Samuel Brady

Military Person

1756 – 1795

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Who was Samuel Brady?

Captain Samuel Brady was a frontier scout and the subject of many legends in the history of western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. He is best known for jumping across a gorge over the Cuyahoga River to escape pursuing Indians in what is present day Kent, Ohio. This jump is still remembered as "Brady's leap".

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Born
1756
Shippensburg
Siblings
Lived in
  • Pennsylvania
Died
1795
Short Creek

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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