Deputy Grand Master 16th District of Penna., is a Past High Priest of his chapter and Past Eminent Commander of his Commandery, was Grand Standard Bearer of the Grand Commandery of Penna., 1901, has been trustee of the Methodist church for many years, resides at Tunkhannock, Penna. To James Wilson Piatt and Frances Cecelia Overfield Piatt was born one daughter: i. EULALIE MAE PIATT, b. Sept. 28, 1878; was graduated from Wyoming Seminary 1897, Wellesley College In 1901, is now a law student in her father's office. iv. JOSEPH WOOD PIATT, b. July 6, 1854; m. Sept. 12, 1877, Carrie Althea Peck, b. Feb. 28, 1858, daughter of Rev. J. K. Peck, A. M., at Oxford, N. Y. He prepared for college but did not continue his proposed course; entered the law office of his father at Tunkhannock, Penna., was admitted to the bar in 1876, Supreme Court in 1881, has been in constant practice of his profession for twenty-eight years. He has held an influential position at the bar, has been identified with many important cases, employed as counsel on one side or the other; has been connected with the news paper business for more than thirty years, has edited the "Worker," "New Age," "Standard and Postal Review," etc.; has been prominent in good school advancement, elected five times as director, the last two times unopposed. In politics he is a Democrat, 203 by church affiliation a Methodist, resides at Tunkhannock, Penna. To Joseph Wood Piatt and Carrie Althea Peck Piatt were born three children: i. MARY SEARLE PIATT, b. Oct. 10, 1878, d. Oct 22, 1878. ii. WILLIAM McKINNEY PIATT, b. Oct. 13, 1879; m. July 3, 1902, Marion Shepphard. He was graduated from the Tunkhannock High School at fifteen years of age, as valedictorian of his class; entered Lafayette College the same year; was graduated and designated as an honor man in the class of 1899; received a master's degree in 1902. Since the year of his graduation he has resided at Winston Salem, N. C., where be was married, and is an electrical and civil engineer. His talents and achievements are pronounced and great. To William McKinney Piatt and Marion Shepphard Piatt was born one child: i. JOSEPHINE ALTHEA PIATT, b. on Dewey Day, May 1, 1903, at the home of her grandparents at Tunkhannock, Penna. iii. RUTH PECK PIATT, b. Jan. 2, 1882, a graduate of the University at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1905; a member of the D. A. R. Society under five ancestors. XXXI. Nancy M. Piatt5 (Mary Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born May 13, 1824, died August 23, 1864; married Robert H. McCormick. Issue: i. BRADY PIATT McCORMICK, b. Feb. 1, 1847, d. Apr. 15, 1871. ii. HANNAH McCORMICK, b. Nov .30, 1848, d. Feb. 4, 1891. iii. WILLIAM E. McCORMICK, b. Nov. 10, 1850, d. Sept. 8, 1862. iv. MARY P. McCORMICK, b. Mar. 15, 1853, d. Mar. 26, 1857. v. JOSEPH H McCORMICK, b. May 10, 1855. vi. MARGARET McCORMICK, b Mar. 11, 1857, d. Nov. 25, 1858. vii. ROBERT W. McCORMIOK, b. Aug. 4, 1859, d. Apr. 28, 1864. viii. FRANCES J. H. McCORMICK, b. Sept. 10, 1861. XXXII. Samuel Brady5 (William Perry Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born August 31, 1815, at Aaronsburg, Centre Co., Penna., died November 8, 1863 at Hamburg, Clinton Co., Penna.; mar- 204 ried 1838, in the White Deer Valley, Penna., Margaret Kerr Russell, born December 4, 1812, died October 28, 1902. He was a farmer and skilled railroad contractor, capable and reliable in business life, and congenial and pleasing in society. He and his family attended the Presbyterian church, and he is buried beside his wife at Lock Haven, Penna. Issue: i. WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, b. Apr. 22, 1840, d. Nov. 14, 1902; m. and had one son, William Perry, who lived at Chicago, Ill., and d. there. ii. BARBARA BRADY, b. Feb. 26, 1842; m. June 19, 1881, Judge J. W. Clark, who presided over the courts of Clinton county, and resides at Lock Haven, Penna. He was Associate Judge from January, 1891, to January, 1896, and Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans' Court from 1876-1879. iii. RACHEL A. BRADY, b. Mar. 17, 1844, d. Sept. 20, 1868. iv. MARY BRADY, b. May 21, 1846; m. Apr. 3, 1878, H. T. Jarrett, b. Sept. 2, 1842, at Allentown, Penna., d. Jan. 29, 1903, at Lock Haven, Penna., son of Col. Phaon Jarrett. He served as deputy prothonotary of Clinton county, and was deputy register and recorder during the term of Judge J. W. Clark. He was interested with the company that erected the Milton water works and the Bloomsburg gas works at Renova. He had the contract for the water pipe extension at Lock Haven. In 1892 he was appointed deputy register, and in 1897 was elected to the office of register and recorder, and at the time of his death was serving the last year of his second consecutive term. He was an efficient official, and his pleasing and courteous manner made him popular and his death lamented. He was a trustee of the Normal School, elected in 1890, also a member of the Masonic fraternity. His widow resides at Lock Haven. They had one child who d. in infancy. v. ARLETTA BRADY, b. July 14, 1851; m. Dec. 27, 1871, Willis Taylor, b. Oct. 13, 1845, a well known conductor with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for eighteen years, and with the N. Y. Central Railroad Company for twenty years, reside at Williamsport, Penna. To Willis Taylor and Arletta Brady Taylor were born two children: i. BRADY SWARTZ TAYLOR, b. Oct. 24, 1872, d. July 27, 1889. ii. FLORA BRADY TAYLOR, b. Feb 26, 1874; m. Oct. 3, 1894, Carroll D. Smith, of New York City. To Carroll D. Smith and Flora Brady Taylor Smith were born three children: 205 i. MARGARET BRADY SMITH, b. July 18, 1895. ii. MILDRED FRANKLIN SMITH, b. Aug. 4, 1896. iii. Infant d. July 4, 1903 XXXIII. Lyons Mussina Brady5 (William Perry Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born May 9, 1821, at Mackeyville, Clinton Co., Penna., died August 9, 1853, at Mackeyville; married December 6, 1842, Sarah Thompson McKibben, born. October 25, 1823, died January 30, 1897 at Clearfield, Penna., at the home of her son. He was a farmer, a member of the Presbyterian church an exemplary character, benevolent and kind, just in his dealings with his fellow men, and spent his life in useful endeavors. He and his wife are buried near Salone, Clinton Co., Penna. Issue: i. LIBERTY DEWART BRADY, b. Nov. 1, 1843; m. William Anson Hanna, b. Sept. 12, 1836, reside near Lock Haven, Penna. To William Anson Hanna and Liberty Dewart Brady Hanna were born three children: i. JAMES MITCHELL HANNA, b. July 6, 1865; m. Oct. 19, 1888, Maggie Carpenter. To James Mitchell Hanna and Maggie carpenter Hanna were born three children: i. CARRIE HANNA, b. Sept. 24, 1889. ii. DELLA HANNA, b. Sept. 26, 1892. iii. BRADY HANNA, b. Feb. 6, 1894. ii. WILLIAM FOSTER HANNA, b. Nov. 12, 1869. iii. JOSEPH BRADY HANNA, b. Jan. 13, 1884. ii. JENNIE M. BRADY, b. Mar. 22, 1845, d. Mar. 3, 1874. iii. HELENA KATE BRADY, b. Apr. 21, 1847; m. June 26, 1873. Joseph Allison, b. Aug. 2, 1839, at Cedar Springs, Penna., was in the War of the Rebellion, reside at Parvin, Penna. To Joseph Alison and Helena Kate Brady Allison were born two children: i. LUCETTA S. ALLISON, b. July 24, 1874; m. June 24, 1894, Huston H. McKibben, reside at Parvin, Penna. ii. D. ARTHUR ALLISON, b. Feb. 6, 1877; m. June 3, 1898, Edna D. Shirey, reside at Parvin Penna. iv. RACHEL BELLE BRADY, b. Apr. 8, 1850; m. Dec. 25, 1872, Prof. W. F. Beck, b. Oct. 14, 1846, at Hublersburg, Centre Co., Penna. He is a professor of music, and an efficient piano tuner at Lock Haven, Penna. Until 1878 they lived at Mackeysville, Penna., then removed to Bellefonte, Penna., where they resided for five years. Since that time they have made Lock 206 Haven their home, where Prof. Beck is at the head of his profession and held in high esteem by all with whom he is associated. To Prof. W. F. Beck and Rachel Belle Brady Beck were born three sons: i. BRADY F. BECK, b. Nov. 24, 1874; m. Aug. 4, 1897, Lizie J. Limbert, reside at Lock Haven, Penna. ii. W. MALCOM BECK, b. July 14, 1878; m. Dec. 19, 1900, Elizabeth Lewis, reside at Lock Haven, Penna. iii. WARD E. BECK, b. Aug. 25, 1880, resides at Lock Haven, Penna. v. REV. LYONS MUSSINA BRADY, b. Jan. 9, 1853; m. May 16. 1888, Sallie V. Gwynn, daughter of the late Rev. William Gwynn of the Methodist church, and born in Maryland. He was born at Mackeysvllle, Clinton Co., Penna., educated in the public schools and at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penna. Entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885, and has served charges at Loyalsock two years, Penfield five years, Williamsburg one year, Coalport one year, Clearfield Second church five years, Mt. Union five years, and at present is ministering to the congregation at Hughesvlle, Penna., where he has been for two years. To him was given the honor of unveiling the monument at Muncy, October 15, 1879, erected to the memory of Captain John Brady. To Rev. Lyons Mussina Brady and Sallie V. Gwynn Brady was born one daughter: i. MAUD S. BRADY, b. Nov. 1, 1889. XXXIV. Jane McCall Brady5 (William Perry Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born July 20, 1823, at Mackeysville, Clinton Co., Penna., died October 10, 1854, near Flemington, Clinton Co., Penna.; married April 19, 1849, Henry Bridgens, born July 16, 1815 near Sugar Run, above Lock Haven, Penna., died August 15, 1855 near Flemington. He was by occupation a farmer, owning and living on his beautiful farm a few miles from Flemington. He and his family were members of the Presbyterian church, and were staunch defenders of the faith, regular in attendance at service. Issue: i. WILLIAM R. BRIDGENS, b. Jan. 16, 1850, near Flemington, Penna.; m. June 20, 1871, Rachel A. Mozley, of Muncy, Penna., b. May 20, 1852, at Lairdsville, Penna. Before marriage he held a position at Muncy, and soon after removed to Northumberland, Penna., at which place he now resides. He is a telegraph operator and has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania 207 Railroad Company, in the Master Mechanic's office, Sunbury, Penna., and Milton, Penna. since 1878. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and votes the Prohibition ticket, a great Bible student, has committed to memory more than two thousand verses of scripture. His Bible talks at Y. M. C. A. and other religious meetings are most intellectual and helpful. He is a man of honor, enjoying the respect of his fellowmen. To William R. Bridgens and Rachel A. Mozley Bridgens were born four children: i. CHARLES H. T. BRIDGENS, b. Apr. 15, 1872. ii. MARY REBECCA BRIDGENS, b. Apr. 22, 1875. iii. JOSEPH WILLARD BRIDGENS, b. Jan. 12, 1877. iv. RALPH FISKE BRIDGENS, b. Nov. 9, 1890. ii. THOMAS WELLS BRIDGENS, b. May 2, 1852, near Flemington, Penna., d. Apr. 17, 1876, at Lock Haven, Penna. XXXV. James Dunlop Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born January 20, 1830, at Chambersburg, Penna., died April I 5, 1904, at Cincinnati, Ohio; married January 19, 1854, Eliza Hannah Beares, born July 8, 1831, at Allegheny, Penna., died June 27, 1896, at Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of Henry Beares and Eliza Andress Beares, and is buried beside her husband at Philadelphia, Penna. Issue: i. LIDA ANDRESS BRADY, b. Jan. 17, 1855, d. June 11, 1902; m. Sept. 23, 1875, James Albert Woodwell, of Pittsburg, Penna. To James Albert Woodwell and Lida Audress Brady Woodwell was born one child: i. JOSEPH WOODWELL, b. Jan. 4, 1877; m. June 4, 1901, Dorothy Corinne Myers, daughter of Henry Myers, reside at Cincinnati, Ohio. To Joseph Woodwell and Dorothy Corinne Myers Woodwell was born one child: i. JOSEPH WOODWELL, b. Mar. 18, 1902. ii. ALICE BRADY, b. Sept. 21, 1856; m. Feb. 24, 1881, Homer Clark Stewart, b. Jan. 16, 1856, son of John Henderson Stewart and Emily Clark Stewart, reside at Pittsburg, Penna. To Homer Clark Stewart and Alice Brady Stewart were born four children: i. BRADY STEWART, b. Mar. 15, 1882. ii. CLARK PLUMER STEWART, b. Nov. 5, 1883, d. June 11, 1905, at State College, Penna. iii. HELEN BRADY STEWART, b. Nov. 4, 1888. iv. HOMER KUHN STEWART, b. Nov. 6, 1896. iii. CHARLES OSCAR BRADY, b. Nov. 27, 1858, d. Oct. 31, 1859. 208 iv. HADDASSAH BRADY, b. July 24, 1860, d. Apr. 30, 1865. v. GEORGE MORTON BRADY, b. Sept. 7, 1862; m. Oct. 7, 1897, Lida Webb, b. 1866, daughter of John Webb, reside at Cincinnati, Ohio. vi. MARGARET MORTON BRADY, b. Feb. 28, 1865; m. Sept. 19, 1888, Edward Hall Breed, b. Sept. 19, 1863, son of Judson Willard Breed and Sara Washborn Breed, of Jamestown, N. Y., reside at Cincinnati, Ohio. To Edward Hall Breed and Margaret Morton Brady Breed were born two children: i. OLIVE VIRGINIA BREED, b. July 20, 1889. ii. MARGARET MORTON BREED, b. Oct. 20, 1894. vii. JAMES DUNLOP BRADY, b. Aug. 15, 1867, d. Dec. 19, 1876. viii. CAROLINE BRADY, b. Aug. 2, 1869, d. Dec. 23, 1869. ix. HELEN McINTOSH BRADY, b. Oct. 25, 1870, d. Apr. 2, 1871. x. RUTH BRADY, b. June 9, 1872, d. Jan. 22, 1873. XXXVI. Joseph Pritts Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born May 9, 1833, at Chambersburg, Penna.; married November 24, 1859, Mary Elizabeth Murray, born July 21, 1833, at Pittsburg, Penna., daughter of John Murray and Harriett Beltzhoover Murray, reside at Chicago, Ill. Issue: i. Son, d. in Infancy, Aug. 4, 1860. ii. HENRY CLAY BRADY, b. Oct. 17, 1861, d. Apr. 5, 1862. iii. MURRAY JACKSON BRADY, b. Sept. 28, 1863; m. Nov. 30, 1888, Julia Arensburg, reside at Chicago, Ill. iv. ROBERT FREEBORN BRADY, b. Nov. 30, 1867, resides at Chicago, Ill. XXXVII. Jane Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born June 29, 1835, at Chambersburg, Penna.; married at Pittsburg, Penna., February 7, 1856, Robert Peel Duxbury, son of Caleb Duxbury and Ruth Duxbury, natives of England. He served through the Civil War, and died in 1869 from a disease contracted during his stay in the army. The family resided for a number of years at Pittsburg. Issue: i. CHARLES HILLBORN DUXBURY, b. Oct. 29, 1856, d. Nov. 24, 1899. ii. JASPER BRADY DUXBURY, b. Mar. 7, 1857; m. Sept. 24, 1885, Ella Tisdale, b. Nov. 17, 1864, at Rome, N. Y., daughter of Daniel Tisdale and Jane Tisdale. He is engaged in the railroad business, and resides at Estherville, Iowa. 209 XXXVIII. Jasper Ewing Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born October 21, 1837, at Chambersburg, Penna., died February 8, 1899, at Philadelphia, Penna.; married September 10, 1860, Harriet Cora Townsend, born May 15, 1836, at Meadville, Penna., removed to Allegheny, Penna., when three years of age, where she lived until a few years after her marriage. She has resided at Philadelphia for nine years. Her husband was a prominent banker and expert accountant, and filled responsible positions in Allegheny, Kansas and Philadelphia. His character was strong, his influence far reaching, and his fellow men relied upon his superior judgment. Issue: i. REV. CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, D. D., b. Dec. 20, 1861, at Allegheny, Penna.; m. first Clarissa Sidney Guthrie, who d. 1890. He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1888; L. L. D. St. John's College; in railroad service with the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific roads for several years; studied theology under Bishop Worthington in Nebraska, ordained deacon in 1889, priest in 1890; was rector of Protestant Episcopal churches in Missouri and Colorado, archdeacon of Kansas until 1895 and archdeacon of Pennsylvania until 1899; rector of St. Paul's church, Overbrook, Philadelphia, from 1899 to 1902; resigned his charge to engage in literary work. During the Spanish-American War he was chaplain of the 1st. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, is a member of American Academy Political and Social Science: S. A. R. Military Order of Foreign Wars. He is a member of the Authors' Club (New York), University, Franklin Inn (Philadelphia), and the Hamilton (Brooklyn). As an author he is brilliant, and has contributed to the literary world "For Love of Country", 1898, "For the Freedom of the Sea", 1899, "The Grip of Honor", 1899, "Stephen Decatur", 1900, "Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West", 1900, "Commodore Paul Jones", 1900, "American Fights and Fighters", 1900, "Reuben James", 1900, "When Blades are Out and Love's Afield", 1901, "Under Topsails and Tents", 1901, "Colonial Fights and Fighters", 1901, "Hohenzollern", 1902, "Border Fights and Fighters", 1902, "The Southerners", 1903, "The Bishop", 1903, "A Doctor of Philosophy", 1903, "Sir Henry Morgan-Buccaneer", 1903, "In the War With Mexico", 1903, "The Corner in Coffee", 1904, "A Little Traitor to the South", 1904, "A Midshipman in the Pacific", 1904, "The Records", 1904, "Indian Fights and Fighters", 1904, "The Two Captains", 1905, "Conquest of the 210 Southwest", 1905, "Three Daughters of the Confederacy", 1905, "My Lady's Slipper", 1905, "True Andrew Jackson", 1905, resides at Brooklyn, N. Y. To Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, D. D., and Clarissa Sidney Guthrie Brady were born three children: i. CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, Jr., b. June 23, 1887. ii. SUSAN ELIZABETH BRADY, b. Sept. 8, 1888. iii. SIDNEY GUTHRIE BR4DY, b. May 20, 1890. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, D. D., m. secondly Mary Barrett. To Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, D. D., and Mary Barrett Brady were born three children: i. MARGARET BARRETT BRADY, b. Jan. 17, 1892. ii. KATHARINE MORTON BRADY, b. Feb. 22, 1894. iii. ESMOND BARRETT BRADY, b. Jan. 28, 1900. ii. JOSEPHINE HOWARD SEAL BRADY, b. Aug. 10, 1865, d. 1869. iii. JASPER EWING BRADY, b. Sept. 12, 1867. iv. FREDERICK NOBLE BRADY, b. Mar. 14, 1869, d 1870. v. SUE BRITTON BRADY, b. Dec. 17, 1870, at Leavenworth, Kan., in. Oct. 18, 1893, Letcher Lee Ashbrook, b. Jan. 26, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo., where he lived before his marriage, and later removed to Manhattan, Kan., where he now resides. To Letcher Lee Ashbrook and Sue Britton Brady Ashbrook were born two children: i. LETCHER LEE ASHBROOK, b. Oct. 19, 1894. ii. HARRIETT CORA ASHBROOK, b. Aug. 7, 1898. vi. CORA TOWNSEND BRADY, b. Nov. 29, 1873, d. 1899. vii. MARGARET MORTON BRADY, b. 1875, deceased. XXXIX. George Keyports Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born December 9, 1839, at Chambersburg, Penna., died January 20, 1899, at Chicago, Ill.; married at Pittsburg, Penna., October 9, 1862, Henrietta Margaret Murray, born July 21, 1839, at Allegheny, Penna., daughter of John Murray and Harriett Beltzhoover Murray. He responded to the first call for troops in 1861, enlisting in Company B, 12th Pennsylvania Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, April 25, 1861, and remained with the company until July 8th, when he accepted a commission as first lieutenant, 14th Infantry, U. S. A. his appointment dating from May 14, 1861. During the remainder of the year he was on duty at Fort Trumbull, Conn., and in January, 1862, joined his regiment at Perryville, Md. With it he participated in the battles of the Peninsular Campaign, Yorktown, Gaines Mills, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Smoker's Gap, 211 Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Laurel Hill, Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. In the last named battle, while serving as adjutant general for the brigade, he was wounded, taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison. He was promoted captain June 10th, 1864, and August 18, 1864, received a brevet as major, U. S. A., for his gallantry in the battle at the Weldon Railroad. He was paroled in September, 1864, and went to New York City where he did good service in the draft riot, and, as soon as exchanged, rejoined his regiment at the front, and March 16th, 1865, received a brevet as lieutenant colonel, U. S. A., for gallant and meritorious services during the war. In October of that year he went to the Pacific coast, and from that time to the day of his retirement his record is that of many a gallant officer. He was transferred to the 23rd Infantry September 21, 1866; promoted to major, 18th Infantry, March 1, 1886; lieutenant colonel, 17th Infantry, March 19, 1891, and August 16, 1894, was retired at his own request, after more than thirty years continuous service. Issue: i. HARRIETT MURRAY BRADY, b. Mar. 10, 1866, in Arizona, d. Mar 31, 1866. ii. DR. MIFFLIN BROADHEAD BRADY, b. July 26, 1868, in Idaho; m. Dec. 19, 1895, Harriett Venable, b. July 24, 1868, at Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of William Henry Venable, L. L. D., and Mary Vater Venable. He took the scientific course at the "Chickering Classical and Scientific Institute" at Cincinnati, was graduated In June 1885, won medal for first honors in scientific course; was graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, Mar. 6, 1890, served as one of seven resident physicians selected by competitive examination, in the Cincinnati Hospital from Apr. 10, 1890, to Apr. 10, 1891. He has been practicing medicine in that city since he entered the profession. To Dr. Mifflin Broadhead Brady and Harriett Venable Brady were born two children: i. HENRIETTA MARGARET BRADY, b. Feb. 21, 1899. ii. MARNA VENABLE BRADY, b. Aug. 16, 1903. iii. GEORGE MORTON BRADY, b. Dec. 29, 1869, d. Aug. 9, 1870, the first child of American parents born in Sitka after Alaska was purchased from Russia. XL. Charlotte Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born 212 April 7, 1847, at Chambersburg, Penna.; married at Washington D. C., October 20, 1868, Franke Hermann Finckel, born March 9, 1847, at Washington, died December 11, 1878, at Germantown, Penna., and is buried there, son of Rev. Samuel De Vin Finckel and Harriett Keller Finckel. Rev. Samuel De Vin Finckel, son of John Christian Finckel and grandson of Dr. Philip Finkel, surgeon in Berks county militia, 1777, was born at Jonestown, Lebanon Co., Penna., February 22, 1811. He commenced preparing for the ministry in 1825; was a student at Gettysburg 1827, and 1832 was licensed to preach at the Lutheran ministerium convened at Womelsdorf, Penna. He was ordained in 1833 and commissioned pastor of the churches in Middletown and Greensburg, Dauphin Co., Penna. He removed to Washington, D. C., 1846, and for twenty-three years was pastor of the German Evangelical church of that city. At the same time he was employed as interpreter and copyist in the Quartermaster Generals office, War Department. He resigned his German charge in 1869, and preached in English in Memorial chapel for two years, until the infirmities of age overtook him. He died in Washington, D. C., February 17, 1873. His life was one of incessant labor and usefulness in church and state. His son, Franke Hermann Finckel, was in business in Germantown at the time of his death, after which his widow removed to Washington, D. C., and educated her children. They reside at Washington. Issue: i. DE VIN FINCKEL, b. Oct. 18, 1869, d. Aug. 20, 1892. ii. HELEN FINCKEL, b. Nov. 9, 1871. iii. ALICE FINCKEL, b. Sept. 19, 1874. iv. JANE MORTON FINCKEL, b. Jan. 31, 1877. XLI. William Perry Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born February 25, 1849, at Chambersburg, Penna.; married, at Burlington, Iowa, May 23, 1879, Lucy Denise Tracy, He holds a position in the Rock Island Railroad system at Davenport, Iowa, where he resides. Issue: 213 i. EDITH TRACY BRADY, b. May 24, 1880; m. June 5, 1901, Arthur Linnwood Rule, a lawyer residing at Mason City, Iowa. To Arthur Lynnwood Rule and Edith Tracy Brady Rule was born one child: i. EDITH BRADY RULE, b. Mar. 5, 1902. XLII. Margaret Faber Brady5 (Jasper Ewing Brady4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born July 20, 1852, at Pittsburg, Penna.; married March 23, 1904, Dr Swan Moses Burnett, a prominent oculist and ear specialist in Washington, D. C., born March 16, 1847, at Newmarket, Tenn., son of John Montgomery Burnett and Lydia Ann Peck Burnett. XLIII. James B. Piatt5 (Hannah Brady Piatt4, John Brady5, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born July 10, 1821, in the White Deer Valley, Penna., died February 17, 1888, at Tipton, Iowa; married January 8, 1846, Mary Ann Russell, born January 13, 1821, died August 13, 1890. i. HERMON PIATT. ii. RUSSELL PIATT. iii. ANNIE W. PIATT. iv. MARGARET PIATT. v. WILLIAM PIATT. XLIV. Hermon Cline Piatt5 (Hannah Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March 24, 1824 in the White Deer Valley Penna., died November 18, 1888; married at La Porte, Ind., November 3, 1852, Margaret Eason, born January 23, 1827. He lived in his native county for twenty-three years, was graduated from Jefferson College in 1849, removed to Indiana, taught school in the Academy at La Porte, went to South Bend and read law with a prominent attorney, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1852. In 1853 he took his wife to Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa, and continued in the steady practice of law until two years before his death. He was elected treasurer of Cedar county, and held the position for almost six years, was president of the school board, president of Cedar County Agricultural Society, and trustee of Iowa College for the Blind. His principles strongly Democratic, and the county a Republican stronghold, his popu- 214 larity was shown when he was elected in 1887 to the legislature as a representative of Cedar county. His religious sentiments were Presbyterian. He was a member of the blue lodge in Free Masonry, and is buried in the Masonic cemetery at Tipton. Issue: i. FINNETTIE PIATT, b. Apr. 8, 1855, m. July 28, 1880, Dr. Percival R. Pine, of Tipton, Iowa. To Dr. Percival R. Pine and Finnettie Piatt Pine was born one child: i. GENEVIEVE PIATT PINE, b. Sept. 19, 1882. ii. MARY IRENE PIATT, b. Dec. 17, 1856; m. June 11, 1885, William E. Shipley, reside at Tipton, Iowa. To William B. Shipley and Mary Irene Piatt Shipley was born one child: i. HERMON EVERETT SHIPLEY, b. Dec. 3, 1887. iii. HERMON BRUCE PIATT, b. June 26, 1863, d. July 7, 1864. iv. WILLIAM BRADY PIATT, b. May 17, 1865; m. Apr. 1, 1885, Sarah M. Richards., reside at Tipton, Iowa. To William Brady Piatt and Sarah M. Richards Piatt was born one child: i. HERMON CLINE PIATT, b. Dec. 24, 1892. v. SARAH M. PIATT, b. Apr. 14, 1868, d. Feb. 23, 1869. XLV. Abner Piatt5 (Hannah Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March 27, 1827, in the White Deer Valley, Penna., died October 23, 1901, at Chicago, Ill.; married November 20, 1856, Annie Murphy. Issue: i. HAMMOND PIATT. ii. HARRY PIATT. iii. EMILY PIATT. iv. ANNIE PIATT. XLVI. McCall Piatt5 (Hannah Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born August 4, 1829 in the White Deer Valley, Penna.; married, October 25, 1855, Margaret McCormick, born February 3, 1836. He is a retired farmer and tanner and resides at Montgomery, Penna., an honored citizen, a trusted friend, in his political views a Democrat, in religion a Presbyterian. Issue: i. MARGARET ELIZABETH PIATT, b. Sept. 10, 1856, d. Mar. 13, 1857. [Image] THE BIG SPRING PRESBYTERIAN GRAVEYARD AT NEWVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 215 ii. HANNAH BRADY PIATT, b. June 8, 1858; m. Mar. 2, 1882, Y. S. Opp, reside at Muncy, Penna. iii. LAURA PIATT, b. Mar. 25, 1860. iv. JOHN W. PIATT, b. Oct. 29, 1863; m. May 30, 1889, Sarah Foresman. To John W. Piatt and Sarah Foresman Piatt were born three children: i. EDGAR LEROY PIATT, b. Dec. 15, 1889, d. Oct. 3, 1890. ii. MARY ELLEN PIATT, b. Nov. 9, 1891. iii. MARGARET PIATT, b. Dec. 12, 1892. v. ELIZABETH MAY PIATT, b. Oct. 5, 1865; m. Oct. 18, 1900, William E. Kilmer. vi. SARAH McCORMICK PIATT, b. Aug. 30, 1867, d. May 7, 1901; m. Jan. 11, 1893, John S. McKee. To John S. McKee and Sarah McCormick Piatt McKee was born one child: i. DOROTHEA McKEE, b. Dec. 20, 1895. vii. JOSEPH M. PIATT, b. Jan. 16, 1870; m. Oct. 29, 1895, Minerva Groff. To Joseph M. Piatt and Minerva Groff Platt were born three children: i. MAC PIATT, b. Oct. 9, 1896. ii. EMILY PIATT, b. Apr. 13, 1898. iii. JAY WALDO PIATT, b. July 16, 1903. XLVII. Elizabeth Piatt5 (Hannah Brady Piatt4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born April 30, 1836 in the White Deer Valley, Penna., died November 21, 1868, at Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa, and is buried there; married November 15, 1855, William S. McCormick, born 1832, in the White Deer Valley. They lived in the Valley for some years and later removed to Iowa. After the death of his wife the husband returned to his old home, where he has since resided. He is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Democrat, by profession a farmer. Issue: i. WILLIAM PIATT McCORMICK, b. 1856; m. Isabella Foresman. ii. MARGARET McCORMICK, b. 1859; m. John Russell. iii. CHARLOTTE BRADY McCORMICK, b. 1861; m. William Bailey. iv. SETH McCORMICK, b. 1863; m. Emma Trump. v. HANNAH MARY McCORMICK, b. 1865; m. Horace G. McCorty. vi. HERMAN BRADY McCORMICK, b. 1868; m. Kate Miller. XLVIII. Jasper Brady Stoughton5 (Jane Brady Stoughton4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) 216 was born February 22, 1826, at Lewisburg, Penna., died February 19, 1891, at Augusta, Ga., and is buried in the cemetery there; married December 1, 1858, Sarah Jane Broadhurst, born January 23, 1836, at Augusta, Ga., and resides at that place. He was a draughtsman and architect, with a mind fully equipped with knowledge for his line of business, able, upright, and affable, a typical American, broad in his views, and held high in public favor. He honored and advanced every charitable enterprise, and was a member of the Methodist church. Issue: i. KATE LYNDALL STOUGHTON, b, Aug. 8, 1859, at Augusta, Ga.; m. May, 7, 1884, Samuel Warwick Coons, b. Feb. 21, 1856, near Scottville, Ill., agent for the Standard Oil Company, stationed at Louisville, Ky. To Samuel Warwick Coons and Kate Lyndall Stoughton Coons were born seven children: i. CLARANCE CROSBY COONS, b. Mar. 31, 1885, d. June 26, 1885. ii. HERBERT COONS, b. May 8, 1886, at Charleston, S. C. iii. ALBERTA COONS, b. Apr. 28, 1888, at Chattanooga, Tenn. iv. OSCAR COONS, b. May 13, 1890, at Chattanooga, Tenn., d. Oct. 4, 1892. v. LEONA COONS, b. Apr. 18, 1892, at Chattanooga, Tenn. vi. MYRTLE COONS, b. June 19, 1894, at Chattanooga, Tenn. vii. WARREN SAMUEL COONS, b. May 7, 1896, at Chattanooga, Tenn. ii. EMMA STOUGHTON, b. July 14, 1861, at Augusta, Ga. iii. ORAN STOUGHTON, b. Feb. 9, 1863, at Augusta, Ga., 4. Sept. 16, 1864. iv. OSCAR STOUGHTON, b. Mar. 7, 1865, at Augusta, Ga., m. Nov. 20, 1898, Carobell Ratcliffe, b. Nov. 11, 1874. He is secretary of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company, at Augusta. To Oscar Stoughton and Carobell Ratcliffe Stoughton were born two children: i. OSCAR STOUGHTON, b. Jan. 10, 1900, at Augusta, Ga. ii. MARSDEN STOUGHTON, b. 1902, at Augusta, Ga., d. in infancy. v. JASPER BRADY STOUGHTON. Jr., b. Aug. 11, 1867, at Augusta, Ga., is a draughtsman by profession; m. June 16, 1897, Augusta G. Apel, b. Nov. 4, 1875, at Augusta, Ga. To Jasper Brady Stoughton, Jr., and Augusta G. Apel Stoughton were born two children: 217 i. ROWLAND STOUGHTON, b. Jan. 24, 1898, at Augusta, Ga., d. May 30, 1899. ii. MINNIE APEL STOUGHTON, b. Mar. 22, 1900, at Augusta, Ga. vi. ROWLAND STOUGHTON, b. Sept. 5, 1869, at Augusta, Ga., d. June 27, 1870. vii. GEORGE STOUGHTON; b. Aug. 27, 1871, at Augusta, Ga., d. July 19, 1873. viii. ALICE STOUGHTON, b. Jan. 26, 1874, at Augusta, Ga.; m. Nov. 16, 1901, Samuel Franklin Ridlehoover, b. Dec. 4, 1870, in Edgefield Co., S. C., engineer and superintendent of the Interstate Ice Company, at Augusta. To Samuel Franklin Ridlehoover and Alice Stoughton Ridlehoover was born one child: i. SAMUEL FRANKLIN RIDLEHOOVER, Jr., b. Feb. 4, 1903, at Augusta, Ga. XLIX. Catharine Ann Stoughton5 (Jane Brady Stoughton4, John Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born November 14, 1827, at Lewisburg, Penna., died October 24, 1870; married January 27, 1846, Stephen Flanigan Lyndall, born December 7, 1812, at Philadelphia, Penna., died May 12, 1856, at Lewisburg, where he was a merchant, and held in the highest esteem by citizens and friends. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. She was a strong sincere character, with the noblest aspirations, and cultured taste in everything pertaining to her home, a devoted mother and wife. With her husband, she is buried at Lewisburg. Issue: i. JASPER BRADY LYNDALL, b. Nov. 13, 1846, d. May 14, 1876. ii. KATE LYNDALL, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. Mar. 11, 1900; m. Apr. 4, 1876, James Biddle Forrest, b. Oct. 5, 1845, son of George Washington Forrest and Sarah Ann Hartman Forrest, connected with the Union National Bank at Lewisburg, Penna., where he resides with his daughter, members of the Presbyterian church. To James Diddle Forrest and Kate Lyndall Forrest were born two children: i. GEORGE W. FORREST, b. Feb. 23, 1878, d. July 10, 1881. ii. HELEN MARR FORREST, b. Sept. 30, 1880. iii. CLARA GEDDES LYNDALL, b. Apr. 5, 1851; m. Apr. 5, 1876, Frederick Moyer Furey, b. Dec. 31, 1847, at Potter's Mill, Centre Co., Penna., served one year and a half In the Civil War, is a Republican in politics and is engaged in the baggage transfer business at San Francisco, Cal., where he and his family reside, members of the Presbyterian church. 218 To Frederick Moyer Furey and Clara Geddes Lyndall Furey were born four children: i. HETTIE MOYER FUREY, b. Apr. 10, 1877; m. Oct. 14, 1899, Seth A. Hollis. To Seth A. Hollis and Hettie Moyer Furey Hollis were born two children: i. LYNDALL HOLLIS, b. Sept. 18, 1901. ii. ROBERT ALDEN HOLLIS, b. Dec. 9, 1904. ii. HARRY LYNDALL FUREY, b. July 20, 1878, d. Mar. 21, 1892. iii. MARGARET BRADY FUREY, b. Oct. 7, 1880. iv. ZORAH IRWIN FUREY, b. July 20, 1883. iv. HENRY WARD BEECHER LYNDALL, b. May 16, 1854, d. Jan. 29, 1890, by profession a journalist; m. June 7, 1882, Margaret Matilda Barnard, b. Apr. 26, 1863, daughter of Daniel Paddock Barnard and Annie Matilda Cross Barnard. To Henry Ward Beecher Lyndall and Margaret Matilda Barnard Lyndall were born three children: i. SARAH BARNARD LYNDALL, b. Mar. 8, 1883, d. Apr. 17, 1890. ii. HENRY WARD LYNDALL, b. Mar. 8, 1886. iii. JOHN NESSLE LYNDALL, b. Oct. 2, 1887. L. Captain Evan Rice Evans Brady5 (Colonel Hugh Brady4, William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born March i6, 1823, at Indiana, Penna.; married January 28, 1845, Frances A. McGee. He was captain of Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, a brave soldier, a loyal patriot, killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862, while gallantly defending his country. Issue: i. SARAH GRACE BRADY, b. Oct. 17, 1850, d. Sept. 28, 1891. LI. Elizabeth Shippen Brady5 (Colonel Hugh Brady4, William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born December 25, 1825, at Indiana, Penna., died April 5, 1905, at Brookville, Penna.; married June 30, 1846, Andrew Craig, born February 23, 1820, died July 25, 1901, captain of Pennsylvania militia 1850-1860, an influential citizen, a valued friend, resided at Brookville. Issue: i. FRANCES JANE CRAIG, b. Mar. 21, 1848, d. July 27, 1849. ii. HUGH BRADY CRAIG, b. July 18, 1851; m. Sept. 26, 1871, Kate D. Bennett, reside at Brookville, Penna. To Hugh Brady Craig and Kate D. Bennett Craig were born two children: i. BENJAMIN C. CRAIG, b. Aug. 8, 1872; m. Oct. 16, 1898, Theona Smith. 219 ii. EDNA CRAIG, b. Oct. 30, 1875. iii. SARAH FRANCES CRAIG, b. July 21, 1854; m. June 24, 1874, Victor A. Haines. To Victor A. Haines and Sarah Frances Craig Haines were born six children: i. CLAUDE R. HAINES b. Dec. 21, 1875; m. June 16, 1897, Liada Hulings. To Claude R. Haines and Liada Rulings Haines were born three children: i. MABEL GERTRUDE HAINES, b. Apr. 21, 1898. ii. MARGARET RUTH HAINES, b. June 28, 1900. iii. SARAH EMMA HAINES, b. Nov. 11, 1903. ii. LAURA A. HAINES, b. Dec. 15, 1879; m. June 21, 1899, Edward Shoffstall. To Edward Shoffstall and Laura A. Haines Shoffstall was born one child: i. SARAH E. SHOFFSTALL, b. Mar. 22, 1900. iii. CHARLES A. HAINES, b. Feb. 21, 1883; m. June 10, 1903, Cora Brady. iv. EVAN A. HAINES, b. July 8, 1886. v. BENJAMIN G. HAINES, b. Feb. 3, 1892. vi. ELIZABETH A. HAINES, b. Sept. 28, 1895. iv. ALICE G. CRAIG, b. May 4, 1857. v. LAURA GRACE CRAIG, b. Oct. 23, 1860; m. June 6, 1883, Joseph W. Smith. To Joseph W. Smith and Laura Grace Craig Smith were born three children: i. BRADY C. SMITH, b. May 26, 1884. ii. FLORENCE L. SMITH, b. June 1, 1895. iii. RUTH A. SMITH, b. Feb .19. 1899. vi. EVAN RICE EVANS CRAIG, b. Apr. 25, 1864; m. June 20, 1889, Carrie Fink. To Evan Rice Evans Craig and Carrie Fink Craig were born three children: i. RUTH ELIZABETH CRAIG, b. Dec. 28, 1891. ii. DAVID F. CRAIG, b. Feb. 24, 1893. iii. BEATRICE H. CRAIG, b. Oct. 26, 1896. LII. Jane Elizabeth Cooper5 (Mary Brady Cooper4, William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born June 5, 1822, died August 22, 1899, at Long Mont, Col.; married November 28, 1841, Joseph B. Barclay, M. D., born March 19, 1819, in Northampton Co., Penna., died September 27, 1896, at Long Mont, Col. He was a physician of unusual ability, remarkable in cases requiring skillful treatment, and attractive in personality, with a wife who gave him and his profession the untiring devotion of a noble woman. 220 Issue: i. JOHN MORGAN BARCLAY, b. Sept. 26, 1842, at Punxsutawney, Penna., killed near Richmond, Va., June 27, 1862, unmarried. ii. FRANCES E. BARCLAY, b. Jan. 14, 1844, d. 1847. iii. HELEN BARCLAY, b. Sept. 25, 1846; m 1884, William Barney. To William Barney and Helen Barclay Barney were born two children: i. JENNIE BARNEY, d. young. ii. RALPH BARNEY, b. Apr. 2, 1887. iv. MARY EMMA BARCLAY, b. May 13, 1849, at Carmichales, Penna.; m. Aug. 9, 1867, William R. Norcross and reside at Greeley, Col., where they are members of the Unitarian church. To William R. Norcross and Mary Emma Barclay Norcross were born five children: i. GRACE NORCROSS, b. May 15, 1868, at Brownsville, Penna.; m. Aug. 6, 1887, U. M. Henderson of Ohio, a banker. To U. M. Henderson and Grace Norcross Henderson was born one son: i. JOHN WALLACE HENDERSON, b. July 5, 1892. ii. KATHARINE NORCROSS, b. June 20, 1872, at Greeley, Col.; m. Nov. 2, 1892, Edward Morse Gale, a banker of Birmingham, Mass. To Edward Morse Gale and Katharine Norcross Gale was born one child: i. JESSIE NORCROSS GALE, b. July 20, 1897. iii. FREDERICK BARCLAY NORCROSS, b. Sept. 4, 1874, at Long Mont, Col.; m. July 9, 1893, Laura Atkinson, b. Mar. 1878, at Greeley, Col. To Frederick Barclay Norcross and Laura Atkinson Norcross were born four children: i. FRED. B NORCROSS, b. May 23, 1894. ii. JAMES W. NORCROSS, b. Oct. 12, 1895. iii. KATIE NORCROSS, b. July 12, 1896, d. Mar., 1897. iv. HAROLD B. NORCROSS, b. Sept. 4, 1898. iv. ROBERT BARCLAY NORCROSS, b. Jan. 14, 1878, at Greeley, Col.; m. Oct. 8, 1901, Harriett Shane. To Robert Barclay Norcross and Harriet Shane Norcross was born one child: i. MILDRED SHANE NORCROSS, b. Dec. 31, 1902. v. JOSEPH B. NORCROSS, .b. July 22, 1889, at Greeley, Col. v. CHARLES BARCLAY, b. Feb. 1, 1852, at Brownsville, Penna.; m. Oct. 19, 1882, Ellen C. Cooper, of Cooper's Point, N. J. To Charles Barclay and Ellen C. Cooper Barclay was born one child: i. WALTER C. BARCLAY, b. Sept. 10, 1883. vi. JAMES C. BARCLAY, b. Dec. 10, 1856, at Brownsville, 221 Penna.; m. Oct. 24, 1887, Anna L. Power, of Brownsville. To James C. Barclay and Anna L. Power Barclay was born one child: i. EMILIE POWER BARCLAY, b. Dec. 20, 1889. vii. EDGAR BARCLAY, b. Oct. 2, 1859, d. May 3, 1899. viii. CARRIE BARCLAY, b. July 16, 1861, d. Sept. 27, 1891. LIII. Thomas Jefferson Cooper5 (Mary Brady Cooper4, William Penn Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James QuigIey1) was born April 2, 1829, in Bucks Co., Penna., died August 31, 1898, at Punxsutawney, Penna.; married August 16, 1854, Elizabeth Ann Beisel, born June 4, 1836, at Clearfield, Penna., and resides at Punxsutawney. He was one of the most widely known of the old settlers of Mahoning Valley. He was a lineal descendant of the first Earl of Shaftsbury. In 1833 he removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Penna., and some years later to Punxsutawney, where his father engaged in mercantile pursuits. He attended Duff's Business College, at Pittsburg, Penna., having previously taught school. After his graduation he received a position as bookkeeper in Pittsburg. He was eminently fitted by nature and culture for a prominent position in the world. Upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company C, 2nd battalion, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for six months, as a sergeant. At the expiration of that time he enlisted in Company B, 206th Regiment, as a sergeant and served during the remainder of the strife. After the close of the war he returned to Punxsutawney. He studied law and read medicine. As justice of the peace and notary public he served the populace of his city. He was endowed with an unusual degree of brain power, and his mental capacity, united with his intelligent conversational ability, made him a favorite in all walks of life. He claimed and held a place which is hard to fill, his clear insight and thoughtful consideration of plans and business interests when the city was organized and laid out, being of inestimable value to the patentees of the borough, and to the comfort and pleasure of future generations. Issue: i. CORA ADA COOPER, b. Apr. 26, 1857, d. June 4, 1857. ii. MOLLIE BRADY COOPER, b. Oct. 19, 1859; m. Dec. 22, 1887, Dr. Charles Gustav Ernst, b. Aug. 18, 1859, at Punxsutawney, Penna., d. June 15, 1902, at Punx- 222 sutawney. He attended Waynesburg College, Columbus Medical University, and Belleview Medical College, New York City, graduating from the two latter institutions. In 1891 he went to Europe and spent nearly two years in the leading hospitals of Berlin, Vienna, Prague, London and Paris, taking special courses and attending clinics. In 1893 he returned and established an office in Punxutawney, and began the practice of medicine, with a large following of patients, to whom he gave his undivided attention and devoted interest. As a physician he was skilled and successful and eminently popular. He was appointed special pension examiner during the second term of the administration of President Cleveland, which position he held for many years. In August, 1901, he was installed Grand Chancellor of the order of Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania, of which fraternity he was a faithful member and labored zealously for its cause. He was a man of superior talents, an accomplished public speaker, a thorough German scholar, a genial companion and friend, and almost without a peer in the rudiments and practice of medicine. He loved his life work, and inspired the confidence of his patients, as only those who give it their affectionate consideration can do. His early death and end of his earthly usefulness was deeply lamented. His widow resides at Punxsutawney and has valuable relics of Captain John Brady, her great-great-grandfather. Through her kindness they are mentioned in the sketch of his life. To Dr. Charles Gustav Ernst and Mollie Brady Cooper Ernst were born four children: i. Child, d. in infancy. ii. Child, d. in infancy. iii. MOLLIE COOPER ERNST, b. Aug. 24, 1890. iv. CHARLES GUSTAV ERNST, b. Apr. 25, 1894. iii. JAMES LINN McKEE COOPER, b. Oct. 12, 1861, d. Nov. 17, 1862. iv. THOMAS HENRY BEISEL COOPER, b. Apr. 8, 1874, d. Mar. 10, 1875. LIV. Sarah Wallis Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born September 18, 1834, at Chicago, Ill., then Fort Dearborn, died October 19, 1873, at Detroit, Mich.; married September 15, 1857, William H. Croul, born at Lyons, N. Y., died February 18, 1875, at Detroit, Mich., where he spent the greater part of his life. He was a manufacturer of eminent attainments, and devoted his attention to the furtherance of his business enterprises. He and his wife at tended the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian church, to which they were liberal contributors. They were genial, warm 223 hearted in their attachments, and thoroughly alive to the interests and demands of the generation in which they lived. Issue: i. ELIZABETH BRADY CROUL, b. Sept. 16, 1858; m. Oct. 20, 1880, Henry T. Thurber, b. at Monroe, Mich., was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874. He was a prominent lawyer, and held the office of private secretary to Grover Cleveland during his term as President of the United States from 1893 to 1897. He and his family resided at Detroit, Mich., where he d. Mar. 17, 1904. To Henry T. Thurber and Elizabeth Brady Croul Thurber were born five children: i. DONALD McD. DICKINSON THURBER, b. July 19, 1883. ii. MARION BARTLETT THURBER, b. Feb. 22, 1885. iii. HENRY THOMAS THURBER, b. Jan. 13, 1890. iv. ELIZABETH THURBER, b. May 7, 1893. v. CLEVELAND THURBER, b. Apr. 12, 1896. ii. HARRIET ELWOOD CROUL, b. Mar. 20, 1860, d. Apr. 22, 1883. iii. SARAH ISABELLE CROUL, b. Aug. 17, 1863; m. Oct. 4, 1882, George R. Bradbeer, reside at Detroit, Mich. To George R. Bradbeer and Sarah Isabelle Croul Bradbeer were born three children: i. EARL CROUL BRADBEER, b. July 28, 1883. ii. BRADY BRADBEER, b. June 15, 1888. iii. ISABELLE ELIZABETH BRADBEER, b. Aug. 6, 1889. iv. MARY NOBLE CROUL, b. Feb. 9, 1865; m. Sept. 25, 1889, George L. Canfield, b. Oct. 12, 1866, a lawyer, reside at Detroit, Mich. To George L. Canfield and Mary Noble Croul Canfield were born two children: i. ADELAIDE CANFIELD, b. Sept. 7, 1890. ii. WILLIAM CROUL CANFIELD, b. Dec. 21, 1891. LV. George Nexsen Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigicy1) was born August 25, 1837, at Detroit, Mich.; married, December 27, 1865, Augusta McClelland, born July 14, 1841, daughter of Hon. Robert McClelland, who was Secretary of the Interior under President Pierce. George Nexsen Brady was in partnership with his brother in the Building and Mining Supply trade at Detroit, but is now retired from active business. He resides within a hundred yards of the house in which he was born. With his family he is an adherent of the Christ Episcopal church and a liberal supporter of the same. In his possession is the sword presented 224 to his grandfather, General Hugh Brady, by the state of Pennsylvania, which has descended to the oldest son in each generation. It is now deposited in a case in the Detroit Museum of Art. He has also General Hugh Brady's commission as ensign in the army, bearing the signature of General George Washington. Issue: i. ROBERT McCLELLAND BRADY, b. May 3, 1868; m. Oct. 26, 1897, Mary Belle Holland, b. July 16, 1868, daughter of Charles Edward Holland and Mary Elizabeth Cardell Holland. ii. MARY AUGUSTA BRADY, b. Oct. 30, 1870; m. Oct. 9, 1895, Captain Robert M. Berry, U. S. Navy, stationed at Pensacola, Fla., in command of the "Kentucky" of the Asiatic squadron. LVI. Preston Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born November 8, 1844 at Detroit, Mich.; married first, January 2, 1868, Emily Medbery, of Milwaukee, Wis., who died in 1884, without issue; married secondly, October 23, 1889, Margaret H. Radcliff, of St. Catherins, Ontario. He received, his education partly at public and largely at private schools, studying Latin and Greek at the Polytechnic Institute, and taking a preparatory course for college under private tutorage. At nineteen years of age he decided to take up a commercial life, gave up his studies and entered the business house of his father, who retired in 1863. His brother, George Nexsen Brady, preceded him in the business, and at twenty-three years of age, he was admitted as a partner. After the death of his father, he with his brother, comprised the firm, until 1872, when his brother retired, leaving him to continue the business. The house has been a reliable Building and Mining Supply establishment for seventy-two years, and in its present location for fifty-five years has furthered the interests of the Lake Superior mining trade, and leading the forwarding business connected with the vessel interests, has a wide and unsurpassed reputation. Mr. Preston Brady's business integrity is unlimited. He resides at Detroit. The sword presented to his grandfather, General Hugh Brady, by General Anthony Wayne, is in his possession, and valued highly because of its priceless worth to his illustrious ancestor. 225 Issue: i. GEORGE PRESTON BRADY, b. July 31, 1890. LVII. Samuel Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born September 25, 1846 at Detroit, Mich.; married first, October 3, 1872, Jennie DeForest Howard, born September 12, 1852 at Detroit, Mich., died October 8, 1903, daughter of the late Hon. Jacob M. Howard, U. S. Senator from Michigan, and Catherine A. Shaw Howard. Samuel Brady received his early education at Detroit, attended the Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy N. Y., from 1865-67, and in the autumn of 1867 went to Frieburg, Saxony, and studied mine engineering, at the Royal Saxon School of Mines. He remained there until the spring of 1871. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has been at Rockland, Mich., with the Michigan Copper Mining Company as superintendent for six years. He is thoroughly familiar with his line of business, and is an expert in his profession, and successful in his enterprises. Although not a resident of Detroit, he still considers it his home, and is a member of the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian church of that city. He is cultured and progressive, actively engaged and deeply interested in all the pursuits of life. His brilliant mind is brought into play daily, and his achievements are the result of experience and study. Issue: i. SAMUEL HOWARD BRADY, b. Oct. 26, 1874; m. June 16, 1903, Florence Johanna Burk, of Detroit, Mich. ii. HUGH BRADY, b. Mar. 5, 1877; m. Dec. 31, 1903, Margaret Griffin, of Windsor, Ontario. iii. KATHERINE HOWARD BRADY, b. Dec. 6, 1884. d. May 21, 1887. iv. CHARLES HAMILTON HOWARD BRADY, b. June 17, 1887, d. Mar. 26, 1905. v. JACOB MERRITT BRADY, b. Oct. 5, 1889. Samuel Brady married secondly Apr. 27, 1905, Anna Herbel Gamble, born Nov. 25, 1866, at St. Louis, Mo., daughter of Abraham Herbel and Anna Dorothea Herbel. LVIII. Wallis Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born February 16, 1850, at Detroit, Mich., died April 27, 1899, at Los Angeles, Cal.; married Sarah J. Hill, born 226 February 15, 1850, at Detroit, Mich., died September 27, 1890, at Detroit. Issue: i. HATTIE CROUL BRADY, b. Oct. 27, 1872, at Detroit, Mich., d. Dec. 29, 1900, at Los Angeles, Cal. LIX. William Henry Brady5 (Samuel Preston Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James QuigIey1) was born June 11, 1858, at Detroit, Mich., died November 20, 1900, at Detroit; married Alice L. Darnell who died at Detroit October, 1901. LX. Mary Electus Backus5, (Mary Laithy Brady4, General Hugh Brady3, Mary Quigley Brady2, James Quigley1) was born December 8, 1837, at Detroit, Mich., died March 10, 1867, at Detroit; married on Governor's Island, January 5, 1856, James N. Ward, captain 3rd Infantry, U. S. A., who died December 6, 1858, at St. Anthony, Minn. Captain Ward and his wife are buried in the lot with General Hugh Brady, in Elmwood cemetery at Detroit; Mich. Issue: i. ELECTUS BACKUS WARD, b. Dec. 25, 1856, in a commanding officer's house on Governor's Island, N. Y. Harbor, his father having married the commanding officer's daughter, d. Apr. 25, 1891, at Richmond, Va.; m. Dec. 26, 1876, Mary Louise Armor, b. Feb. 12, 1861, at Dayton, Ohio, d. Apr. 16, 1904, daughter of Dr. Samuel G. Armor, president and dean of the faculty of the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y. Electus Backus Ward lived for a time in Georgia, then went to Detroit, Mich., educated by a private tutor, and completed his studies in Europe. He took a course in medicine but on account of ill health discontinued his practice and spent a number of years in travel. To Electus Backus Ward and Mary Louise Armor Ward were born three children: i. HUGH ARMOR WARD, b. Oct. 16, 1877, was educated in various private schools in this country and Europe, particularly in Virginia and Brooklyn, N. Y. He took a complete course in mechanical engineering, in the Pratt Institute of Technology at Brooklyn, resides in that city; is a director in several corporations, one of which is the New York Brazing Company; is a member of the Baptist church, in politics a Republican; m. Oct. 16, 1902, in St. Margaret's church, Westminster Abbey, Sara Gilfry, daughter of H. H. Gilfry, Parliamentarian of the U. S. Sen- 227 ate at Washington, D. C., a resident of Portland, Ore. To Hugh Armor Ward and Sara Gilfry Ward was born one child: i. HUGH ARMOR WARD, b. Jan. 26, 1904. ii. ELECTUS BACKUS WARD, b. Feb. 26, 1879, was educated in private schools in America, and in European institutions, is interested in various business enterprises, and is manager of the New York Brazing Company. He is a Republican in polities, a member of the Congregational church, resides In New York City; m. Dec. 5, 1900, Maud Spencer, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Wellington Spencer, of Utica, N. Y. iii. Son, d. at two years of age. End Part III