James Henry Wray (1896)

CASSADY, EYER, GUIBERSON, STEELE, WRAY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 1/16/2005 at 14:14:33

Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, November 13, 1896

The last time that Dr. Wray visited a patient was on last Sunday evening, when he was called out to see "Little Blood," the son of J. P. McNeley, who was suffering with pleurisy. The doctor was sick himself at the time, but he bundled up and went as it was at the home of a neighbor. He said to the little sick fellow on leaving the house: "Now Johnnie, if I am too sick to come to see you in the morning, I want you to come and see me." The little fellow promised to do so, but when the morning came both the boy and the man were too sick to visit each other, and in a short time the man who had always been so kind and gentle in the sick room, passed away in death.
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Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, November 13, 1896
Page 3

Dr. James H. Wray, the well known Winterset physician, died of heart failure at his home in this city at about the hour of midnight on last Wednesday night. The news of his death caused great grief and surprise on Thursday morning as outside the circle of a few intimate friends, the fact that he was seriously ill did not seem to be generally known.

The doctor's sickness began on last Friday, a cold and stormy day when he was called upon to take a drive into the country. He took a severe cold which confined him to the house. He grew worse the fore part of this week and when Wednesday night came his brotherly physicians who were attending him realized that heart failure was impending and that nothing could be done to save him, the end was near. Dr. Wray, who thought feeble was rational and collected also realized this.

He talked with his family, his friend Dr. Nelson, his Pastor, Rev. B. E. Ely and others, to Dr. Ely who conversed and prayed with him, he stated that his mind was at peace and his hope in salvation in Christ was strong.

Dr. Wray came to this place about twenty years ago. He was a very skillful physician and a man of more than usual intelligence, who by reading and research kept up with the advances in his profession.

He married Miss Kate Guiberson who with two orphaned daughters survive him. Kind and amiable in character, he had a particular facility of attracting affection and his death has caused general grief in the community.

The funeral will be held at the home at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow, Saturday afternoon. The burial services will be conducted by the Masonic fraternity and the pall bearers will be composed of Winterset physicians.
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Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Tuesday, November 17, 1896

Funeral of Dr. Wray.

The funeral of Dr. J. H. Wray, whose death was noted in these columns last Friday, took place Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The religious services were conducted by Rev. Dr. B. E. S. Ely, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of which deceased and his family were members. The ceremonies of burial were in charge of Evening Star Masonic lodge, of which deceased was a member. The funeral was largely attended.
Several relatives from abroad were present, Mr. Geo. H. Wray, of Altoona, Pa., a brother of the Doctor, and Mrs. J. M. Steele, of Des Moines, his aunt, Mr. W. P. Guiberson and Mrs. Geo. Cassady, of Des Moines, uncle and aunt of Mrs. Wray, and her sister, Mrs. Cora Eyer, of Chicago.

Dr. Wray was at the time of his death about forty-four years of age, a native of Pennsylvania, where he has four brothers and five sisters.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 12, 1896
Page 5

Dr. Wray Dead.
This (Thursday) morning the news flashed over town that Dr. J. H. Wray was dead. He died at 1 o’clock this morning. He took sick last Friday and gradually grew worse until the end came. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Obituary and further particulars will be given later.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 19, 1896
Page 4

Dr. J. H. Wray.

The death of Dr. Wray which we mentioned last week was very sudden and unexpected. He had been sick but a few days and it was not generally known that he was sick at all. Dr. Wray had been a resident of Winterset for more than 20 years, was a skillful physician and always had good success in his practice. He was a quiet, unostentatious man, and had a disposition peculiarly adapted to making friends. He was 44 years old at the time of death, a native of Pennsylvania. His wife and two daughters survive him.

The funeral was preached at his home by his pastor, Dr. Ely, and the remains were buried Saturday under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity of this city, an order of which he was a devoted member. “Peace to his ashes.”

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