HYRUM ANDREW BRADY FAMILY HISTORY

B-55 HYRUM ANDREW BRADY FAMILY HISTORY
Hyrum was the third child of twelve children born to his parents in
their home in Union, Utah (7014 South 1300 East). He went to school in an
adobe, one-room school house, which stood in the Old Union Fort, (walls
torn down by then) but he finished the 8th grade in a new school house on
700 East 7200 So.
Union held dances every Saturday night for many years and pulled
crowds from all over the valley. Hy was a beautiful waltzer. He and his
sister, Vora, also his sweetheart, Hattie, took many a prize waltz. Hy had a
horse and buggy for their transportation.
Hattie and Hy were married in her parents' home, 4850 South 1300
East by Bishop Charles L. Milne. After a wedding reception at Hy's parents'
home, they loaded all their belongings in the buggy and left for Brigham
City where Hy was engineer on a switch engine for the Portland Cement
Company. They found a new little two-room house to live in and bought new
furniture. They were very happy.
In 1916, Hy's father needed him to help in their dairy business, so
they moved to 227 East 2700 South, near his brother, Mani and Naomi and
their family. Hy and Mani had delivery wagons and a string of horses, and
each had a milk route that covered all Salt Lake City.
In 1918, Hy moved his family back to Union, 7145 South 1300 East.
It was there they had the first tragedy in their married life. Geraldine, their
1 ½ year old baby drowned in the irrigation ditch by the house. Hy owned a
Model-T Ford and broke his wrist in twelve places cranking it. He had a stiff
wrist the rest of his life.
Hy got a contract to build the Piute Dam on the Sevier River. His
father and three brothers helped him build it. It was the largest earth-filled
dam at that time in Utah.
Hy and Hattie had three sets of twins, unique at that time. The
Deseret newspaper put in a picture and story of them all.
In 1926, Hy built a beautiful rock home for his family next to Little
Cottonwood Creek on 1300 East. But, after a few years, he found it more
than he could pay for. While living there, he bought ten acres of ground
about a mile up Milne Lane. He had a produce farm there and sold the
produce at the "Grower's Market" in Salt Lake. On this ten acres, he built a
"sand pit" on the hill and had two dump trucks and drivers to deliver sand.
This is the time that Hy became a contractor builder and he put in many
basements for homes in the valley. He did other contract work also. He put
in a portion of highway in Bingham Canyon, also State Street through
Murray from 4500 South. Through the depression years of the 30's, Hy
never got down-hearted. With the ingenuity he possessed, he seemed to
always find work. By now they had twelve children to raise and educate.
He worked long hard hours. Hy didn't ever say, "I can't afford it. " He'd say,
"We'll see. "
He did the concrete work on Stillman's bridge in Parley's Canyon
and also a bridge over the Weber River in Hennifer. In 1936, he started
building his family another home. First he built a basement, 6902 South
1300 East, where they lived with ten children until it was finished in
1941-another beautiful home. In May, 1936, his son, Peirce was called on
a mission to Argentina. Hy was ordained an Elder by his son, Peirce. Then
came the happiest, most wonderful day in their lives--the day after their
25th wedding anniversary, May 25, 1936. They went through the temple
and had all their children sealed to them. Peirce went on his mission.
Through the lean years Hy financed the mission and enjoyed along with
Peirce the missionary experiences.
Hy was a baseball fan. In 1941, he went with his brother Elmo and
Elaine to Washington, D. C. to see Peirce and Bernice. They stopped in
Chicago, the Chiminsky ball park, and saw the Yanks and White Sox playa
dream come true.
Hy became a charter member of the Union Lions Club in 1945. He
managed the first gun club at the trap shoots. The club started "Union
Fort Days" and had celebrations. With the proceeds, they bought ground
for Union Park. Hy was made chairman and he built a club house,
purchased lights and bleachers for the ball games. He managed their
basketball team and was on the committee to get the semaphore on 900
East 7200 South. He was also District Supervisor of the Union 1st Ward
building committee and a Ward Welfare Director.
Through the years, Hattie, his wife, taught Sunday School in various
capacities; was active in Relief Society, serving as president and first
counselor as well as a visiting teacher supervisor and visiting teacher. She
joined the D. U. P. and Lady Lions and worked in the temple.
In 1943 Hy's son, Ralph, enlisted in the Marines. He went overseas
in 1944. The second tragedy of their lives was when the 5th Marines hit
the beaches of Iwo Jima and Ralph was killed. Hy took it very hard and his
health began to fail. Hy worked hard all his life and taught his boys how to
work to provide for their families. At the same time, Hattie taught her girls
the art of homemaking.
To date, Hyrum has 42 grandchildren,* 14 great-grandchildren and
one of the grandchildren on a mission.
Written by a daughter, Velma Brady Tischner July, 1972