The Gray Line
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Richard J. Gray II presented his Gray family with his research on the Gray Family.
Some of the research is shared here with permission.
The Gray Migration 1764-2004
2004
Richard J. Gray II
(Condensed by Eva Lynn Gray Noveskey)
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
The first documented Gray in the United States was John Gray, whom one affectionately calls "Old John Gray." John Gray was born near Mount Vernon, Virginia on January 6, 1764. Upon his death on March 29, 1868, Gray was the next to last surviving member of the army which General Washington had led throughout the Revolution. He was certainly the oldest surviving Revolutionary War veteran from the State of Ohio.
After his father was killed at the Battle of White Plains, New York, John enlisted in the Continental Army (Virginia Line) at the age of seventeen and served in Captain Sanford's militia company.
(Marietta County News, Tuesday, May 29, 1866, states that his father's name was Shadrick Gray.)
Our Gray family descended from the marital union of John Gray and his first wife, Nancy.
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
William Gray, son of John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Nancy Dowell, was born in 1787 or 1788 in Jamestown, Surry Co., Virginia. William and his brother Thomas emigrated to Euclid, Cuyahoga County between 1808-1810 with the family of David Dille.
He was married in Euclid, to Miss Clarissa Porter, who was born in New Hampshire, and was a young
girl when she came with her parents to this locality… after their marriage, [they] settled in Euclid and lived there until about 1831, when they removed to Rockport Township and resided there several years, and then located in Middleburg township, where Mr. [William] Gray operated a sawmill till the most valuable timber was nearly exhausted. Selling out, he moved to Berea, where he passed the remainder of his days. His wife died in Rockport Township. They had nine children who grew up to years of maturity; two died when young.
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on April 21, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died on February 14, 1895 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He married Sophronia Greenough on April 04, 1847 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel Greenough, born in Vermont, and Wealthy Ann Kellogg, born in Vermont. Sophronia Greenough was born on November 13, 1827 in Vermont. She died on August 24, 1894 in Ohio and is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Sophronia had a brother named Charles and a sister named Celinda, born in 1832.
The marital union of John Gray and Sophronia Greenough produced thirteen children, only eight of which reached majority: Albert Gray, born May 21, 1848, Claricy Gray, born 1849, Helen M. Gray, born 1852, John Madison Gray, born May 1854, Verna Gray, born about 1857, Lovinia A. Gray, born 1857, Mabel Gray, born about 1860, Almeda Gray, born about 1862, Emma Gray, born about 1864, Wilbur Tecumseh Gray, born January 1, 1866, Merrit Cogswell Gray, born January 14, 1869, Alice Gray, born April 19, 1872 and Arthur V. Gray, born 1875.
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
John Madison Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on May 1854 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died in 1925 in Lenawee County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Susanna Anna Wooldridge on February 20, 1877 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Wooldridge and Susanna Westlake, who both were born in England. Susanna Anna Wooldridge was born in June 1868 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She died in 1932 in Lenawee County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
The Thomas Wooldridge family consisted of himself, his wife, Susanna, and children, William, born 1855, Edmund, born August 1857, who married John Madison Gray's sister, Almeda, Susanna Anna, born June 1858, Helen, born 1858, Harlan E., born May 1862, and John, born 1866.
The marital union of John Madison Gray and Susanna Anna Wooldridge produced seven children, six of which were still alive in 1900 and 1910: Burton C. Gray, born October 1877, Ora A. Gray, born October 12, 1881, Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, born August 23, 1887, Newman J. Gray, born July 1891, Lillian Mae Gray, born January 1894, and Myrtle Gray.
He is reported on the censuses for Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1860 and 1870. In 1879, he moved his wife, one-year old son, Burton, and infant daughter, from Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. The seventh child was a girl. She is listed on the 1880 U.S. census for Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan without a first name, though it is indicated that she was eight months old. She was born in Ohio in 1879.
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on August 23, 1887 in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Eva Violet Collins on December 18, 1909 in Monroe County, Michigan, the daughter of John Baker Collins and Sarah A. Austin. He died on December 28, 1962 in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Eva Violet Collins was born March 08, 1890 in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. She died on March 07, 1953 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
The marital union of Irving Thomas Gray and Eva Violet Collins produced five children: Viola M. Gray, born in 1911, Hazel B. Gray, born August 08, 1912, John Irving Gray, born September 15, 1915, Virgil LaVerne Gray, born March 26, 1920, and Ivan Thomas Gray, born January 11, 1924, from whom we are descended.
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on January 11, 1924 in Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He married Betty Jean Nickell on October 01, 1943 at Seybert Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, the daughter of Claude H. Nickell and Freda M. Shupp. He died on September 30, 1985 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Betty Jean Nickell was born on December 03, 1924 in York Township, Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. She died on September 26, 2000 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
Like all Gray men that had come before him, Ivan Thomas Gray began work as a farmer. By 1948, he was supervisor of ranch hands at Alger's Ranch on Judd Rd. near Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1952, he went to work for Ford Motor Company, first at the Rawsonville Plant, and then, at the Monroe Plant. He eventually became a tool and die maker and retired from Ford Motor Company in 1982.
The marital union of Ivan Thomas Gray and Betty Jean Nickell produced seven children.
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Richard J. Gray II presented his Gray family with his research on the Gray Family.
Some of the research is shared here with permission.
The Gray Migration 1764-2004
2004
Richard J. Gray II
(Condensed by Eva Lynn Gray Noveskey)
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
The first documented Gray in the United States was John Gray, whom one affectionately calls "Old John Gray." John Gray was born near Mount Vernon, Virginia on January 6, 1764. Upon his death on March 29, 1868, Gray was the next to last surviving member of the army which General Washington had led throughout the Revolution. He was certainly the oldest surviving Revolutionary War veteran from the State of Ohio.
After his father was killed at the Battle of White Plains, New York, John enlisted in the Continental Army (Virginia Line) at the age of seventeen and served in Captain Sanford's militia company.
(Marietta County News, Tuesday, May 29, 1866, states that his father's name was Shadrick Gray.)
Our Gray family descended from the marital union of John Gray and his first wife, Nancy.
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
William Gray, son of John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Nancy Dowell, was born in 1787 or 1788 in Jamestown, Surry Co., Virginia. William and his brother Thomas emigrated to Euclid, Cuyahoga County between 1808-1810 with the family of David Dille.
He was married in Euclid, to Miss Clarissa Porter, who was born in New Hampshire, and was a young
girl when she came with her parents to this locality… after their marriage, [they] settled in Euclid and lived there until about 1831, when they removed to Rockport Township and resided there several years, and then located in Middleburg township, where Mr. [William] Gray operated a sawmill till the most valuable timber was nearly exhausted. Selling out, he moved to Berea, where he passed the remainder of his days. His wife died in Rockport Township. They had nine children who grew up to years of maturity; two died when young.
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on April 21, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died on February 14, 1895 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He married Sophronia Greenough on April 04, 1847 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel Greenough, born in Vermont, and Wealthy Ann Kellogg, born in Vermont. Sophronia Greenough was born on November 13, 1827 in Vermont. She died on August 24, 1894 in Ohio and is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Sophronia had a brother named Charles and a sister named Celinda, born in 1832.
The marital union of John Gray and Sophronia Greenough produced thirteen children, only eight of which reached majority: Albert Gray, born May 21, 1848, Claricy Gray, born 1849, Helen M. Gray, born 1852, John Madison Gray, born May 1854, Verna Gray, born about 1857, Lovinia A. Gray, born 1857, Mabel Gray, born about 1860, Almeda Gray, born about 1862, Emma Gray, born about 1864, Wilbur Tecumseh Gray, born January 1, 1866, Merrit Cogswell Gray, born January 14, 1869, Alice Gray, born April 19, 1872 and Arthur V. Gray, born 1875.
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
John Madison Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on May 1854 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died in 1925 in Lenawee County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Susanna Anna Wooldridge on February 20, 1877 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Wooldridge and Susanna Westlake, who both were born in England. Susanna Anna Wooldridge was born in June 1868 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She died in 1932 in Lenawee County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
The Thomas Wooldridge family consisted of himself, his wife, Susanna, and children, William, born 1855, Edmund, born August 1857, who married John Madison Gray's sister, Almeda, Susanna Anna, born June 1858, Helen, born 1858, Harlan E., born May 1862, and John, born 1866.
The marital union of John Madison Gray and Susanna Anna Wooldridge produced seven children, six of which were still alive in 1900 and 1910: Burton C. Gray, born October 1877, Ora A. Gray, born October 12, 1881, Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, born August 23, 1887, Newman J. Gray, born July 1891, Lillian Mae Gray, born January 1894, and Myrtle Gray.
He is reported on the censuses for Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1860 and 1870. In 1879, he moved his wife, one-year old son, Burton, and infant daughter, from Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. The seventh child was a girl. She is listed on the 1880 U.S. census for Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan without a first name, though it is indicated that she was eight months old. She was born in Ohio in 1879.
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on August 23, 1887 in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Eva Violet Collins on December 18, 1909 in Monroe County, Michigan, the daughter of John Baker Collins and Sarah A. Austin. He died on December 28, 1962 in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Eva Violet Collins was born March 08, 1890 in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. She died on March 07, 1953 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
The marital union of Irving Thomas Gray and Eva Violet Collins produced five children: Viola M. Gray, born in 1911, Hazel B. Gray, born August 08, 1912, John Irving Gray, born September 15, 1915, Virgil LaVerne Gray, born March 26, 1920, and Ivan Thomas Gray, born January 11, 1924, from whom we are descended.
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on January 11, 1924 in Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He married Betty Jean Nickell on October 01, 1943 at Seybert Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, the daughter of Claude H. Nickell and Freda M. Shupp. He died on September 30, 1985 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Betty Jean Nickell was born on December 03, 1924 in York Township, Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. She died on September 26, 2000 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
Like all Gray men that had come before him, Ivan Thomas Gray began work as a farmer. By 1948, he was supervisor of ranch hands at Alger's Ranch on Judd Rd. near Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1952, he went to work for Ford Motor Company, first at the Rawsonville Plant, and then, at the Monroe Plant. He eventually became a tool and die maker and retired from Ford Motor Company in 1982.
The marital union of Ivan Thomas Gray and Betty Jean Nickell produced seven children.
The Gray Line
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Richard J. Gray II presented his Gray family with his research on the Gray Family.
Some of the research is shared here with permission.
The Gray Migration 1764-2004
2004
Richard J. Gray II
(Condensed by Eva Lynn Gray Noveskey)
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
The first documented Gray in the United States was John Gray, whom one affectionately calls "Old John Gray." John Gray was born near Mount Vernon, Virginia on January 6, 1764. Upon his death on March 29, 1868, Gray was the next to last surviving member of the army which General Washington had led throughout the Revolution. He was certainly the oldest surviving Revolutionary War veteran from the State of Ohio.
After his father was killed at the Battle of White Plains, New York, John enlisted in the Continental Army (Virginia Line) at the age of seventeen and served in Captain Sanford's militia company.
(Marietta County News, Tuesday, May 29, 1866, states that his father's name was Shadrick Gray.)
Our Gray family descended from the marital union of John Gray and his first wife, Nancy.
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
William Gray, son of John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Nancy Dowell, was born in 1787 or 1788 in Jamestown, Surry Co., Virginia. William and his brother Thomas emigrated to Euclid, Cuyahoga County between 1808-1810 with the family of David Dille.
He was married in Euclid, to Miss Clarissa Porter, who was born in New Hampshire, and was a young
girl when she came with her parents to this locality… after their marriage, [they] settled in Euclid and lived there until about 1831, when they removed to Rockport Township and resided there several years, and then located in Middleburg township, where Mr. [William] Gray operated a sawmill till the most valuable timber was nearly exhausted. Selling out, he moved to Berea, where he passed the remainder of his days. His wife died in Rockport Township. They had nine children who grew up to years of maturity; two died when young.
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on April 21, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died on February 14, 1895 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He married Sophronia Greenough on April 04, 1847 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel Greenough, born in Vermont, and Wealthy Ann Kellogg, born in Vermont. Sophronia Greenough was born on November 13, 1827 in Vermont. She died on August 24, 1894 in Ohio and is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Sophronia had a brother named Charles and a sister named Celinda, born in 1832.
The marital union of John Gray and Sophronia Greenough produced thirteen children, only eight of which reached majority: Albert Gray, born May 21, 1848, Claricy Gray, born 1849, Helen M. Gray, born 1852, John Madison Gray, born May 1854, Verna Gray, born about 1857, Lovinia A. Gray, born 1857, Mabel Gray, born about 1860, Almeda Gray, born about 1862, Emma Gray, born about 1864, Wilbur Tecumseh Gray, born January 1, 1866, Merrit Cogswell Gray, born January 14, 1869, Alice Gray, born April 19, 1872 and Arthur V. Gray, born 1875.
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
John Madison Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on May 1854 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died in 1925 in Lenawee County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Susanna Anna Wooldridge on February 20, 1877 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Wooldridge and Susanna Westlake, who both were born in England. Susanna Anna Wooldridge was born in June 1868 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She died in 1932 in Lenawee County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
The Thomas Wooldridge family consisted of himself, his wife, Susanna, and children, William, born 1855, Edmund, born August 1857, who married John Madison Gray's sister, Almeda, Susanna Anna, born June 1858, Helen, born 1858, Harlan E., born May 1862, and John, born 1866.
The marital union of John Madison Gray and Susanna Anna Wooldridge produced seven children, six of which were still alive in 1900 and 1910: Burton C. Gray, born October 1877, Ora A. Gray, born October 12, 1881, Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, born August 23, 1887, Newman J. Gray, born July 1891, Lillian Mae Gray, born January 1894, and Myrtle Gray.
He is reported on the censuses for Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1860 and 1870. In 1879, he moved his wife, one-year old son, Burton, and infant daughter, from Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. The seventh child was a girl. She is listed on the 1880 U.S. census for Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan without a first name, though it is indicated that she was eight months old. She was born in Ohio in 1879.
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on August 23, 1887 in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Eva Violet Collins on December 18, 1909 in Monroe County, Michigan, the daughter of John Baker Collins and Sarah A. Austin. He died on December 28, 1962 in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Eva Violet Collins was born March 08, 1890 in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. She died on March 07, 1953 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
The marital union of Irving Thomas Gray and Eva Violet Collins produced five children: Viola M. Gray, born in 1911, Hazel B. Gray, born August 08, 1912, John Irving Gray, born September 15, 1915, Virgil LaVerne Gray, born March 26, 1920, and Ivan Thomas Gray, born January 11, 1924, from whom we are descended.
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on January 11, 1924 in Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He married Betty Jean Nickell on October 01, 1943 at Seybert Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, the daughter of Claude H. Nickell and Freda M. Shupp. He died on September 30, 1985 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Betty Jean Nickell was born on December 03, 1924 in York Township, Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. She died on September 26, 2000 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
Like all Gray men that had come before him, Ivan Thomas Gray began work as a farmer. By 1948, he was supervisor of ranch hands at Alger's Ranch on Judd Rd. near Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1952, he went to work for Ford Motor Company, first at the Rawsonville Plant, and then, at the Monroe Plant. He eventually became a tool and die maker and retired from Ford Motor Company in 1982.
The marital union of Ivan Thomas Gray and Betty Jean Nickell produced seven children.
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Richard J. Gray II presented his Gray family with his research on the Gray Family.
Some of the research is shared here with permission.
The Gray Migration 1764-2004
2004
Richard J. Gray II
(Condensed by Eva Lynn Gray Noveskey)
John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia
The first documented Gray in the United States was John Gray, whom one affectionately calls "Old John Gray." John Gray was born near Mount Vernon, Virginia on January 6, 1764. Upon his death on March 29, 1868, Gray was the next to last surviving member of the army which General Washington had led throughout the Revolution. He was certainly the oldest surviving Revolutionary War veteran from the State of Ohio.
After his father was killed at the Battle of White Plains, New York, John enlisted in the Continental Army (Virginia Line) at the age of seventeen and served in Captain Sanford's militia company.
(Marietta County News, Tuesday, May 29, 1866, states that his father's name was Shadrick Gray.)
Our Gray family descended from the marital union of John Gray and his first wife, Nancy.
William Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
William Gray, son of John Gray of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Nancy Dowell, was born in 1787 or 1788 in Jamestown, Surry Co., Virginia. William and his brother Thomas emigrated to Euclid, Cuyahoga County between 1808-1810 with the family of David Dille.
He was married in Euclid, to Miss Clarissa Porter, who was born in New Hampshire, and was a young
girl when she came with her parents to this locality… after their marriage, [they] settled in Euclid and lived there until about 1831, when they removed to Rockport Township and resided there several years, and then located in Middleburg township, where Mr. [William] Gray operated a sawmill till the most valuable timber was nearly exhausted. Selling out, he moved to Berea, where he passed the remainder of his days. His wife died in Rockport Township. They had nine children who grew up to years of maturity; two died when young.
John Gray of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
John Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on April 21, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died on February 14, 1895 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He married Sophronia Greenough on April 04, 1847 in Middleburg Twp., Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Daniel Greenough, born in Vermont, and Wealthy Ann Kellogg, born in Vermont. Sophronia Greenough was born on November 13, 1827 in Vermont. She died on August 24, 1894 in Ohio and is buried at Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Sophronia had a brother named Charles and a sister named Celinda, born in 1832.
The marital union of John Gray and Sophronia Greenough produced thirteen children, only eight of which reached majority: Albert Gray, born May 21, 1848, Claricy Gray, born 1849, Helen M. Gray, born 1852, John Madison Gray, born May 1854, Verna Gray, born about 1857, Lovinia A. Gray, born 1857, Mabel Gray, born about 1860, Almeda Gray, born about 1862, Emma Gray, born about 1864, Wilbur Tecumseh Gray, born January 1, 1866, Merrit Cogswell Gray, born January 14, 1869, Alice Gray, born April 19, 1872 and Arthur V. Gray, born 1875.
John Madison Gray of Lenawee County, Michigan
John Madison Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on May 1854 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He died in 1925 in Lenawee County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Susanna Anna Wooldridge on February 20, 1877 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas Wooldridge and Susanna Westlake, who both were born in England. Susanna Anna Wooldridge was born in June 1868 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She died in 1932 in Lenawee County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
The Thomas Wooldridge family consisted of himself, his wife, Susanna, and children, William, born 1855, Edmund, born August 1857, who married John Madison Gray's sister, Almeda, Susanna Anna, born June 1858, Helen, born 1858, Harlan E., born May 1862, and John, born 1866.
The marital union of John Madison Gray and Susanna Anna Wooldridge produced seven children, six of which were still alive in 1900 and 1910: Burton C. Gray, born October 1877, Ora A. Gray, born October 12, 1881, Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, born August 23, 1887, Newman J. Gray, born July 1891, Lillian Mae Gray, born January 1894, and Myrtle Gray.
He is reported on the censuses for Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1860 and 1870. In 1879, he moved his wife, one-year old son, Burton, and infant daughter, from Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. The seventh child was a girl. She is listed on the 1880 U.S. census for Blissfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan without a first name, though it is indicated that she was eight months old. She was born in Ohio in 1879.
Irving Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Irving Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on August 23, 1887 in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan. He married Eva Violet Collins on December 18, 1909 in Monroe County, Michigan, the daughter of John Baker Collins and Sarah A. Austin. He died on December 28, 1962 in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Eva Violet Collins was born March 08, 1890 in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. She died on March 07, 1953 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
The marital union of Irving Thomas Gray and Eva Violet Collins produced five children: Viola M. Gray, born in 1911, Hazel B. Gray, born August 08, 1912, John Irving Gray, born September 15, 1915, Virgil LaVerne Gray, born March 26, 1920, and Ivan Thomas Gray, born January 11, 1924, from whom we are descended.
Ivan Thomas Gray of Monroe County, Michigan
Ivan Thomas Gray, from whom we are descended, was born on January 11, 1924 in Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He married Betty Jean Nickell on October 01, 1943 at Seybert Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, the daughter of Claude H. Nickell and Freda M. Shupp. He died on September 30, 1985 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. He is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan. Betty Jean Nickell was born on December 03, 1924 in York Township, Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. She died on September 26, 2000 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio and is buried at Pleasantview Cemetery, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
Like all Gray men that had come before him, Ivan Thomas Gray began work as a farmer. By 1948, he was supervisor of ranch hands at Alger's Ranch on Judd Rd. near Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1952, he went to work for Ford Motor Company, first at the Rawsonville Plant, and then, at the Monroe Plant. He eventually became a tool and die maker and retired from Ford Motor Company in 1982.
The marital union of Ivan Thomas Gray and Betty Jean Nickell produced seven children.
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