John Randolph Grymes
John Randolph Grymes | |
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| File:John Randolph Grymes Jr.jpg John Randolph Grymes of Virginia & New Orleans | |
| Born | December 14, 1786 |
| Died | December 3, 1854 (aged 67) |
| Education | University of Virginia, Law |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney Businessman Legislator |
| Spouse | Cayetana Susana Bosque y Fangui |
| Children | 4 |
John Randolph Grymes (December 14, 1786 – December 3, 1854) was a New Orleans attorney, member of the Louisiana state legislature, U. S. attorney for Louisiana district, and aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.[1][2]
Virginia
Grymes was born in Orange County, Virginia to John Randolph Grymes, Sr. (1745 - 1805) and Susannah Beverley Randolph (1755 - 1791), of the Randolph family of Virginia.[1][2]
Louisiana
In 1808, Grymes arrived in New Orleans.[1]
On May 4, 1811, Grymes was appointed U. S. attorney for Louisiana district, replacing his brother Philip.[3] He would serve until December, 1814.[4]
Grymes was a member of the "New Orleans Association" which included attorneys Edward Livingston and Abner L. Duncan, merchant John K. West, smuggler Pierre Laffite, and pirate Jean Laffite.[5][6]
On December 1, 1822, Grymes married Cayetana Susana "Suzette" Bosque, daughter of Bartolomé Bosque, wealthy merchant and ship owner, and Felicidad Fangui, and widow of William C. C. Claiborne, former governor of Louisiana.[1][2] Children: Marie Angeline (known as Medora), John Randolph, III (b. 1826), Athenais.
He was a member of The Boston Club.
Notes
- ^ a b c d Dictionary of Louisiana Biography
- ^ a b c Hemard
- ^ Davis, p. 85: "Philip Grymes died suddenly the previous year, leaving the office of district attorney to be filled on May 4, 1811, by his brother John R. Grymes."
- ^ Davis, p. 225: "Grymes's term as district attorney had expired when the court adjourned in December,..."
- ^ Davis, pp. 261-64, 276-78, 303, 310-15, 232: "They found ardent support in what Morphy and others referred to as an "association" of men in New Orleans bent on gaining personal profit through encouraging assaults on Spanish property. Never a formal organization, the "association" had a fluid membership in which the constants were Livingston, Davezac, Grymes, Abner Duncan, Nolte, Lafon, merchant John K. West, and of course the Laffite brothers."
- ^ Head, p. 135, The author identifies Abner L. Duncan, John R. Grymes and Edward Livingston as members of the New Orleans Association.
References
- Dictionary of Louisiana Biography Courtesy of the Louisiana Historical Association.
- Davis, William C. (2006). The pirates Laffite: the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf. New York: Harcourt Publishing Co., First Harvest edition, 706 pages.
- Head, David (2015). Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 224 pages.
- Hemard, Ned (2013). "A New York Hill with a New Orleans Pedigree". New Orleans Bar Association.
- Rightor, Henry (1900). Standard history of New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans: Lewis Publishing Co., 743 pages. pp. 397-399.