GRADY-Ruben - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

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 1883.