1892 Biography - M. M. Grady

M. M. Grady, of Monroe, Ouachita parish, La., is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1842. His father, John M. Grady, also a native of Ireland, was born in 1803, and was reared and educated in his native country. He came to the United States in 1848, and located at New Orleans. He was married, in 1839, to Miss Margaret Quilter, who was also a native of Ireland, and they became the parents of ten children - five sons and five daughters - only five of whom are living at the present time. Of these children, the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. He came with his mother to the United States in 1853, his father having come five years before. He removed with his parents to Mississippi from New Orleans, and after living there for a short time emigrated to Louisiana, where he located permanently at Monroe, in Ouachita parish. He received a practical education at Sea Shore seminary, Miss., and is a member of the Catholic church. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Rosa V. Commyns, a native of Florida, and their union has been blessed by the birth of four children, all of whom are now deceased except one. Mr. Grady is an extensive planter. His plantation consists of 1,600 acres of land, lying on the island in the north part of Ouachita parish, La. His principal crops are cotton and corn. He is a republican in politics, and has held the office of tax-collector for his parish for one term, and has also served as parish recorder. He devotes all of his time to his planting interests, with which he is wholly engrossed, and in which he is noted as being very successful.

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Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, published in 1892, volume 1, pages 449-450.

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