John Adelbert Gray

1858 - 1900  (41 years)

• Name	John Adelbert Gray
  Born	30 May 1858	, , IA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Telegraph operator and station agent for Wabash Railroad.  [2]
  Religious denomination	Methodist Episcopal  [2]
  Residence	Bef 1888	Clark, Randolph, MO   [2]
  	He was stationed here at one point but his job required him and his family to move to stations located in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
  Residence	Abt 1888	, Fremont, CO   [2]
  	When he retired from the railroad due to his failing health, he moved his family to a farm near Canon City in Fremont county, Colorado.
  Died	3 Jan 1900	, Fremont, CO   [1, 2]
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, CO   [1]
  Notes	He was a fine vocalist, a leader of the church choir, and an uncompromising anti-saloon man. [2] He was a Republican. [2]
  Person ID	I745	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	6 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Worlin Wilson Gray, Sr,   b. 1830, , , NY ,   d. 1899  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Avaletta Nutting,   b. 1836, , , NY ,   d. 1913  (Age 77 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1857	, Bremer, IA   [3]
  Family ID	F525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arabella Jane Allison,   b. 19 Jun 1858, , Monroe, MO ,   d. 31 Jul 1923, Dallas, Dallas, TX  (Age 65 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1882	Sturgeon, Boone, MO   [1]
  Children	1. Bessie Avaletta Gray,   b. 6 May 1883, , Boone, MO ,   d. 25 Jul 1884, , Boone, MO  (Age 1 years) + 2. Arthur Adelbert Allison,   b. 18 Jul 1885, Missouri City, Clay, MO ,   d. 24 Jul 1963, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, CA  (Age 78 years) + 3. Benjamin Adelbert Gray,   b. 13 Feb 1887, McPherson, McPherson, KS ,   d. 22 Aug 1976, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 89 years)   4. Annabelle Gray,   b. 5 Oct 1889, Bala, Riley, KS + 5. Harris William Gray,   b. 24 Feb 1895, Ringgold, Montague, TX ,   d. 26 Jul 1974, Fresno, Fresno, CA  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2019
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Arabella Jane Allison and John Adelbert Gray
  		John Adelbert Gray
  		Main Street, Sturgeon, Boone county, Missouri Caption from Find A Grave: "where Dollie and her mother lived." I don't know if that means they lived in Sturgeon or on Main Street.
  		Arthur Adelbert Allison date and place of photo unknown

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Benjamin Adelbert Gray and Elizabeth Lilian McNamara Williams, marriage license State of California Department of Public Health 28 Sep 1943
  		Benjamin Adelbert Gray and Virginia Addison Duckworth, marriage license State of California Certificate of Registry of Marriage 18 Oct 1951
  		Arthur Adelbert Allison aka Arthur Allison Gray Reis Family Mortuary paperwork 24 Jul 1963 His wife Lilly filled out the paperwork. His birth date has been consistently the same on all paperwork, including this. His birth state has also always been reported as Missouri. Lilly identifies herself as Lilly May. His parents' surnames are switched from John Gray and Belle (Annabelle) Allison to John Allison and Belle Gray. She did not know their birth states but they have always been correctly reported as Iowa and Missouri, respectively, on all census records. His occupation matches that of occupations listed on census records.

  
  

  Histories

  Arthur Allison Gray/Arthur Adelbert Allison About that name change

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Find A Grave. [S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868. [S43] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).