Elisha Burritt Gray and Margaretta Rachel McDowell

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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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       Marriage: 1 Aug 1850 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Margaretta Rachel McDowell ^{1 3}

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           Born: 11 Jul 1827 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Oct 1905 - Brooklyn, NY 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thomas Skelly McDowell (1803-1876) 2 6
         Mother: Emily Nevins Ayres (1808-1862) 3 7

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Children

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1 F Emily Jane Gray ^{2 3}

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           Born: 18 May 1851 2 3
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Allen Fleming (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 2 May 1872 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3 8

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2 F Anna Cynthia Gray ^{2 3}

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           Born: 14 Mar 1853 - Trigg Co, KY 2 3
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Capt. James Patton Newell (1840-1895) 2 3
           Marr: 4 Jun 1875 - Maysville, Mason Co, KY 3

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3 M William Galbraith Gray ^{2 3}

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           Born: Aug 1855 2 3
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           Died: Oct 1856 2 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Margaretta Gray ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 May 1858 - Portsmouth, Scioto Co, OH 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Henry S. Church (1857-1885) 2 3
           Marr: 1 Jun 1880 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Albert J. Bothwell (1854-      ) 3
           Marr: 6 Aug 1891 - Hartford, Hartford Co, CT 3

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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 Editor, 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.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 443, 492.

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 364.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 78.