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The following account is taken from the J. H. Beers history of WayneCounty published in 1889.
ISRAEL GRADY: This gentleman is a well-known native citizen of WayneCounty, Ohio, having been born in Greene Township April 28, 1828. Hispaternal grandfather was a native of England, and immigrated to Americaat an early day, settling in Pennsyl vania, in which State he died. JohnGrady, father of Israel, was born in that State, and there learned thetrade of coopering. ‎(barrel making)‎ In early manhood he marriedElizabeth Odenkirk, a native of the Keystone State, of German ancestry.They were the parents of eight Children, three of whom are now living. In1818 Johon Grady brought his family to Wayne County, settling on a farmin Greene Township. This was then a wild, unsettled place, and the farmhad to be cleared from the forest. They had to endure all thediscomforts and hardships of early pioneer life, but as the farm grew inbeauty and value as the result of their toil, the hardy pioneer and hiswife felt themselves amply rewarded by having a good home in which torear t he children rapidly growing up within their cabin walls. Mrs Gradywas the first to hear the summons of the angel of death, passing away atthe age of sixty-five years. Her husband survived her until 1864, whenhe died at the ripe age of nearly fo ur score. Both were sincere membersof the Baptist Church of Wooster.
Israel Grady lived with his father until he was twenty-seven yearsof age, and in his youth took his share of the labors of the pioneer. Atthe age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Sophronia, daughter ofJosiah and Eunice ‎(Pratt)‎ Milbourn , and born in East Union Township, May13, 1828. In 1858 Mr. Grady bought a farm in East Union Township, onwhich were but a few improvements, and here he and his faithful wifeindustriously and intelligently did they labor that their farm was know nas the finest in the township. The first work on their farm was theplanting of eighteen acres of fruit trees. Mrs. Grady's father was alsoone of Wayne County's pioneers, coming here from Virginia with his motherat an early day, and settling in East Union Township. In 1819 he wasmarried to Miss Eunice, a daughter of Oliver Pratt, who came to thiscounty in 1814. Her father died in December, 1880, aged eighty-oneyears. Mrs Grady was brought up as pioneer's children were in thoseearly days. She learned to spin and weave, was instructed in householdwork and often worked in the fields, at such labor as she was equal to.She remained at home until her marriage. She and her children aremembers of the Baptist Church. In 1881 Mr. Grady and his wife left thefarm which had for so many years been their home and came to Wooster,settling on a piece of land in the edge of the city, forty and a halfacres of it being within the corporation limits. To get possession ofthis tract he had to purchase from seventeen different owners. The placewas wild and barren, but he set to work to improve it with the sameuntiring industry which had hitherto characterized his labors. One ofthe attractive features of the place is a fish pond, in the excavatingand preparing of which two years were spent. This, when finished, hestocked with carp, which are in a thriving condition, and on its surfacea graceful swan floats. To-day this place is one of the most attractivehomes in Wooster, and many visitors are drawn thither by its beauty andthe attraction of a boat ride on the glassy surface of the lake. In thesummer as many as 1,500 persons have visited it in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady have two children: the eldest, Hulda ‎(Mrs. IsaacH. Odenkirk,)‎ lives with her parents: Josiah M. lives on the home farm,in East Union township. The life of Mr. Grady has been one of labor, andthe honorable position he has attained is altogether due to the industryof himself and his capable wife. He has always been in favor of allprojects whose object was to benefit the county, and he will long beremembered as one of its public spirited and enterprising citizens.
The marriage certificate written by the pastor shows the marriagedate as 30th day of September 1852. The record in the court house shows28th day of September 1852. The latter was also signed by the pastor, E.G. Brown.‎[leyda.FTW]‎

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The following account is taken from the J. H. Beers history of WayneCounty published in 1889.
ISRAEL GRADY: This gentleman is a well-known native citizen of WayneCounty, Ohio, having been born in Greene Township April 28, 1828. Hispaternal grandfather was a native of England, and immigrated to Americaat an early day, settling in Pennsyl vania, in which State he died. JohnGrady, father of Israel, was born in that State, and there learned thetrade of coopering. ‎(barrel making)‎ In early manhood he marriedElizabeth Odenkirk, a native of the Keystone State, of German ancestry.They were the parents of eight Children, three of whom are now living. In1818 Johon Grady brought his family to Wayne County, settling on a farmin Greene Township. This was then a wild, unsettled place, and the farmhad to be cleared from the forest. They had to endure all thediscomforts and hardships of early pioneer life, but as the farm grew inbeauty and value as the result of their toil, the hardy pioneer and hiswife felt themselves amply rewarded by having a good home in which torear t he children rapidly growing up within their cabin walls. Mrs Gradywas the first to hear the summons of the angel of death, passing away atthe age of sixty-five years. Her husband survived her until 1864, whenhe died at the ripe age of nearly fo ur score. Both were sincere membersof the Baptist Church of Wooster.
Israel Grady lived with his father until he was twenty-seven yearsof age, and in his youth took his share of the labors of the pioneer. Atthe age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Sophronia, daughter ofJosiah and Eunice ‎(Pratt)‎ Milbourn , and born in East Union Township, May13, 1828. In 1858 Mr. Grady bought a farm in East Union Township, onwhich were but a few improvements, and here he and his faithful wifeindustriously and intelligently did they labor that their farm was know nas the finest in the township. The first work on their farm was theplanting of eighteen acres of fruit trees. Mrs. Grady's father was alsoone of Wayne County's pioneers, coming here from Virginia with his motherat an early day, and settling in East Union Township. In 1819 he wasmarried to Miss Eunice, a daughter of Oliver Pratt, who came to thiscounty in 1814. Her father died in December, 1880, aged eighty-oneyears. Mrs Grady was brought up as pioneer's children were in thoseearly days. She learned to spin and weave, was instructed in householdwork and often worked in the fields, at such labor as she was equal to.She remained at home until her marriage. She and her children aremembers of the Baptist Church. In 1881 Mr. Grady and his wife left thefarm which had for so many years been their home and came to Wooster,settling on a piece of land in the edge of the city, forty and a halfacres of it being within the corporation limits. To get possession ofthis tract he had to purchase from seventeen different owners. The placewas wild and barren, but he set to work to improve it with the sameuntiring industry which had hitherto characterized his labors. One ofthe attractive features of the place is a fish pond, in the excavatingand preparing of which two years were spent. This, when finished, hestocked with carp, which are in a thriving condition, and on its surfacea graceful swan floats. To-day this place is one of the most attractivehomes in Wooster, and many visitors are drawn thither by its beauty andthe attraction of a boat ride on the glassy surface of the lake. In thesummer as many as 1,500 persons have visited it in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady have two children: the eldest, Hulda ‎(Mrs. IsaacH. Odenkirk,)‎ lives with her parents: Josiah M. lives on the home farm,in East Union township. The life of Mr. Grady has been one of labor, andthe honorable position he has attained is altogether due to the industryof himself and his capable wife. He has always been in favor of allprojects whose object was to benefit the county, and he will long beremembered as one of its public spirited and enterprising citizens.
The marriage certificate written by the pastor shows the marriagedate as 30th day of September 1852. The record in the court house shows28th day of September 1852. The latter was also signed by the pastor, E.G. Brown.‎[leyda.FTW]‎

The following account is taken from the J. H. Beers history of WayneCounty published in 1889.
ISRAEL GRADY: This gentleman is a well-known native citizen of WayneCounty, Ohio, having been born in Greene Township April 28, 1828. Hispaternal grandfather was a native of England, and immigrated to Americaat an early day, settling in Pennsyl vania, in which State he died. JohnGrady, father of Israel, was born in that State, and there learned thetrade of coopering. ‎(barrel making)‎ In early manhood he marriedElizabeth Odenkirk, a native of the Keystone State, of German ancestry.They were the parents of eight Children, three of whom are now living. In1818 Johon Grady brought his family to Wayne County, settling on a farmin Greene Township. This was then a wild, unsettled place, and the farmhad to be cleared from the forest. They had to endure all thediscomforts and hardships of early pioneer life, but as the farm grew inbeauty and value as the result of their toil, the hardy pioneer and hiswife felt themselves amply rewarded by having a good home in which torear t he children rapidly growing up within their cabin walls. Mrs Gradywas the first to hear the summons of the angel of death, passing away atthe age of sixty-five years. Her husband survived her until 1864, whenhe died at the ripe age of nearly fo ur score. Both were sincere membersof the Baptist Church of Wooster.
Israel Grady lived with his father until he was twenty-seven yearsof age, and in his youth took his share of the labors of the pioneer. Atthe age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Sophronia, daughter ofJosiah and Eunice ‎(Pratt)‎ Milbourn , and born in East Union Township, May13, 1828. In 1858 Mr. Grady bought a farm in East Union Township, onwhich were but a few improvements, and here he and his faithful wifeindustriously and intelligently did they labor that their farm was know nas the finest in the township. The first work on their farm was theplanting of eighteen acres of fruit trees. Mrs. Grady's father was alsoone of Wayne County's pioneers, coming here from Virginia with his motherat an early day, and settling in East Union Township. In 1819 he wasmarried to Miss Eunice, a daughter of Oliver Pratt, who came to thiscounty in 1814. Her father died in December, 1880, aged eighty-oneyears. Mrs Grady was brought up as pioneer's children were in thoseearly days. She learned to spin and weave, was instructed in householdwork and often worked in the fields, at such labor as she was equal to.She remained at home until her marriage. She and her children aremembers of the Baptist Church. In 1881 Mr. Grady and his wife left thefarm which had for so many years been their home and came to Wooster,settling on a piece of land in the edge of the city, forty and a halfacres of it being within the corporation limits. To get possession ofthis tract he had to purchase from seventeen different owners. The placewas wild and barren, but he set to work to improve it with the sameuntiring industry which had hitherto characterized his labors. One ofthe attractive features of the place is a fish pond, in the excavatingand preparing of which two years were spent. This, when finished, hestocked with carp, which are in a thriving condition, and on its surfacea graceful swan floats. To-day this place is one of the most attractivehomes in Wooster, and many visitors are drawn thither by its beauty andthe attraction of a boat ride on the glassy surface of the lake. In thesummer as many as 1,500 persons have visited it in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady have two children: the eldest, Hulda ‎(Mrs. IsaacH. Odenkirk,)‎ lives with her parents: Josiah M. lives on the home farm,in East Union township. The life of Mr. Grady has been one of labor, andthe honorable position he has attained is altogether due to the industryof himself and his capable wife. He has always been in favor of allprojects whose object was to benefit the county, and he will long beremembered as one of its public spirited and enterprising citizens.
The marriage certificate written by the pastor shows the marriagedate as 30th day of September 1852. The record in the court house shows28th day of September 1852. The latter was also signed by the pastor, E.G. Brown.‎[leyda.FTW]‎

The following account is taken from the J. H. Beers history of WayneCounty published in 1889.
ISRAEL GRADY: This gentleman is a well-known native citizen of WayneCounty, Ohio, having been born in Greene Township April 28, 1828. Hispaternal grandfather was a native of England, and immigrated to Americaat an early day, settling in Pennsyl vania, in which State he died. JohnGrady, father of Israel, was born in that State, and there learned thetrade of coopering. ‎(barrel making)‎ In early manhood he marriedElizabeth Odenkirk, a native of the Keystone State, of German ancestry.They were the parents of eight Children, three of whom are now living. In1818 Johon Grady brought his family to Wayne County, settling on a farmin Greene Township. This was then a wild, unsettled place, and the farmhad to be cleared from the forest. They had to endure all thediscomforts and hardships of early pioneer life, but as the farm grew inbeauty and value as the result of their toil, the hardy pioneer and hiswife felt themselves amply rewarded by having a good home in which torear t he children rapidly growing up within their cabin walls. Mrs Gradywas the first to hear the summons of the angel of death, passing away atthe age of sixty-five years. Her husband survived her until 1864, whenhe died at the ripe age of nearly fo ur score. Both were sincere membersof the Baptist Church of Wooster.
Israel Grady lived with his father until he was twenty-seven yearsof age, and in his youth took his share of the labors of the pioneer. Atthe age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Sophronia, daughter ofJosiah and Eunice ‎(Pratt)‎ Milbourn , and born in East Union Township, May13, 1828. In 1858 Mr. Grady bought a farm in East Union Township, onwhich were but a few improvements, and here he and his faithful wifeindustriously and intelligently did they labor that their farm was know nas the finest in the township. The first work on their farm was theplanting of eighteen acres of fruit trees. Mrs. Grady's father was alsoone of Wayne County's pioneers, coming here from Virginia with his motherat an early day, and settling in East Union Township. In 1819 he wasmarried to Miss Eunice, a daughter of Oliver Pratt, who came to thiscounty in 1814. Her father died in December, 1880, aged eighty-oneyears. Mrs Grady was brought up as pioneer's children were in thoseearly days. She learned to spin and weave, was instructed in householdwork and often worked in the fields, at such labor as she was equal to.She remained at home until her marriage. She and her children aremembers of the Baptist Church. In 1881 Mr. Grady and his wife left thefarm which had for so many years been their home and came to Wooster,settling on a piece of land in the edge of the city, forty and a halfacres of it being within the corporation limits. To get possession ofthis tract he had to purchase from seventeen different owners. The placewas wild and barren, but he set to work to improve it with the sameuntiring industry which had hitherto characterized his labors. One ofthe attractive features of the place is a fish pond, in the excavatingand preparing of which two years were spent. This, when finished, hestocked with carp, which are in a thriving condition, and on its surfacea graceful swan floats. To-day this place is one of the most attractivehomes in Wooster, and many visitors are drawn thither by its beauty andthe attraction of a boat ride on the glassy surface of the lake. In thesummer as many as 1,500 persons have visited it in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady have two children: the eldest, Hulda ‎(Mrs. IsaacH. Odenkirk,)‎ lives with her parents: Josiah M. lives on the home farm,in East Union township. The life of Mr. Grady has been one of labor, andthe honorable position he has attained is altogether due to the industryof himself and his capable wife. He has always been in favor of allprojects whose object was to benefit the county, and he will long beremembered as one of its public spirited and enterprising citizens.
The marriage certificate written by the pastor shows the marriagedate as 30th day of September 1852. The record in the court house shows28th day of September 1852. The latter was also signed by the pastor, E.G. Brown.