In the Gen. Hugh Brady family plot
Date of death is below grade level, requiring a shovel to determine date
Next to wife and M. Cassandra Smith (1778-1850)
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Samuel Preston Brady was born at Indiana, Indiana county, Pa., June 22d, 1809. He was the only son of Gen. Hugh Brady, United States army, and came to Detroit with his father in 1827 from Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In June, 1832, he accompanied Col. Whistler, who was in command of two companies of infantry, from Fort Niagara to Chicago, then a military frontier post, and returned to Detroit in March, 1837, and established the business which was afterward carried on by Brady & Trowbridge until 1849, when the partnership being dissolved he entered the forwarding and commission business at the foot of Woodward avenue. He continued this business until 1868, when, on account of ill health, he went to Europe and died at Cologne, Prussia, May 25th, 1868.
Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, by Fred Carlisle, 1890, p 218
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In addition to those listed below, Samuel Preston Brady had another son, Wallis Brady, who was born in Detroit, Michigan Feb 16, 1850 and died Apr 1899 in Los Angeles, California. Per contributor Chevy.
Date of death is below grade level, requiring a shovel to determine date
Next to wife and M. Cassandra Smith (1778-1850)
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Samuel Preston Brady was born at Indiana, Indiana county, Pa., June 22d, 1809. He was the only son of Gen. Hugh Brady, United States army, and came to Detroit with his father in 1827 from Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In June, 1832, he accompanied Col. Whistler, who was in command of two companies of infantry, from Fort Niagara to Chicago, then a military frontier post, and returned to Detroit in March, 1837, and established the business which was afterward carried on by Brady & Trowbridge until 1849, when the partnership being dissolved he entered the forwarding and commission business at the foot of Woodward avenue. He continued this business until 1868, when, on account of ill health, he went to Europe and died at Cologne, Prussia, May 25th, 1868.
Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, by Fred Carlisle, 1890, p 218
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In addition to those listed below, Samuel Preston Brady had another son, Wallis Brady, who was born in Detroit, Michigan Feb 16, 1850 and died Apr 1899 in Los Angeles, California. Per contributor Chevy.
In the Gen. Hugh Brady family plot
Date of death is below grade level, requiring a shovel to determine date
Next to wife and M. Cassandra Smith (1778-1850)
***
Samuel Preston Brady was born at Indiana, Indiana county, Pa., June 22d, 1809. He was the only son of Gen. Hugh Brady, United States army, and came to Detroit with his father in 1827 from Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In June, 1832, he accompanied Col. Whistler, who was in command of two companies of infantry, from Fort Niagara to Chicago, then a military frontier post, and returned to Detroit in March, 1837, and established the business which was afterward carried on by Brady & Trowbridge until 1849, when the partnership being dissolved he entered the forwarding and commission business at the foot of Woodward avenue. He continued this business until 1868, when, on account of ill health, he went to Europe and died at Cologne, Prussia, May 25th, 1868.
Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, by Fred Carlisle, 1890, p 218
***
In addition to those listed below, Samuel Preston Brady had another son, Wallis Brady, who was born in Detroit, Michigan Feb 16, 1850 and died Apr 1899 in Los Angeles, California. Per contributor Chevy.
Date of death is below grade level, requiring a shovel to determine date
Next to wife and M. Cassandra Smith (1778-1850)
***
Samuel Preston Brady was born at Indiana, Indiana county, Pa., June 22d, 1809. He was the only son of Gen. Hugh Brady, United States army, and came to Detroit with his father in 1827 from Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In June, 1832, he accompanied Col. Whistler, who was in command of two companies of infantry, from Fort Niagara to Chicago, then a military frontier post, and returned to Detroit in March, 1837, and established the business which was afterward carried on by Brady & Trowbridge until 1849, when the partnership being dissolved he entered the forwarding and commission business at the foot of Woodward avenue. He continued this business until 1868, when, on account of ill health, he went to Europe and died at Cologne, Prussia, May 25th, 1868.
Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, by Fred Carlisle, 1890, p 218
***
In addition to those listed below, Samuel Preston Brady had another son, Wallis Brady, who was born in Detroit, Michigan Feb 16, 1850 and died Apr 1899 in Los Angeles, California. Per contributor Chevy.
Inscription
SAM'L PRESTON BRADY
born at
Indiana co., Penn.
June 22, 1809
Died Cologne, Prussia
May 25, [1868]
Family Members
Siblings
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