Berkeley County WV Archives Biographies.....Grundy, Felix 1777 - 
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Author: Henry Howe

The Hon. Felix Grundy was born on the 11th of Sept., 1777, in a log house on
Sleepy Creek in this county. His father was a native of England. When Felix was
but two years of age, his family removed to what is now Brownsville, Penn., and
in 1780 to Kentucky, where he lived from childhood to maturity, and in 1807 or
1808, removed to Tennessee.

Mr. Grundy was one of the most distinguished lawyers and statesmen of the
western states. When in the councils of the nation, he had but few superiors. He
was always a zealous and most efficient supporter of the democratic party. "His
manners were amiable, his conversation instructive, abounding in humor and
occasionally sarcastic. His cheerful disposition gained him friends among his
political opponents, and rendered him the delight of the domestic circle. His
morals were drawn from the pure fountain of Christianity, and, while severe with
himself, he was charitable to others. Integrity and justice controlled his
transactions with his fellow-men."

Additional Comments:
From Henry Howe's 1845 Historical Collections of Virginia

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