The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . i:^^./Q>^ 120 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. Many of his opinions in important cases attracted?widespread attention; he tempered justice with mer-cy, and his opinions were founded on
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . i:^^./Q>^ 120 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. Many of his opinions in important cases attracted?widespread attention; he tempered justice with mer-cy, and his opinions were founded on common senseand natural justice rather than on fine technicalpoints, though he never allowed his feelings to in-fluence him in the duty that he owed the state in theproper punishment of criminals. In 1863 he mar-ried Katherine Lydig, daughter of the late PhilipM. Lydig. Judge Brady was one of the foundersof the Slanhattan club, and a member of severalother social organizations, among them the died in New York city March 16, 1891. STRAITON, John, manufacturer, was bornin Scotland May 6, 1830, and traces his descentfrom Alexander Straiton, first baron of Lauriston,1296, whose earliest known ancestor, circa 1124, wasRobert Straiton of that ilk. Hewas thoroughly educated in theschools of Edinburgh, and at theage of twenty emigrated to theUnited States, arriving in NewYork in the month of October,1850. He became an assistant tohis uncle in the
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