- This obituary was first published 30 Mar 1928 in The Perth Courier:
Bathurst Township lost one of its oldest and best known residents in the death on Wednesday, March 21st, of Mr. Patrick Brady. He was the son of the late John Brady and Jane Morris who came from County Cavan, Ireland in 1825 and a member of a family of nine brothers and six sisters who have all predeceased him with the exception of one brother Peter, and four sisters, Mrs. Richard Hogan, Bathurst, Mrs. Dan Cameron, Montreal, Mrs. Kilfoyle of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Miss Maggie Brady, Perth. The late Mr. Brady was 92 years of age. He was married in the year 1867 to Mary Hogan of Bathurst Township and their union was blessed with a family of ten children, Mrs. M.A. Crawford, and Mrs. Peter Jackman, Toronto; Mrs. John Mackler, Mrs. Louis Pennett, Bathurst; Mrs. E. O'Neil, Detroit; John, Daniel, William and Thomas of Bathurst and Richard of Sault St. Marie. Mrs. George Frizell of Detroit and the late Mrs. Wm. Lee of Toronto , were adopted children the orphan daughters of a brother John Brady. Mr. and Mrs. Brady celebrated their diamond jubilee on the 3rd of Jun, 1927 with a family of ten children, sixty-three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr. Brady had been a resident of Bathurst township all his life and in his younger days did considerable business as a drover. He could tell some stirring tales of the times when stock had to be driven to Brockville to be shipped by boat to Montreal . He farmed on a large scale and was an experienced cattle breeder. He had always taken an active interest in public questions, even up to the time of his death, in politics while being traditionally Conservative he placed policy above party and never failed to record his vote. On retiring from active business, Mr. and Mrs. Brady continued their residence on the third line of Bathurst and their home "Tay View Cottage" was a popular calling place for their many relatives and friends. In fact their life was an example of the thought expressed in the poem, "To live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." The funeral was held from his late residence on Friday morning and was largely attended. The funeral mass was celebrated in St. John's church, Perth , Rev. Dean Hogan, officiating. A great number of spiritual offerings were received and floral offerings were a wreath from the family, a wreath from the employees of Code's mill, and a spray from Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Simpson, of Timmins , Ont. Relatives from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jackman and Mrs. M.A. Crawford, of Toronto , Mr. R.V. Brady of Sault St. Marie, Ont., Mr. George Frizell and Miss Margaret Mackler, Detroit, and Miss Mary Brady of St. Francis Hospital , Smiths Falls . The pallbearers were four grandsons, James Mackler, John Pennett, Hugh Brady and Duncan Brady and nephews, Thomas Brady and Wilfred Publow. The sympathy of the community goes out to the aged wife and family in their loss which will be felt by all and particularly by the little children who were so loved by the late Mr. Brady.
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1836 - 1928 (92 years)
