Born August 5, 1820, a native of Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He acquired an education by attending the Academy at Wellsboro in to same county. He removed to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, in 1840, where he did his first merchandising. In 1848 he was married Minerva Berry. In 1852, Mr. Gray removed to Lansing, Allamakee county, Iowa, where he became prominent as a successful merchant, subsequently being elected president of the National Bank of. Lansing. In 1857 he was elected to the lower house of the legislature and in 1859 was elected to senate from the same state. In 1863, he was re-elected to the senate, but two years later tendered his resignation and retired from business to come to Oregon. He was a member of Salem Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M. and of Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, I.O.O.F.
If you would like to get the permanent link to a url other than the page you are currently viewing you can paste
a url inside of the destination box and hit regenerate
Print
Permanent Link