George Benigear Brady and Emma Alice Gordon

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Husband George Benigear Brady ¹

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           Born: 30 Jul 1860 1
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           Died: 4 Jul 1899 2
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         Father: John Brady (1818-1902) 3
         Mother: Lavina Catherine Benigear (1826-1898) 3

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       Marriage: 26 Nov 1896 2

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Wife Emma Alice Gordon ²

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           Born: 23 Sep 1869 2
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Children

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1 M Hugh Brady ²

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           Born: 1898 2
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General Notes: Husband - George Benigear Brady

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He lived on a river bottom farm near Humboldt, Kansas, and was drowned while trying to rescue a family there. The heavy rains of July 3, 1899, caused small creeks flowing into Neosho river to overflow its banks. A woman and some children had camped on an island near the river. By the morning of July 4th, water was all around the camp. Mr. Brady swam in and succeeded in getting the woman and children ashore. He returned to the island to secure a horse belonging to the family and it is supposed that he took cramp as his body was found in fourteen feet of water. It was the greatest flood ever known in Kansas. Thousands of bushels of wheat and other crops in shock on Neosho river bottom for miles up and down from Humboldt were carried away and much live stock was lost.

1 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 25.

2 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 26.

3 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 24.