Career
Born around 1850 in County Meath, Ireland, Brady immigrated to the United States at the age of ten and settled in Portland, Maine. At age 20, he moved to Bayonne, New Jersey. Brady helped establish a ferry from Bergen Point, at the southern tip of Bayonne, to Staten Island called the Bergen Point Portuguese Richmond ferry.
He then established a stage coach line from Greenville (modern day Jersey City) to the ferry at Bergen Point.
Brady, who was a Democrat, was appointed in 1885 by President Grover Cleveland to be the Postmaster of Bayonne. In 1903, Brady was elected mayor of Bayonne defeating Republican Pierre P. Garven and served for two years.
In 1906, he returned to the company he helped found and worked there until his death at age 78. After a two-year illness, Brady died on March 13, 1928 in his home.
His funeral was at Saint Andrew"s Roman Catholic Church in Bayonne.
He is buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.
