"Stephen R. Gray, son of Daniel and Jemima Rix Gray, was born at Berlin, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1804, and was married to Sabrina Bentley at that place, June 16, 1825. In July 1837, he removed to Illinois with his family, having previously made a prospecting tour to that then far western State. On arrival they stopped in the Mississippi bottom until Feb., 1838, when they moved to Barry, Pike Co., Ill. He was the first Postmaster of Barry, and held that office until 1850, when he was elected Sheriff, and removed to Pittsfield, which was the county seat of Pike. He was several times elected Justice of the Peace of Barry, and in 1844 was appointed one of three Commissioners to appraise and divide in equal portions one hundred and sixty quarter sections of land in the military bounty lands of the State, belonging to the estate of William James of Albany, N. Y. While examining these lands he witnessed the destruction of the anti-Mormon Press at Nauvoo, Ill. In 1863 he was elected Supervisor of the township of Pittsfield, and superintended the erection of a new Jail building and Sheriff's residence. For several years he was also successfully engaged in mercantile business under the firm name of Wells & Gray.
Mr. Gray still survives, and that fact softens the voice of praise of some delightful traits of character in him. Noticeably one of these is his kindly and affectionate interest in his kindred. It was the privilege of the writer not long since to peruse his correspondence extending over a period of years, with a member of the family, and through it all was manifested a kindly, sweet and beautiful christian spirit overflowing with loving, affectionate interest. Every evil he deplored, every good cause advanced. Many interesting family facts here presented were gleaned from those pages. In a letter written by him to his kinsman, Col. Reuben Gray, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and dated at Barry, Ill., April 3, 1846, concerning family matters, occurs the following: "I now hope to be able to form new acquaintances of the Gray family, which will be ever dear to me, if on no other account than through the respect I hold for my father." Mr. Gray is described by one near to him, as "a fine looking old gentleman, tall and straight, with hair as white as snow." His beloved wife, Sabrina Bentley Gray, died in Oct., 1877, after they had lived together over fifty-two years."
Biography taken from:
Marcius Denison Raymond, Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., And Also Including Sketches of Other Gray Families (Tarrytown, N.Y., 1887), 119-121.
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◆ Son of: Daniel Gray & Jemima Rix
◆ Husband of: Sabrina Bentley (married 16 Jun 1825)
◆ Father of:
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Cyrus Winthrop Gray
Daniel Darwin Gray
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mary-Frances-Cox
Roby I. Gray Foster
Virginia Gray
John Bentley Gray
Elnora Virginia Gray Pike
Mr. Gray still survives, and that fact softens the voice of praise of some delightful traits of character in him. Noticeably one of these is his kindly and affectionate interest in his kindred. It was the privilege of the writer not long since to peruse his correspondence extending over a period of years, with a member of the family, and through it all was manifested a kindly, sweet and beautiful christian spirit overflowing with loving, affectionate interest. Every evil he deplored, every good cause advanced. Many interesting family facts here presented were gleaned from those pages. In a letter written by him to his kinsman, Col. Reuben Gray, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and dated at Barry, Ill., April 3, 1846, concerning family matters, occurs the following: "I now hope to be able to form new acquaintances of the Gray family, which will be ever dear to me, if on no other account than through the respect I hold for my father." Mr. Gray is described by one near to him, as "a fine looking old gentleman, tall and straight, with hair as white as snow." His beloved wife, Sabrina Bentley Gray, died in Oct., 1877, after they had lived together over fifty-two years."
Biography taken from:
Marcius Denison Raymond, Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., And Also Including Sketches of Other Gray Families (Tarrytown, N.Y., 1887), 119-121.
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◆ Son of: Daniel Gray & Jemima Rix
◆ Husband of: Sabrina Bentley (married 16 Jun 1825)
◆ Father of:
charlotte-eliza-gray
Cyrus Winthrop Gray
Daniel Darwin Gray
william-henry-gray#
mary-Frances-Cox
Roby I. Gray Foster
Virginia Gray
John Bentley Gray
Elnora Virginia Gray Pike
"Stephen R. Gray, son of Daniel and Jemima Rix Gray, was born at Berlin, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1804, and was married to Sabrina Bentley at that place, June 16, 1825. In July 1837, he removed to Illinois with his family, having previously made a prospecting tour to that then far western State. On arrival they stopped in the Mississippi bottom until Feb., 1838, when they moved to Barry, Pike Co., Ill. He was the first Postmaster of Barry, and held that office until 1850, when he was elected Sheriff, and removed to Pittsfield, which was the county seat of Pike. He was several times elected Justice of the Peace of Barry, and in 1844 was appointed one of three Commissioners to appraise and divide in equal portions one hundred and sixty quarter sections of land in the military bounty lands of the State, belonging to the estate of William James of Albany, N. Y. While examining these lands he witnessed the destruction of the anti-Mormon Press at Nauvoo, Ill. In 1863 he was elected Supervisor of the township of Pittsfield, and superintended the erection of a new Jail building and Sheriff's residence. For several years he was also successfully engaged in mercantile business under the firm name of Wells & Gray.
Mr. Gray still survives, and that fact softens the voice of praise of some delightful traits of character in him. Noticeably one of these is his kindly and affectionate interest in his kindred. It was the privilege of the writer not long since to peruse his correspondence extending over a period of years, with a member of the family, and through it all was manifested a kindly, sweet and beautiful christian spirit overflowing with loving, affectionate interest. Every evil he deplored, every good cause advanced. Many interesting family facts here presented were gleaned from those pages. In a letter written by him to his kinsman, Col. Reuben Gray, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and dated at Barry, Ill., April 3, 1846, concerning family matters, occurs the following: "I now hope to be able to form new acquaintances of the Gray family, which will be ever dear to me, if on no other account than through the respect I hold for my father." Mr. Gray is described by one near to him, as "a fine looking old gentleman, tall and straight, with hair as white as snow." His beloved wife, Sabrina Bentley Gray, died in Oct., 1877, after they had lived together over fifty-two years."
Biography taken from:
Marcius Denison Raymond, Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., And Also Including Sketches of Other Gray Families (Tarrytown, N.Y., 1887), 119-121.
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◆ Son of: Daniel Gray & Jemima Rix
◆ Husband of: Sabrina Bentley (married 16 Jun 1825)
◆ Father of:
charlotte-eliza-gray
Cyrus Winthrop Gray
Daniel Darwin Gray
william-henry-gray#
mary-Frances-Cox
Roby I. Gray Foster
Virginia Gray
John Bentley Gray
Elnora Virginia Gray Pike
Mr. Gray still survives, and that fact softens the voice of praise of some delightful traits of character in him. Noticeably one of these is his kindly and affectionate interest in his kindred. It was the privilege of the writer not long since to peruse his correspondence extending over a period of years, with a member of the family, and through it all was manifested a kindly, sweet and beautiful christian spirit overflowing with loving, affectionate interest. Every evil he deplored, every good cause advanced. Many interesting family facts here presented were gleaned from those pages. In a letter written by him to his kinsman, Col. Reuben Gray, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and dated at Barry, Ill., April 3, 1846, concerning family matters, occurs the following: "I now hope to be able to form new acquaintances of the Gray family, which will be ever dear to me, if on no other account than through the respect I hold for my father." Mr. Gray is described by one near to him, as "a fine looking old gentleman, tall and straight, with hair as white as snow." His beloved wife, Sabrina Bentley Gray, died in Oct., 1877, after they had lived together over fifty-two years."
Biography taken from:
Marcius Denison Raymond, Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., And Also Including Sketches of Other Gray Families (Tarrytown, N.Y., 1887), 119-121.
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◆ Son of: Daniel Gray & Jemima Rix
◆ Husband of: Sabrina Bentley (married 16 Jun 1825)
◆ Father of:
charlotte-eliza-gray
Cyrus Winthrop Gray
Daniel Darwin Gray
william-henry-gray#
mary-Frances-Cox
Roby I. Gray Foster
Virginia Gray
John Bentley Gray
Elnora Virginia Gray Pike
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