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John A. Brady (Washington County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. 1st Kentucky Cavalry)

b. 1832-09-13 d. 1892-01-03

Washington County, Kentucky, physician and surgeon. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Son of Milton A. Brady and Eliza Brady. Married to Martha J. Peter in Washington County, Kentucky, on October 14, 1856. Father of Frank L. Brady. Resident of Washington County in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850. Graduated from New York University in New York City in 1856. Physician in Washington County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon from October 28, 1861, to December 26, 1862. Surgeon at the Louisville Hospital from 1863 to 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, pp. 146A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Mackville, p. 94.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, pp. 641A-B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0002.

"Doctors Must Die Too," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 3, 1892, p. 6.

"Lawyer and Doctor Go," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 4, 1892, p. 8.

History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, vol. I (Cleveland, OH: L. A. Williams & Co., 1882), 473.

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Brady, John A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202354 (November 12, 2026).

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