BRADY, Joseph

BRADY, GEARHART

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Date: 10/17/2001 at 16:15:28

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BROOKFIELD TWP.

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

JOSEPH BRADY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Elwood;. Mr. Brady was born in Lawrence Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1808; he removed, with his parents, John and Elizabeth Brady, to Jones Co., Iowa, in 1854; he enlisted in Co. C., 14th I. V. I; served until the fall of 1863, when he was transferred to Co. M., 7th I. V. C., and served until February, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, and came to Clinton Co. immediately afterward. In June, 1867, he married Miss Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Gearhart, who came from Pennsylvania to Jackson Co., at an early day; moved thence to Cass Co., where they now reside. Mr. Brady's children are Ida E., Jennie A. and Robert. Mr. B. is a Republican; owns
200 acres of land.