Hugh Brady
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Hugh Brady photograph, between 1844 and 1851
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| Born |
July 29, 1768 Standing Stone, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 15, 1851 (aged 82) Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1792–1795; 1799–1800; 1812–1851 |
| Rank |
Colonel Brevet Major General |
| Commands held | 2nd Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Northwest Indian War, War of 1812, Black Hawk War |
| Relations | John Brady (father), Mary Quigley (mother), Samuel Brady (brother), James Brady (brother), William Brady (brother), John Brady (brother), Mary Brady (sister), William Penn Brady (brother), Jane Brady (twin sister), Robert Quigley Brady (brother), Agnes Brady (sister), Hannah Brady (sister), Joseph Brady (brother) |
Hugh Brady (July 29, 1768 – April 15, 1851) was an American general from Pennsylvania. He served in the Northwest Indian War under General Anthony Wayne, and during the War of 1812. Following the War of 1812, Brady remained in the military, eventually rising to the rank of major general and taking command of the garrison at Detroit. He also, marginally participated in the 1832 Black Hawk War. Hugh Brady died an accidental death in 1851 when he was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage.
Hugh Brady was born July 29, 1768, one of six sons and four daughters by John and Mary Brady, in Standing Stone, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.He is not to be confused with the current President of University College Dublin. Brady's father, Captain John Brady, was killed in 1776, during the American Revolution in a battle with Native Americans. In May 1779, the family moved to Brady's maternal grandfather's home in Cumberland County and stayed there until October 1779. After a harsh winter, Brady spent the ensuing few years working the fields in the area with his brothers, often armed in case of conflict with Native Americans. Brady's mother died in 1783, and his oldest siblings began to marry. Hugh Brady moved with his brother Samuel Brady to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Samuel married and Hugh stayed with his brother until 1792, when he began his military career.
Hugh's father, Capt. John Brady, was born in 1733 near Newark, Delaware and died April 11, 1779 near Muncy, Pennsylvania in an Indian attack. His mother was Mary Quigley Brady, who was born on August 16, 1735 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died October 20, 1783 in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Capt. John Brady and Mary Quigley Brady had thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy. Their children were Captain Samuel Brady, born 1756; James Brady, born 1758; William Brady, born 1760 and died in infancy; John Brady, born March 18, 1761; Mary Brady (Gray), born April 22, 1764; William Penn Brady, born August 16, 1766; General Hugh Brady, twin, born July 27, 1768; Jane Brady, twin, born July 27, 1768; Robert Quigley Brady, born September 12, 1770; Agnes Brady, born February 14, 1773 and died November 24, 1773; Hannah Brady (Gray), born December 3, 1774; Joseph Brady, born in August 1777 and died in infancy; and Liberty Brady (Dewart), born August 9, 1778.
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