BRADY, Patrick J. - 1914

BRADY, WRIGHT, WALSH, DUGAN

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

PATRICK J. BRADY.

Patrick J. Brady is engaged in general farming in Marcus township, owning and cultivating four hundred and eighty acres of land. He has brought his fields to a high state of cultivation and his place is well managed and attractive in every particular, constituting one of the pleasing features of the landscape. Mr. Brady was born in New York city in March, 1855, and is a son of James and Mary (Wright) Brady, natives of Ireland. The father came to America at an early age and located in New York city, where for some time he engaged in the livery business. He afterward moved to Grundy county, Illinois, where he bought and improved a farm, operating this until his death, which occurred April 4, 1896. His wife survived him several years, dying in 1908.

Patrick J. Brady was reared and educated in Illinois and he remained with his parents until he was of age. He afterward worked for two years as a farm laborer and with the money thus earned came to Cherokee county and bought one hundred and twenty acres of land on section 15, Marcus township. From time to time he added to his holdings and has now four hundred and eighty acres, the first tract of which he purchased at nine dollars an acre and which is now worth two hundred dollars. Mr. Brady has operated this property since 1878 and each year has brought him increased prosperity, so that he has now a valuable, well improved and productive farm and has taken his place among substantial and representative citizens.

On the 15th of February, 1887, Mr. Brady was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Walsh, a daughter of John and Anna (Dugan) Walsh, the former a native of New York and the latter of Ireland. The parents went to Dubuque, Iowa, in early times and they made their home in that city until 1880, when they came to Cherokee county, where the father purchased land in Marcus township. This he operated until his death, which occurred September 27, 1903. His wife survives him and is living in Marcus. Mr. and Mrs. Brady have six children: May, aged twentythree; James, twenty-two; John, twentyone; Anna, eighteen; Cyril, sixteen; and Patrick, fourteen.

Mr. Brady is a member of the Roman Catholic church and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. For a number of years he has served as one of the trustees of Marcus township and has proved capable and efficient in the discharge of his public duties. His life has been a busy, useful and active one and his success is indicated in the fact of his ownership of one of the valuable farming properties of the county.