Gilbert Marcellus Gray

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From 1870 Census, 1870, Adams, Seneca, Ohio.

• Occupation: House carpenter, 1870, Adams, Seneca, Ohio. From 1870 Census.

He is living with his parents.

• Residence: From History of Buffalo County and Its People by Samuel Clay Bassett, Apr 1871, Gibbon, Buffalo, Nebraska. CHAPTER XXI

SOLDIERS' FREE HOMESTEAD COLONY, CONTINUED OFFICIAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COLONY A HABITATION A PLACE TO LIVE-RANGE OF PRICES-FIRST CROPS GROWN CONDITIONS CONFRONTING COLONISTS INSECT DEPREDATIONS LACK OF MOISTURE LIVE STOCK CONDITIONS GROWING SMALL GRAIN WHEAT AND OATS THE QUESTION OF FUEL.

OFFICIAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COLONY
The following is an official list of the members of the Soldiers' Free Homestead Colony as adopted at the forty-fourth annual meeting of the Soldiers' Free Homestead Colony Association, April 7, 1915, held at Gibbon:

Marcelus Gray

Nelson W. Short

Note: It is assumed that he went to Nebraska, staked a claim along with his sister and her husband (Nelson W. Short), and then returned to Ohio as he appears in the 1880 Ohio census but not in Nebraska.

• Residence: From 1880 Census, 1880, Republic, Seneca, Ohio. His wife, Belle E., age 24, and daughter, Clara, age 8, are living with him.

• Occupation: Carpenter, 1880, Republic, Seneca, Ohio. From 1880 Census

• Death: RB Hayes Library search, Dec 1898, Tiffin, Sandusky, Ohio. Last Name: GRAY
First Name: MARCELLUS
Year of Death: 1898

Other Names

There is 1 other family name for this person:

1.)
Last Name: BELL
First Name: MARCELLUS

Newspaper Source

There is 1 newspaper source:

1.) Order From Tiffin Seneca Public Library - Tiffin, OH
Source: Tiffin Daily Tribune
Month: 12
Day: 23
Year: 1898
Page: 5
Column: 2

Note: The other family name "Bell" is most likely a reference to his wife "Belle"

• Newspaper. Last Name: GRAY
First Name: MARCELLUS

Other Names

None listed for this person.

Newspaper Source

None listed for this person.

Other source (non-newspaper).

There is 1 non-newspaper source for this person.

1.)
Source: F497 S2H6 1882 ORR
Source Data: P 313

Notes

There is 1 note for this person:

1.)
Note 1: WMS HIST OF SAN CO: CIVIL WAR SOLDIER

Gilbert married Belle E. (Belle E. was born in Oct 1856 in Ohio.)