Dan Brady, 1848-1926

BRADY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/18/2010 at 19:57:03

Dan Brady Dies at County Farm
Dan Brady, an old man seventy-eight years old, died at the county farm Monday. He had only been there a few days. The funeral services will take place this afternoon at three o’clock at the Allen Funeral Home. His body will be laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, June 2, 1926)

Per 1925 Ia census, born in Indiana. Parents were Henry Brady and Susan Sorels (?).

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Dan Brady Here For Years But Unknown, Dies
Dan Brady, who has resided at the south bridge for several years passed away at the county farm last Monday [June 1, 1926] afternoon. Brady has been a character about here that not many knew or understood. He was a fine fellow. No one knew where he came from or who he was. He never divulged any of his past history or who or where his relatives were. He told Mae Groves [unreadable because of paper fold] a wealthy sister. It is thought he had been a race horse man at some time. It is also thought that he was from Louisville, Ky. Mr. Brady always had a horror of going to the poor farm. He had enough to have kept him from it but there was no other place to take him. Mrs. Groves purchased a lot in Oak Hill cemetery for him so that he would not be laid to rest in the potter’s field. The funeral services will be held from the Allen Funeral home on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, June 2, 1926)