Matthew Paul Deady

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American judge (1824–1893)

Matthew Paul Deady (May 12, 1824 – March 24, 1893) was a politician and jurist in the Oregon Territory and the state of Oregon of the United States. He served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1853 to 1859, at which time he was appointed to the newly created federal court of the state. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland , as the sole Judge until his death in 1893. While on the court he presided over the trial that led to the United States Supreme Court decision of _Pennoyer v. Neff _ concerning personal jurisdiction.

Prior to joining the court, Deady served in the legislature of the Oregon Territory , including time served as the President of the Council, and was elected as President of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. A native of the state of Maryland , his first profession was as a blacksmith. He also spent time as a teacher in both Ohio and Oregon. Deady read law in Ohio and practiced law for a time in that state before immigrating to the Oregon Territory via the Oregon Trail . In Oregon, he helped codify the laws of the state and assisted in the foundation of the Multnomah County Library in Portland. He also was president of the University of Oregon 's board of regents. The university renamed Deady Hall in his honor after his death.

Early life

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Matthew Paul Deady was born near Easton, Talbot County, Maryland , on May 12, 1824. His parents were Daniel and Mary Ann (McSweeny) Deady.

His father was born in Ireland on September 25, 1794, and married McSweeny [_where?
_] on June 10, 1823. Matthew was the oldest of five children in the family. He began his education at the school where his father was a teacher, remaining at that school until the age of twelve. In 1828, the family relocated from the Baltimore, Maryland , area to Wheeling Virginia now (West Virginia ). The Deadys also lived for brief periods of time in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky .

In Wheeling, his father was employed as a teacher and principal at the Lancasterian Academy. On May 31, 1834, his mother died while the family was living in Wheeling. Deady's family was split up, with Matthew sent back to Baltimore for two years.

In Baltimore, he lived with an uncle and grandfather while working in a store. Deady then returned to Wheeling to live with his father while attending school and working in a local music shop. In mid-1837, he moved just across the Ohio River to the state of Ohio where his father had purchased a farm in Beaver Township .

Matthew Deady spent the next four years working for his father on the family farm, engaged in manual labor, while also reading extensively in his spare time. On February 17, 1841, he left home after a disagreement with his father and moved to Barnesville, Ohio . For four years he lived with the family of John Kelly, working as a blacksmith's apprentice.

Beginning in 1843, Deady attended Barnesville Academy, continuing his education there until four months beyond the time that his blacksmith apprenticeship ended. The apprenticeship had paid for the first six months of school. At the school he earned a certificate that allowed him to become a teacher on July 7, 1845, from his instructor Nathan R. Smith.

After graduating, Deady began teaching to pay off a debt incurred for his education, and began to read law. He read law in St. Clairsville, Ohio , under the guidance of judge and former Congressman William Kennon .

Deady passed the Ohio bar on October 26, 1847, and began practicing law in St. Clairsville at the office of Henry Kennon. He remained there until on April 17, 1849, he began his overland journey over the Oregon Trail to the newly created Oregon Territory .

Oregon

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Deady originally was to travel with a government designated Indian agent and the agent's family. At Fort Leavenworth the agent remained, and Deady continued his journey in the company of a United States Army regiment bound for Fort Vancouver . Taking the Oregon Trail , he arrived where Portland, Oregon , now stands on November 14, 1849. The next day, he went to neighboring Oregon City , and then a few days later, he moved west to Lafayette, Oregon , the county seat of [Yamhill County](https://

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