William Cunningham Gray, the editor of the Interior, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830. His youth was spent in farm work, school teaching and attending college, as his time and means allowed, having to provide the latter by his own exertions. He succeeded, however, in working his way through college ( Farmers College, near Cincinnati) and graduated with credit. After leaving college he entered upon the study of the law under Chief-Justice Josiah Scott, and in 1852 was admitted to the Bar. He practiced his profession but a short time, however, relinquishing it in 1853 to found the Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune, which is still a flourishing paper. After several years of successful work at this place, Mr. Gray removed in 1863 to Newark, Ohio, where he took editorial charge of the Newark American. In 1867 he removed to Cincinnati and established the Elm-street Printing Company, in the management of which he was engaged when the great fire of 1871 occurred in Chicago, burning out the Interior which been running about a year under the management of a stock company. A good deal of money had been expended on the paper, was badly in debt, and the outlook at this time was very discouraging. The company sent for Mr. Gray and induced him to charge of the paper. When Mr. Gray took hold of the Interior, he brought to it, to a great extent, the methods of secular journalism, something new in the conduct of a religious paper. Pungent paragraphs, brief editorials, and wide-awake treatment of events from an every day practical standpoint, at once marked the new and better era in religious journalism. Mr. Gray was married in 1856 to Miss Anna Garns of Waynesboro, Penn., and has two children-Frank S. Gray, publisher of the Interior; and a daughter, Mrs. Anna C. Purcell, wife of a prominent member of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Gray received the honorary degree of Ph. D. from the University of Wooster (O.) in 1874.
--Source: History of Chicago, Volume 3, by Alfred Theodore Andreas, 1886.
Bio information supplied by Kent Gebhard (#47001358)
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. -- Dr. William C. Gray, the editor of The Interior, a publication of the Presbyterian Church died to-day at his home at Oak Park. Dr. Gray underwent a surgical operation just before he left Chicago for his Summer vacation in the Wisconsin woods. When he returned, a few weeks ago, he was in a weakened condition, due not only to the operation, but to the growing infirmities of age. He grew gradually weaker, and for several days his friends had realized that there was no hope for his recovery.
Dr. Gray was one of the foremost Presbyterians of the West, and had been identified with The Interior for more than thirty years. His "Campfire Musings" and editorials were widely read. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830, and began his newspaper career as the editor of The Maine Democrat in 1851. Two years later he established The Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. After one year as editorial writer on the Cleveland Herald he became, in 1863, the editor of The Newark American, retaining this position until 1871, when he formed his connection with The Interior. Although this is a religious paper, Dr. Gray was not a minister.
--New York Times, 29 September 1901
--Source: History of Chicago, Volume 3, by Alfred Theodore Andreas, 1886.
Bio information supplied by Kent Gebhard (#47001358)
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. -- Dr. William C. Gray, the editor of The Interior, a publication of the Presbyterian Church died to-day at his home at Oak Park. Dr. Gray underwent a surgical operation just before he left Chicago for his Summer vacation in the Wisconsin woods. When he returned, a few weeks ago, he was in a weakened condition, due not only to the operation, but to the growing infirmities of age. He grew gradually weaker, and for several days his friends had realized that there was no hope for his recovery.
Dr. Gray was one of the foremost Presbyterians of the West, and had been identified with The Interior for more than thirty years. His "Campfire Musings" and editorials were widely read. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830, and began his newspaper career as the editor of The Maine Democrat in 1851. Two years later he established The Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. After one year as editorial writer on the Cleveland Herald he became, in 1863, the editor of The Newark American, retaining this position until 1871, when he formed his connection with The Interior. Although this is a religious paper, Dr. Gray was not a minister.
--New York Times, 29 September 1901
William Cunningham Gray, the editor of the Interior, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830. His youth was spent in farm work, school teaching and attending college, as his time and means allowed, having to provide the latter by his own exertions. He succeeded, however, in working his way through college ( Farmers College, near Cincinnati) and graduated with credit. After leaving college he entered upon the study of the law under Chief-Justice Josiah Scott, and in 1852 was admitted to the Bar. He practiced his profession but a short time, however, relinquishing it in 1853 to found the Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune, which is still a flourishing paper. After several years of successful work at this place, Mr. Gray removed in 1863 to Newark, Ohio, where he took editorial charge of the Newark American. In 1867 he removed to Cincinnati and established the Elm-street Printing Company, in the management of which he was engaged when the great fire of 1871 occurred in Chicago, burning out the Interior which been running about a year under the management of a stock company. A good deal of money had been expended on the paper, was badly in debt, and the outlook at this time was very discouraging. The company sent for Mr. Gray and induced him to charge of the paper. When Mr. Gray took hold of the Interior, he brought to it, to a great extent, the methods of secular journalism, something new in the conduct of a religious paper. Pungent paragraphs, brief editorials, and wide-awake treatment of events from an every day practical standpoint, at once marked the new and better era in religious journalism. Mr. Gray was married in 1856 to Miss Anna Garns of Waynesboro, Penn., and has two children-Frank S. Gray, publisher of the Interior; and a daughter, Mrs. Anna C. Purcell, wife of a prominent member of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Gray received the honorary degree of Ph. D. from the University of Wooster (O.) in 1874.
--Source: History of Chicago, Volume 3, by Alfred Theodore Andreas, 1886.
Bio information supplied by Kent Gebhard (#47001358)
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. -- Dr. William C. Gray, the editor of The Interior, a publication of the Presbyterian Church died to-day at his home at Oak Park. Dr. Gray underwent a surgical operation just before he left Chicago for his Summer vacation in the Wisconsin woods. When he returned, a few weeks ago, he was in a weakened condition, due not only to the operation, but to the growing infirmities of age. He grew gradually weaker, and for several days his friends had realized that there was no hope for his recovery.
Dr. Gray was one of the foremost Presbyterians of the West, and had been identified with The Interior for more than thirty years. His "Campfire Musings" and editorials were widely read. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830, and began his newspaper career as the editor of The Maine Democrat in 1851. Two years later he established The Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. After one year as editorial writer on the Cleveland Herald he became, in 1863, the editor of The Newark American, retaining this position until 1871, when he formed his connection with The Interior. Although this is a religious paper, Dr. Gray was not a minister.
--New York Times, 29 September 1901
--Source: History of Chicago, Volume 3, by Alfred Theodore Andreas, 1886.
Bio information supplied by Kent Gebhard (#47001358)
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. -- Dr. William C. Gray, the editor of The Interior, a publication of the Presbyterian Church died to-day at his home at Oak Park. Dr. Gray underwent a surgical operation just before he left Chicago for his Summer vacation in the Wisconsin woods. When he returned, a few weeks ago, he was in a weakened condition, due not only to the operation, but to the growing infirmities of age. He grew gradually weaker, and for several days his friends had realized that there was no hope for his recovery.
Dr. Gray was one of the foremost Presbyterians of the West, and had been identified with The Interior for more than thirty years. His "Campfire Musings" and editorials were widely read. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1830, and began his newspaper career as the editor of The Maine Democrat in 1851. Two years later he established The Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. After one year as editorial writer on the Cleveland Herald he became, in 1863, the editor of The Newark American, retaining this position until 1871, when he formed his connection with The Interior. Although this is a religious paper, Dr. Gray was not a minister.
--New York Times, 29 September 1901
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