Harry S. Brady
Harry S. Brady, operator and sales agent for coal and coal mines, is one of the leading figures in the coal trade of Cleveland, and has been identified with some phase of the industry throughout his adult career. Mr. Brady is a native of Cleveland, a son of the late Francis A. Brady, one of the leading railway men of his time, referred to on other pages.
Born in Cleveland March 31, 1880, Harry S. Brady grew up in this city and in Trumbull County, graduated from the Warren High School and also attended for a time Mount Union College. He finished his preparation for a business career in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland. That school, under the direction of President E. R. Felton, has furnished instruction to three generations of the Brady family.
At the age of nineteen Mr. Brady went to work as superintendent of docks for the Erie Coal and Transfer Company. The president of that company was the late Frank M. Osborn. Here he gained an introduction to the coal trade, but his present position is due to the fact that, though a young man, he has spent nearly twenty years in the different branches of the coal business. For about three years he continued as superintendent of docks for the Erie Transfer Company, and was then superintendent of docks and later city salesman for the Youghiogheny Coal Company at Cleveland. In 1910 he engaged in business for himself, with offices in the Rockefeller Building. For several years he was local representative and agent for The Pittsburg (sic) -Westmoreland Coal Company, but lately has become a general sales agent for high grade coal, and his services have been in demand by various companies and corporations in the buying of coal and coal mines. One of his recent transactions, indicating the important character of his business, was in closing a deal for the sale of a large Kentucky coal mining concern to Cleveland interests, a transaction involving about half a million dollars.
After business Mr. Brady has just two major interests, his home and family and music, which has been a source of lifelong recreation and pleasure. Mr. Brady has played with some of the best orchestral organization in the country. He is now a member of the Masonic Orchestra of Cleveland and for the past twelve years has played with the orchestra of the Lakewood Methodist Episcopal Church. His devotion to home has not allowed him to become an active member of any clubs. However, he is affiliated with Lakewood Lodge No. 601, Free and Accepted Masons, with Cunningham Chapter No. 187, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is scribe; Lake Erie Consistory, Thirty-second Degree, and Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar; with Lake Shore Lodge, No. 6, Knights of Pythias; belongs to the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, the Cleveland Athletic Club and the Cleveland Automobile Club. July 19, 1899, Mr. Brady married Miss Jennie June Campbell, of Lakewood. She was born and educated in Cleveland, and is a daughter of Charles C. and Sarah (Duncan) Campbell, residents of the West Side. Mr. and Mrs. Brady, who reside at 1546 Arthur Avenue in Lakewood, have two children, Winifred A. And Harriet E., both born at Lakewood.
From Cleveland - Special Limited Edition, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York, 1918 v.1