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Judge William Wallace Brady

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Judge William Wallace Brady

Birth
Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Jan 1889 (aged 57)
Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
Burial
Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
Plot
2-N, 13, 221
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Judge William W. Brady served eighteen consecutive years as county clerk of Wise County, and four years as county judge, a tenure of positions of trust hardly approached in the county's history by a second person.

Judge Brady came to Wise County in 1855 with his brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas Stewart and his family. He married Harriet R Bryan, 07 Sep 1859 in Wise County, a daughter of James C and Sarah Gulledge Bryan, of Bradley County, Tennessee. (Cates, Cliff Donahue: Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, Wise County Old Settlers' Association, Decatur, TX, 1907, Call number: 9153621), pp. 234–236.
Judge William W. Brady served eighteen consecutive years as county clerk of Wise County, and four years as county judge, a tenure of positions of trust hardly approached in the county's history by a second person.

Judge Brady came to Wise County in 1855 with his brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas Stewart and his family. He married Harriet R Bryan, 07 Sep 1859 in Wise County, a daughter of James C and Sarah Gulledge Bryan, of Bradley County, Tennessee. (Cates, Cliff Donahue: Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, Wise County Old Settlers' Association, Decatur, TX, 1907, Call number: 9153621), pp. 234–236.

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Born in Indiana Co., PA - 18 yrs County Clerk, 4 yrs County Judge - TX State Troops Inf Confederate States Army

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A special thanks for the headstone photo provided by WiseCountyTexas.info

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