Gilbert Marcellus Gray

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From 1860 Census, 1860, Ballville Township, Sandusky, Ohio. Name: Gilbert M Gray
Sex: Male
Age: 16
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Ballville Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States
Page Number: 240
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Geo Gray M 60 New York
Nancy M Gray F 53 New York
Louisa Gray F 23 New York
Harvey Gray M 14 Ohio

Digital Folder Number: 005170945
Microfilm Number: 805032
Image Number: 246
Indexing Batch: N01797-1

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL5-NF2 : Mon Jul 08 18:32:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Gray and Nancy M Gray, 1860.

• 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

• Residence: From 1900 Census, 1900, Aurora, Brookings, South Dakota. Name: Marcellus Gray
Sex: Male
Age: 56
Birth Date: May 1844
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Aurora, Brookings, South Dakota, United States (Aurora, Brookings, South Dakota, United States)
Event Place (Original): ED 14 Carlyle, Clyde & Grant Townships, ED 14, Beadle, South Dakota, United States
Line Number: 51
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 5
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Edith G Gray Daughter F 14 South Dakota
Harry V Gray Son M 19 Ohio

Digital Folder Number: 004120586
Microfilm Number: 1241546
Image Number: 200
Indexing Batch: N00855-9

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5B-H3X : Thu Apr 11 21:15:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Marcellus Gray and Harry V Gray, 1900.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1900, Aurora, Brookings, South Dakota. From 1900 Census

• Residence: From 1910 Census, 1910, Knobview Township, Crawford, Missouri. Name: Marseilles Gray
Sex: Male
Age: 66 years (66 years)
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Knobview Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States (Knobview Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States)
Event Place (Original): Knobview, 4, Crawford, Missouri, United States
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 2
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Clara Myers Daughter F 38 years Ohio
Winfred Myers M 37 years Ohio
Lura A Myers F 17 years Ohio
George E Myers M 13 years Ohio
Winfred C Myers M 9 years Ohio

Digital Folder Number: 004972616
Microfilm Number: 1374791
Image Number: 718
Indexing Batch: N03475-0

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TR-J3S : Mon Mar 11 01:55:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Winfred Myers and Clara Myers, 1910.

• Occupation: House Carpenter, 1910, Knobview Township, Crawford, Missouri. From 1910 Census

Gilbert married Belle E. (Belle E. was born in Oct 1856 in Ohio and died in 1898 in South Dakota.)