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Thomas M. Brady Sr.

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Thomas M. Brady Sr.

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 May 1907 (aged 57)
Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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Artist, Mayor of Canton, Georgia. In the 1890s, he was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association to create a monument to honor the unknown Confederate soldiers buried in Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery. Made of Georgia marble and based on the Swiss sculpture "The Lion of Lucerne," Brady designed and sculpted the "Lion of Atlanta." He was a Councilman in Canton, Georgia before becoming that city's Mayor in the early 1900s. He died after suffering a stroke in 1907.
Artist, Mayor of Canton, Georgia. In the 1890s, he was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association to create a monument to honor the unknown Confederate soldiers buried in Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery. Made of Georgia marble and based on the Swiss sculpture "The Lion of Lucerne," Brady designed and sculpted the "Lion of Atlanta." He was a Councilman in Canton, Georgia before becoming that city's Mayor in the early 1900s. He died after suffering a stroke in 1907.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Evening Blues
  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7872402/thomas_m-brady: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas M. Brady Sr. (11 Nov 1849–9 May 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7872402, citing Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.