Given name: Sophia Eleanore Furlong or Eleanore Sophia Furlong
As an adult, she would sign her name as Ellen S. Gray
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Parents:
John P. Furlong, Mary (Maria) Sophia Jones Furlong
Siblings:
Mary Martha, William Benjamin, Catherine A.(?), John Edward

As a child, Ellen's mother move their family from Franklin, Louisiana to Brunswick, Georgia. As a teenager, she met her future husband, B.B. Gray in Brunswick.
-In 1870, the couple wed, and made their home in Brunswick, until moving to Millwood, GA in Ware County, although they still maintained a home in Brunswick.
-In 1880, their growing family is listed in the federal census in Millwood. Ellen's mother, Mary Sophia Jones Furlong (widowed), is with them.
-By 1890 Ellen and B.B. moved to Coffee County (now Atkinson Co. - the Willacoochee, GA area). This is a productive time for the Grays, and for B.B.'s entrepreneurial efforts. The area thrived because of the industry he helped create. They built a large lumber mill at the Pine Bloom flag station (with a commissary, post office and chapel) on the Brunswick & Albany RR line, and he built several railroad lines.
-By 1910, an architecturally impressive home, called Pinebloom, was built on a large tract of land next to the mill. In the 1910 census, Ellen, BB, and all of her 13 surviving children are listed in the home. Later, there were hardships but the family was always known as one of the pioneering families of South Georgia.
-1926+ Ellen continued to live at Pine Bloom (with a few of her grown children at the residence) after B.B.'s death in 1926.
-In 1936 she passed away, at the age of 82, while visiting her daughter, Edna, in SC. This was only a few days after her son, George, died in a car crash. She was brought back to South Georgia to be buried along side her husband, and some of her children, in the Willacoochee City Cemetery. Her son, B.W., wrote "Ellen S. Gray was a great mother, and highly respected by her large family. She was never too tired to fix for them, and was a great cook and home maker. She had a heart for the unfortunate. No one left her house hungry, regardless of their station."

Ellen Sophia Furlong and Benjamin Benchley Gray had 14 children:

1 Benjamin Benchley Gray b/d: 1871-1871
2 Edward F. GRAY b: 08 Feb 1872
3 Benjamin W. GRAY b: 10 Feb 1874
4 Mary (Mamie) Lucina GRAY b: 03 Feb 1877
5 Henry Pendleton GRAY b: 29 Mch 1878
6 John H. GRAY b: 28 Nov 1880
7 Katie Sophia GRAY b: 03 Feb 1883
8 Charles (Charlie) E. GRAY b: 09 Jun 1884
9 Mollie Estelle GRAY b: 14 Jly 1886
10 George Washington GRAY b: 09 Aug 1888
11 Arthur Latham GRAY b: 25 Mrch 1891
12 Fred Oliver GRAY b: 13 Aug 1892
13 William (Willie) A. GRAY b: 08 Aug 1894
14 Edna E. GRAY b: 05 Oct 1895
*Spelling: Please note that spelling of these names is correct, there is much mis-information on the internet.

Source: The information above is from the written family record of Benjamin W. Gray (#3 above), as well as census reports, obituaries, and public records. From B.W.'s records, I also have the names of the children's spouses.

Contribute: If you have any information on the location of burials for the children that do not have memorial links below, please send me an edit.