Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Grady, Ruben 1806 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Ruben Grady, farmer, Veedersburg, was born in 1806, in Orange county, son of
William and Mary Grady. He was reared and educated in Kentucky, and was married
in 1825, to Margaret Pearson, daughter of Allen and Catharine Pearson, a native
of Woodford county, Kentucky, who was born in 1808. He has eleven children:
William, John, Allen, Jerry, Mary J., Samuel, Newton, Ruben, Jesse, Katy, and
James F. Mr. Grady came to Fountain county in 1830, and settled on Osborn's
prairie. He and his wife made the long journey here from Kentucky on horseback.
They are both members of the Missionary Baptist church. His wife's parents were
members of the Methodist Episcopal church prior to their coming to Fountain
county; then they united with the Missionary Baptists. In politics he formerly
was a whig, now a republican. He came here in very limited circumstances, And
for many years rented land. Says he: "It was far more difficult in those days
for a poor man to live than now." Much of the time he could scarcely obtain
work, and if he could it was at the very low wages of about $8 per month. He now
owns a beautiful farm of eighty acres, where he has lived since 1833.

Additional Comments:
Van Buren Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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