Gray, John B

GRAY, MORRISON

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Date: 6/28/2011 at 08:43:09

Gray, John B. -
John B. Gray was born in Excomb, England, May 4. 1845. Came to America in 1854 and settled in the vicinity of Lenox in 1875. In June.1877 he was united in marriage to Mary Morrison. To this union five children were born: Thomas of Chicago, Jessie L. of South Dakota, Mrs. Alice Evans of Boise. Ida., Johnnie E. of Corning, la , and Mrs. Florence J. Clark of Ogden, Utah. There are six grandchildren. Five brothers and sisters are living-George of Lenox, Henry of Chicago, Jim of Washington, la., Mary of Beaconsfield, la., and Anna of Chicago.

For many years Mr. Gray was a faithful member of the Lenox United Presbyterian church and attended church regularly to within a very few weeks of his death. He died on the 75th anniversary of his birth.

Funeral services were held at the home, Friday afternoon at one o'clock conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Davidson, Burial was made in the Clearfield Cemetery.-Lenox Time Table.
Clearfield Enterprise, Clearfield, Iowa, May 20, 1920