Elisha Burritt Gray and Unknown

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Husband Elisha Burritt Gray ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Apr 1823 - Kenton Co, KY 1 2 3
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           Died: 5 Aug 1890 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried: 7 Aug 1890 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Alanson Gray (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Jane R. Tarvin (      -      ) 1 5

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   Other Spouse: Margaretta Rachel McDowell (1827-1905) 1 3 - 1 Aug 1850 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Unknown

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General Notes: Husband - Elisha Burritt Gray

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In 1849 he first visited Venango County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the iron business at the Valley Furnace at Sugar Creek. The firm was known as Raymond & Gray. (According to Mr. Gray the scarcity of the material and not the tariff was the cause of the failure of the furnace business.) He was also engaged in iron making at Marquette, and on the Cumberland river, Kentucky. He was a contractor at bridge building for several years. He was also an oil operator and producer. In 1878 he was collector of taxes. For several years he was also in the insurance business. [HVC 1879, 497]

He was born in Campbell County, Kentucky. [BAFC, 97]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 497.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 97.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 372.

4 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 373.