son of Levi Gray & Sarah Devendorf

m. Elizabeth Wiswell (who m.2 Albert Watson)

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Syracuse Journal
L Frank Gray

A telegram was received on Sunday by Mr Harry M Gray from his brother L Frank Gray saying he would leave St Louis Sunday evening for home, and requesting that one of his brothers should meet him in Cleveland. Mr DeWitt C Gray left on a train Sunday evening in compliance with the request and arrived at Cleveland one hour before the train upon which his brother was to arrive was due. When it arrived he was shocked by the information that his brother had died on the train twenty-five miles west of Cleveland without even an acquaintance near him. His greatest anxiety was to reach home before his death where he could take a last farewell of his brothers, and his strong mind nerved him even to walk across the car three minutes before he quietly dropped off into his last sleep.

Mr Gray arrived in Syracuse this morning with the remains of his brother which were taken to the residence of Mr Harry H Gray on Fayette street, where brief services will take place at half-past nine tomorrow morning. The remains will be interred at Little Falls.

Mr Gray, who was the youngest of the four brothers, was born in Little Falls twenty-six years ago. He came with his brothers - John, Henry H and DeWitt - to Syracuse and was connected with them in business til about two years ago when failing health warned him to seek recuperation in another climate. He went to Kansas and became a herder of cattle. He returned to Syracuse late last winter to visit his relatives and friends and after a few weeks went to Colorado. It was apparent to him that his malady, consumption, was surely wearing his life away, and two weeks ago he wrote to his friends that he expected to return to Syracuse very soon. He came on to St Louis and then sent the telegram above referred to.

Mr Gray was a very popular young man, genial in his disposition and upright in action. A very large number of friends will deeply mourn his early death and sympathize with his widow and child and with other relatives who loved him for his manly virtues.
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Death of L Frank Gray

Many here were pained to hear of the death of Frank Gray last week. He died on the cars about twenty-five miles west of Cleveland while on his way to his home in Syracuse. On Sunday the 30th he telegraphed from St Louis to his brother Harry in Syracuse that he was on his way home and asked that one of his brothers meet him in Cleveland. His brother Dewitt Gray started the same evening and reached Cleveland an hour before the train on which Frank was to arrive was due. Upon its arrival he was shocked to learn that his brother died on the train about an hour previously. No acquaintance was with him when he died. He expressed great anxiety to reach home before he died where he could take a last farewell of his brothers. Towards the last he often asked the hour, hoping and striving to hold out till he should reach Cleveland. But three minutes before he breathed his last he walked across the car. He was in a drawing room car and was provided with a couch. The passengers were very kind to him and did all in their power for him during his last moments. Mr DeWitt Gray reached Syracuse with the remains on Tuesday morning and on Wednesday they were brought to Little Falls and funeral services were held in St Paul's church conducted by Rev EF Pember, pastor, and Rev Richmond Fisk of Syracuse.

The Syracuse Journal has the following: "Mr Gray, who was the youngest of the four brothers, was born in Little Falls twenty-six years ago. He came with his brothers - John, Henry H and DeWitt - to Syracuse and was connected with them in business til about two years ago when failing health warned him to seek recuperation in another climate. He went to Kansas and became a herder of cattle. He returned to Syracuse late last winter to visit his relatives and friends and after a few weeks went to Colorado. It was apparent to him that his malady, consumption, was surely wearing his life away, and two weeks ago he wrote to his friends that he expected to return to Syracuse very soon. He came on to St Louis and then sent the telegram above referred to. Mr Gray was a very popular young man, genial in his disposition and upright in action. A very large number of friends will deeply mourn his early death and sympathize with his widow and child and with other relatives who loved him for his manly virtues."