Husband: Thomas S. Gray
Born: Apr- 8-1812 1,2 Died: May- 6-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, WV Father: Mother: Notes
Wife: Rachel L. Zinn 6,7
Born: ca 1817 8
Died: Sep-23-1860 4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5,9
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: John Zinn (1778 - 1848)
Mother: Ruth Gandy (1785 - 1865)
F Child 1: Charlotte Jane Gray Also known as: Jane Gray 5 Born: ca 1835 in Preston Co, (W)VA 10 Died: Mar-13-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Husband: John W. Stinespring b. Oct-27-1823 d. Nov-25-1893 Married: Oct-29-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11
M Child 2: Julian A. Gray Born: ca 1836 8 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 3: Elizabeth Ann Gray Born: 1837 10,12 Died: Dec-27-1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Buried: (mausoleum) in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John Marion Gribble b. May- 5-1838 d. Jan-12-1923 Married: Feb-29-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 4: James N. Gray
Born: Oct- 4-1839 2,8
Died: Apr-12-1869 4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Lieutenant, Battery A, W.Va. Light Artillery, Civil War 4
F Child 5: Amelia Gray Born: ca 1844 8 Died: in early womanhood 5 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 6: Cloey Narcissus Gray Also known as: Narcissus Gray 5 Born: Jun- -1845 14,15,10 Died: 1920 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 15,16 (see note 1) Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Resided: in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 17 Census: 1920 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Charles B. Clevenger b. Feb- -1847 d. May-22-1922 Other name: Charles M. Welch Married: Nov-29-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 7: John F. Gray Born: ca 1848 8 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 8: Sarah V. Gray Born: ca 1850 10 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Phylander Austin Nutter b. Sep-21-1850 Married: Dec-24-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 9: William A. Gray Born: ca 1854 1 Died: Feb- 8-1880 4 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 10: Lathrop Russell Charter Gray Also known as: Charter Gray 5 Born: Jul-24-1857 at Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Died: Mar-11-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Wife: Hannah Bee b. Apr- 6-1857 d. Dec- 8-1945 Married: Dec-20-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 20
F Child 11: Lucia Helen Hale Gray 21 Born: Apr- 9-1859 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22,23,10,15 Died: Aug-15-1944 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22,15 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 22,12 Census: 1930 in Enid, Garfield Co, OK Resided: 1920 in Conowingo, Cecil Co, MD 24 Census: 1920 in Cecil Co, MD Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 23 Husband: Wilson B. Lowther b. Aug-22-1857 d. Mar-20-1897 Married: Oct-11-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Husband: Lewis C. Morris b. Mar- -1857 d. Nov- 9-1932 Married: Dec-10-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 26
Sources: (1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (4) Headstone. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 232. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Death record of daughter. (8) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (9) Findagrave.com. (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John W. Stinespring, widowed, 37, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John A. & Mary; and Charlotte J. Gray, 25, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. & Rachael. Married Oct 29 1860. (12) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John M. Gribble, widowed, 33, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Lydia A; and Elizabeth Gray, 34, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. Married Feb 29 1872. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (15) Headstone (year only) (16) Obituary - At home. (17) Obituary. (18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Filander [sic] A. Nutter, 22, of Doddridge Co, son of William [sic] & Juliet [sic]; and Sarah Gray, 22, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. & Rachel. Married Dec 24 1872. (19) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lathrop R. C. Gray, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Thomas S. & Rachel Gray; and Hannah Bee, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ephraim & Mary Bee. Married Dec 20 1877 in Doddridge County. MR p. 222. (21) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 180. (22) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (23) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (24) Obituary of sister. (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Wilson Lowther, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of John A. & Elizabeth A.; and Lucia H. H. Gray, 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. Gray. Married Oct 11 1877. (26) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Lewis C. Morris, widowed, 41, b. Pottawattimie Co, Iowa, res. Boone Co, Iowa; and Lucia Lowther, widowed, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Dec 10 1898. Event Notes Note (1) Her obituary in the West Union Herald of Thursday, Jan 6 1921, states that she "died at her home in Salem at 3 o'clock Monday morning," without specifying a date. The previous Monday would have been Jan 3 1921. However, the obituary also contains a footnote indicating that it had been reprinted from another newspaper, the Exponent. The obituary may therefore have appeared not three days after her death, but ten days, which would put her death date at Dec 27 1920. This appears to be likely, since the death date on her headstone is 1920. No death record has been found for her.