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Brady, Hugh – Braine, Daniel Lawrence
Brady, Hugh
soldier, was born in July, 1768, in Northumberland county, Pa. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1822, and major-general in 1848. He distinguished himself at Lundy's Lane, at Chippewa, and at Niagara, and was wounded in the two latter engagements.
Stationed at Detroit during the patriot disturbances in Canada, he contributed greatly to the preservation of peace on the frontier. He died April 15, 1851, in Detroit, Mich.
Brady, James D
soldier, jurist, congressman, was born April 3, 1843, in Portsmouth, Va. He served throughout the civil war, rising through all the intermediate grades, to the rank of colonel. In 1880 and 1884 he was a delegate to the republican national conventions; and has been a prominent member of all state republican conventions in Virginia since the close of the war. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-ninth congress.
Brady, James T
lawyer, was born April 9, 1815, in New York city. He was appointed district attorney in 1843 for New York, and in 1845 corporation attorney. He died Feb. 9, 1869, in New York city.
Brady, Jasper E
lawyer, congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1849. He died Jan. 23, 1870, in Washington, D. C.
Brady, John R
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1821, in New York city. He engaged in the practice of law in New York city, and in 1855 was elected judge of the court of common pleas. In 1869 he was elected to the supreme bench, and in 1877 assigned to be a general term judge, which office he held till the time of his death. He died March 16, 1891, in New York city.
Bragdon, Charles Cushman
educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 6, 1847, in Auburn, N. Y. He has been a successful educator, and is now principal of the Lasell Seminary for Young Women of Auburndale, Mass. This eminent clergyman has traveled extensively in Europe; has made ten trips to Europe, Asia and Africa; and during 1890-91 traveled around the world.
Bragg, John
congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1851 to 1853.
Bragg, Thomas
lawyer, United States senator, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1810, in Warrenton, N. C. He was chiefly educated at the military academy at Middletown, Conn. In 1842 he was elected to the assembly of his state; and in 1853 was a presidential elector. He was governor of North Carolina for two terms, from 1855 to 1859; and was elected a senator in congress for the term commencing in 1859. He died Jan. 21, 1872, in Raleigh.
Brain, Edwin Bell
builder, poet, was born March 27, 1853, in London, England. He has served as county commissioner, and is now county treasurer of Rock county, Neb. Besides filling various offices of trust in his county and state, he is a successful builder and farmer; and has contributed both prose and verse for the past twenty years to the periodical press.
Braine, Daniel Lawrence
naval officer, was born May 18, 1829, in New York city. In 1861 he attacked the confederate gunboats above Cape Hatteras and dispersed two regiments of infantry, sinking two barges filled with soldiers, and rescuing the twentieth Indiana regiment, who were cut off from Hatteras inlet by the enemy. On July 15, 1862, he received his commission as lieutenantcommander, and from that time till 1864 was in numerous engagements. He became captain in December, 1874, and commodore in 1885.