ALFRED B. GRAY
Alfred B. Gray, came to Cass county in 1875, and purchased a farm on section 4, Washington townsip. He has since improved his farm, built a large frame house, and planted an orchard which is now one of the finest in the township. He was born in Cedar county, Iowa on the 13th of April, 1843, and is the son of Ebenezer and Eliza (Boland) Gray, his father a native of Ohio, and his mother of Virginia. Ebenezer came to the territory of Iowa in April, 1839, and settled in what is now Muscatine. He then went by team to Cedar county, where he was among the early settlers. He remained in that county until his death, which occurred in 1884, while his widow is still a resident of that county. Alfred was reared to manhood in Cedar county, and made his home with his parents until 1864, when he enlisted in company G, Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry. He served about three months, when he was honorably discharged, and came to his old home in Cedar county, where he remained a resident until coming to Cass county. He was married 1868 to Mary Mattison, a native of England, but when quite young came to America, and located in Stark county, Ohio, where her father died when she was seven years old. She came to Cedar county when twelve years of age, and was there a resident until 1875, when they came to Cass county.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 630.
