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Pomeroy businessman and pioneer John Bertram "Bert" Brady lost on RMS Titanic 112 years ago

POMEROY––The infamous sinking of the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic 112 years ago on April 15, 1912, was personal for Pomeroy. Included in the over 1,500 lost at sea was John Bertram "Bert" Brady, a Pomeroy businessman and pioneer, age 41.

His body was never recovered. Monuments to Brady are in the Pomeroy City Cemetery and at Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose, Calif. The local monument was placed by t...