Philander Raymond Gray and Josephine Cecelia McDowell

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Husband Philander Raymond Gray ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1837 - Campbell Co, KY 2
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         Father: Alanson Gray (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Jane R. Tarvin (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 19 Jul 1862 1 2

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Wife Josephine Cecelia McDowell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Jun 1839 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Thomas Skelly McDowell (1803-1876) 1 4
         Mother: Emily Nevins Ayres (1808-1862) 5 6

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Children

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1 M Elisha Burritt Gray ²

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           Born: 25 Jun 1865 - Lewis Co, KY 2
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         Spouse: Haidee Reed (1854-      ) 2
           Marr: 3 Sep 1891

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2 M Philander Raymond Gray ²

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           Born: 8 Dec 1866 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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3 M William Ayres Gray ²

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           Born: 24 May 1868 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Byers Morrison (1873-      ) 2
           Marr: 11 Jan 1893 - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ 2

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4 M Frederick Charles Gray ⁷

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           Born: 12 Feb 1870 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Daisy Claire Wallace Huber (1877-      ) 7
           Marr: 6 Jul 1903 - New York City, NY 7

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5 F Fanny Josephine Gray ⁷

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           Born: 17 Dec 1871 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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6 M Alanson McDowell Gray ⁷

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           Born: 24 Oct 1873 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Caroline Henderson Koues (1883-      ) 7
           Marr: 5 Jun 1907 - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ 7

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7 M John Lathrop Gray ⁷

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           Born: 6 Feb 1875 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Harriet Hamilton Tyng (1879-      ) 7
           Marr: 3 Jun 1901 - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ 7

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8 F Emily Jane Gray ⁷

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           Born: 11 Feb 1877 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Charles Douglas Galloway (1881-      ) 7
           Marr: 24 Jun 1903 - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ 7

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9 M McDowell Gray ⁷

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           Born: 17 Jul 1879 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Florence Robbins (1883-      ) 7

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10 M Thomas Tarvin Gray ⁷

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           Born: 29 Aug 1881 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Ella Moray Watson (1880-      ) 7
           Marr: 6 Dec 1905 - Philadelphia Co, PA 7

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11 F Josephine McDowell Gray ⁷

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           Born: 11 Oct 1883 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Hamilton Wainwright Weeks (1880-      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Philander Raymond Gray

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He enlisted in Company A, 121st Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Capt. George E. Ridgeway, going to the front with the army in 1862. After serving as first sergeant of the company he was promoted to second lieutenant for bravery at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and complimented in a general regimental order for his conduct in that hard fought battle. In October, 1863, he was appointed to first lieu-tenant; was detailed as acting quartermaster of the 121st Regiment and commissioned in November; in February, 1864, was detailed quartermaster of the brigade, serving as such until the close of the war, when he was hon-orably discharged. In 1865, a few months after his return from the seat of war, he was elected sheriff of Venango County, Pennsylvania. During his term the Pithole oil excitement had its rise, lawlessness was frightfully prevalent, and the position of sheriff was really the most ardu-ous in the gift of the people. How faithfully the difficult task was performed was familiar to every resident of Oildom.
He was one of the pioneer oil refiners, selling his re-finery to accept the superintendency of the Eclipse Lubricating Oil Works, Ltd., and re-mained with this company until January, 1885, when he removed with his large family to Eliz-abeth, New Jersey, and became identified with the Tide Water Oil Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. Up to the time of his removal from Franklin he was very prominent in the politics of northwestern Pennsylvania. His family was somewhat celebrated for its size, there having been eleven children, all of whom lived to celebrate with their parents their golden wedding on July 19, 1912, at Elizabeth, New Jersey. [GPHAV, 373]

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 374.