Howard R. Brady was born September, 1853 to Peter H. and Margaret U. (Rameau) Brady in Whitewater,
Walworth County, Wisconsin. His parents were united in marriage on April 22, 1852. Howard's mother
Margaret, passed away on February 09, 1861 shortly after his brother George was born. His father Peter then
remarried on October 18, 1865 to Harriet A. Wilkinson and they had one daughter, Anna.
Peter H. Brady removed to Plano, Illinois in 1865 to invest in his brother Jesse's fruit farm but his health
started failing and he returned to Whitewater where he died October 10, 1866.
Howard moved to Little Rock, Kendall County, Illinois in 1867 to work at his Uncle Jesse's farm. Howard then
moved to Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois sometime after 1870 where he met Edna C. Signor, the daughter of
Sidney and Mary L. (Percy) Signor, born July 14, 1849 in Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York. They were
married on September 11, 1873 in Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois. Howard and Edna had two children, Fred S,
born 1875 and Clara M, born 1877. In 1879 the Brady's moved to Kansas City where Howard accepted a job
with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad as a conductor. He held this position until around 1894 where he
moved back to Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois to work as an engineer for one of the railroads running through
Mendota. Howard Brady died in 1901 and his wife Edna Cecelia (Signor) Brady, died November 25, 1924, both
are buried at Restland Cemetery in Mendota, La Salle County, Illinois.
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