Cyrus Chase
Ancestors
of Cyrus CHASE
1. Cyrus CHASE,
born 25 November 1860; died January 1913 in Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia.
He was the son of 2. Daniel CHASE and 3. Elizabeth GRAY.
He married (1) Minnie Addie MCKUSICK in Baring, Maine.
Notes for Cyrus
CHASE:
"Cyrus had
heart trouble and moved south with his family." [Winifred Chase Hazlewood.
John Chase, 1795-1887.]. Consult
Hazlewood's book for more information on Cyrus Chase.
CYRUS CHASE
[researched by Stephen, Nicolas, Gerald and Maxine Robbins on May 16,
2000]
(Gray Family of
Somerset and Washington Counties, Maine)
Cyrus Chase,
born Nov. 25, 1860, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Gray) Chase; died about 1910,
Cornelia Georgia; married Minnie Addie McKusick at Baring, Maine.
1900
Cyrus Chase was
NOT listed in 1900 U.S. Census of Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia.
(Microfilm copy at Northeast Georgia Regional Library, Clarkesville, Georgia).
1904-1913
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Clerk of Courts. Filing Docket and General Index to
Deeds A-Z Reverse, from 1901 to Dec. 31, 1924)
Chase, Cyrus
J. W. Peyton Plat &
Deed
7/5/1904 7/7/1904
QQ 172
Chase, Mrs.
Cyrus Mayor & Council of
Mt. Airy Deed
1/6/1913 1/13/1913
VV 292
Chase, Cyrus
J. W. Peyton Deed
2/13/1913 1pm 6/17/1907
2/19/1913 YY 161
Chase, Minnie A.
Elizabeth Estelle Chase et al. - Deed
2/13/1913 1pm 2/12/1913 2/19/1913
YY 161
1904
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Clerk of Courts. Deeds, vol. QQ, 1904-1905, p.
172-173)
5 July 1904.
From J. W. Peyton of Habersham [County] to Cyrus Chase of Habersham [County],
for $2000.00 paid, land in Cornelia, a part of lot 171 in the 10th land district
of Habersham County, fourteen acres more or less.
Plat dated 4 July 1904. Recorded
7 July 1904.
1907-1917
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Clerk of Courts. Filing Docket and General Index to
Deeds, A-Z Direct, from 1901 to Dec. 31, 1924)
Grantor
Grantee
Deed Date Recorded Book Page
Cyrus Chase
J. W. Peyton 6/17/1907
6/24/1907 SS 428
Minnie A. Chase
J. W. Peyton 10/29/1913
10/29/1913 YY
313
Minnie Q. Chase
J. C. Hood 4/20/1917
4/26/1917 Q4 142
Minnie Q. Chase
J. C. Hood 4/13/1917
8/12/1917 Q4 317
1909
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Probate Judge.. List
of Register Voters, 1909, p. 161)
Voters Oath for
1449 District of Habersham County, Georgia [Cornelia]
Date Registered:
Oct. 7, 1909
Chase, Cyrus.
age 49, White. "[check
mark] Good Character and Knowledge of Duties of Citizenship".
Occupation:
Farmer. [NOT checked was the column:
"Property 40 acres lÆnd or $500 Personalty"]
1910
(United States.
National Archives. Georgia Census, 1910. Micro-copy no. T264, roll no. 195:
Gwinnett, Houston, Habersham, Irwin and Jackson Counties.
Microfilm copy at Northeast Georgia Regional Library, Clarkesville,
Georgia)
Cornelia (1449
Militia District), Habersham County, Georgia.
LOCATION
Street: Bridge
Street
1. Number of
dwelling house in order of visitation: 89
2. Number of
family in order of visitation: 93
NAME
3.
Chase, Cyrus
[Chase], Minnie A. [Chase],
Elizabeth E.
RELATION
4.
Head
wife
daughter
PERSONAL
DESCRIPTION
5. Sex
M
F
F
6. Color or race
W
W
W
7. Age at last
birthday 49
48
25
8. Whether
single, married, widowed or divorced
M1
M1
S
9. Number of
years married
27
27
10. Mother of
how many children
2
11. Number of
children living
2
12. Place of
Birth Maine
Maine
Maine
13.Place of
birth of father of this person
Maine
Maine
Maine
14. Place of
birth of mother of this person
Maine
Canada
Maine
OCCUPATION
18. Trade or
profession Farmer
None
Teacher
19. General
nature of ... General
Farm
Public School
20. Whether an
employer, employee, or working on
own account
OA
W
21. Whether out
of work on April 10, 1910 if an
employee
No
22.Number of
weeks out of work during year 1909
if an employee
0
EDUCATION
23. Whether able
to read Yes
Yes
Yes
24. Whether able
to write Yes
Yes
Yes
25. Attended
school any time since September 1,
1909
OWNERSHIP OF
HOME
26. Owned or
rented O
27. Owned free
or mortgaged
F
28. Farm or
house F
29. Number of
farm schedule
12
1913 January
(Tried to check
for obituary of Cyrus Chase in newspaper on microfilm at Northeast Georgia
Regional Library in Clarkesville, Georgia. The
microfilm does NOT include issues from the relevant dates.
Microfilm Reel 1 includes an incomplete run of Clarkesville Advertiser
1893, 1898-1911; "scattered issues, 1926-1928"; Tri-County Advertiser,
March 1913-1918.)
(Also tried to
find a death record for Cyrus Chase at Habersham County Office of Probate Judge.
They do not have any death records before
1918, when the State of Georgia required that they be kept.
The City of Cornelia, Georgia does not keep any vital records; in
Georgia, it is the responsibility of the county governments to keep vital
records. Found no marriage records
for Chases in the time frame in which we're interested, in the marriage indexes
kept at the Office of Probate Judge.)
1913 January 6
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Clerk of Courts.
Deeds, Book VV, p. 292)
From the Mayor
and Council of the Town of Mt. Airy, Georgia to Mrs. Cyrus Chase of Habersham
County, Georgia, for ten dollars, land "being in East View Cemetry [sic] in
the county and state above written, and known on the map of East View Cemetry
[sic] as lot no. 55, the same being 24 x 24 ft."
Dated 6 January 1913. Recorded
13 January 1913.
(Went to East
View Cemetery in Mt. Airy, Habersham County, Georgia on May 16, 2000.
Found no grave markers for Cyrus Chase or members of his family.
Inquired at the Mt. Airy Town Office:
they have no record of burials in East View Cemetery; the clerk says
there may be a map of the lots in existence, but the person who had it is sick
and she is trying to get hold of him because she believes he just sold a row of
lots there "that do not exist".)
1913 February 12
(Habersham
County, Georgia. Office of Clerk of Courts.
Deeds, Book YY, page 161)
Elizabeth-Estelle
Chase and Alice (Chase) Abercrombie of Fulton County, Georgia, deed to Minnie A.
Chase of Habersham County, Georgia. Elizabeth-Estelle Chase and Alice (Chase)
Abercrombie were "Heirs at law of Cyrus Chase deceased, our beloved Father,
late of Habersham County" ... For the sum of Ten dollars ... "and in
consideration of Minnie A. Chase, our beloved Mother, and only surviving heirs
of Cyrus Chase, deceased, paying all the just debts of Cyrus Chase, owed by him
at the date of his death, and paying the expenses of the last illness of Cyrus
Chase, and his funeral expenses, and for the further consideration of the love
and affection we have for Minnie A. Chase, our beloved Mother" convey to
Minnie A. Chase "all of the property, Real or Personal and chose in action
which Cyrus Chase, our beloved Father, died owning, seased [sic] and possessed
of namely:" land in Cornelia, Georgia, fourteen acres more or less,
"and fully described in a deed from J. W. Peyton, to Cyrus Chase, made July
5th, 1904 and recorded in Book QQ Folio 172-3, Clerk's office Habersham Superior
Court, EXCEPT a Triangle strip of this property on the East side of Banks Street
71 1/2 feet along Banks street,.... This property having been conveyed by Cyrus
Chase to J. W. Peyton. Also the
following property to wit: A tract or parcel of land lying and being in
Cornelia, Ga. fronting on Banks Street 71
1/2 feet, commencing where the original land lot line on the West side of land
lot 172, crossing Banks St, thence; Northerly the original line 57 feet to a
stake corner, thence; Eastwardly 39 1/2 feet to Banks Street to stake corner,
thence; along said Bank [sic] St. 71 1/2 feet to the beginning corner.
This being the property conveyed in a deed from J. W. Peyton to Cyrus
Chase, made June 17th 1907."
Witnesses: Andy
E. Brown, Chas. H. Giradean
Filed for
record, 1 o'clock P.M., Feb'y 13, 1913.
Recorded Feb'y
19, 1916 [by] G. P. Jones, Clerk.
1920
Cyrus Chase,
wife and children are NOT listed in 1920 U.S. Census of Cornelia, Habersham
County, Georgia. (Microfilm copy at
Northeast Georgia Regional Library, Clarkesville, Georgia)
More About Cyrus
CHASE:
Burial: East
View Cemetery, Mt. Airy, Habersham County, Georgia
Generation
No. 2
2. Daniel CHASE,
born 17 July 1822 in Frankfort, Maine1; died March 1885 in
Baring, Maine. He was the son of 4.
John CHASE and 5. Lydia WHITNEY.
He married 3. Elizabeth GRAY in Wesley, Maine.
3. Elizabeth GRAY,
born September 1824 in North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine; died 24 July
1884 in Baring, Maine. She was the
daughter of 6. James GRAY and 7. Hannah JONES.
Notes for Daniel
CHASE:
His death date:
either "10 March 1885" [source?], or "19 March 1885"
["John Chase, 1795-1887" by Winifred Chase Hazelwood].
Daniel Chase's
family was living in Cutler, Maine in 1851.
They may have lived in Wesley before moving to Baring, Maine.
[For more
information on the family and descendants of Daniel and Elizabeth (Gray) Chase,
see: Hazlewood, Winifred Chase.
John Chase, 1795-1887.]
More About
Daniel CHASE:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Notes for
Elizabeth GRAY:
Her birth date:
either "15 September 1824" [source?], or "16 September 1824"
[Brighton, Maine Town Records. Also,
in "John Chase, 1795-1887" by Winifred Chase Hazelwood].
Josephine
(Rollins) Sawyer wrote that Elizabeth Gray's father, James Gray, Senior,
"Had an interesting rule in his family.
It was that no child who happened to be readinbg when some minor chore
needed to be done, should be called upon to do that chore, and . . . Elizabeth
always had her nose in a book." [Josephine (Rollins) Sawyer, letter to [her
niece], dated [
]. This letter was
transcribed by L. Austin Gray, Junior of Wesley, Maine who gave a copy of his
transcription to Stephen Robbins.]
More About
Elizabeth GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Marriage Notes
for Daniel CHASE and Elizabeth GRAY:
Marriage date:
either "November 1845" [date given by L. Austin Gray, Junior],
or "20 November 1846" [source?].
Intentions of
marriage were published in Wesley, Maine on 17 November 1846; "both of
Wesley."
Children of
Daniel CHASE and Elizabeth GRAY are:
i. Granville
Clifford CHASE, born 04 November 1851 in Cutler, Maine; died 26 November 1904 in
Baring, Maine; married Caroline POLLEYS 26 January 1876 in Baring, Maine; born
05 May 1853 in Baring, Maine; died 09 April 1918 in Albany. N.Y..
Notes for
Granville Clifford CHASE:
[For more
information on the family and descendants of Granville Clifford Chase, see:
Winifred Chase Hazlewood. John
Chase, 1795-1887.]
More About
Granville Clifford CHASE:
Burial: Baring,
Maine
More About
Caroline POLLEYS:
Burial: Baring,
Maine
ii. Ellery CHASE,
born 1856; died 1862.
1
iii. Cyrus CHASE,
born 25 November 1860; died January 1913 in Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia;
married Minnie Addie MCKUSICK in Baring, Maine.
Generation
No. 3
4. John CHASE
He married 5. Lydia WHITNEY.
5. Lydia WHITNEY
Child of John
CHASE and Lydia WHITNEY is:
2
i. Daniel CHASE,
born 17 July 1822 in Frankfort, Maine; died March 1885 in Baring, Maine; married
Elizabeth GRAY in Wesley, Maine.
6. James GRAY,
born Abt. December 1797 in Fairfield, Maine; died May 1859 in Wesley, Maine.
He was the son of 12. John GRAY and 13. Mary BURTON.
He married 7. Hannah JONES 1818 in Somerset County, Maine.
7. Hannah JONES,
born 1799 in Shapleigh, Maine; died 17 December 1842 in Wesley, Maine.
She was the daughter of 14. Lazarus JONES and 15. Elizabeth
"Betsy" BUZZELL.
Notes for James
GRAY:
Ahnentafel 80.
Residences:
Fairfield, Maine; Harmony, Maine about 1802; Warren's Town No. 3 (in 1820 became
Hartland), Maine about 1819; North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine before
1820; Wesley, Maine in mid-January [either 1836 or 1837].
His death date:
either 20 May 1859 [Machias Union], or 21 May 1859 [gravestone?].
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See his
biography at: < http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/FILE/00
21page.html >
James Gray,
Senior & Hannah Jones (31 KB)
Biography of
James Gray, Senior (born about 1797 in Fairfield, Maine; died 1859 in Wesley,
Maine), and Hannah Jones (born 1799 in Shapleigh, Maine; died 1843 in Wesley,
Maine). [A80.htm from A80.rtf ; added 15 February 2003]
Bits and pieces
toward a biography of JAMES GRAY, Senior, and his wife HANNAH JONES, of Wesley,
Maine. Compiled by Stephen L. Robbins in 1979. Any information recorded or
received after 1979 still needs to be added. Except for the published sources
cited, most of this information came from communication with L. Austin Gray,
Junior, of Wesley, Maine. Electronic text version prepared by Stephen L. Robbins
during February 2003- .
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More About James
GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Notes for Hannah
JONES:
Ahnentafel 81.
Residences:
Shapleigh, Maine; Township 2R1 BKP EKR (in 1816 became North Hill, in 1827
became Brighton), Maine between 1801 and 1810; Warren's Town No. 3 (in 1820
became Hartland), Maine about 1819; North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine
before 1820; Wesley, Maine in mid-January [either 1836 or 1837].
More About
Hannah JONES:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Marriage Notes
for James GRAY and Hannah JONES:
Marriage
intentions were published in Harmony, Maine on 10 October 1818.
Marriage
intentions were published in North Hill (now Brighton), Maine on 12
October 1818.
Marriage date is
recorded only as: "1818" in "Somerset" [County] by John W.
Weeks, Esq.
Children of
James GRAY and Hannah JONES are:
i. Belinda GRAY,
born 21 November 1819 in Warren's Town No. 3 (in 1820 became Hartland), Maine;
married (1) Abram HUNTLEY Abt. 1839; born Abt. 1810; died 02 May 1840; married
(2) Perrin GETCHELL 26 December 1841; born 09 April 1808.
Notes for Abram
HUNTLEY:
He was "of
Wesley, Maine." His age at
death: "age 30."
More About Abram
HUNTLEY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
ii. Clarinda GRAY,
born 16 May 1822 in North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine; died 30 October
1913 in Bangor, Maine; married Davis Washington ROLLINS 17 October 1842 in St.
David, N.B., Canada; born 25 November 1819 in Marion, Maine; died 1908 in
Wesley, Maine.
Notes for
Clarinda GRAY:
Her birth date:
either "15 May 1822" [source?], or 16 May 1822 [Brighton, Maine Town
Records].
Her death date:
either "12 October 1912" [gravestone?, as reported by L. Austin Gray,
Junior], or "30 October 1913" [Wesley, Maine Town Records, as reported
by L. Austin Gray, Junior].
More About
Clarinda GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Notes for Davis
Washington ROLLINS:
He was "of
Wesley, Maine."
More About Davis
Washington ROLLINS:
Burial: Wesley,
Maine
Title (Facts
Pg): Senior
3
iii. Elizabeth
GRAY, born September 1824 in North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine; died
24 July 1884 in Baring, Maine; married Daniel CHASE in Wesley, Maine.
iv. James GRAY,
born 1826 in North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine; died 03 April 1886 in
Wesley, Maine; married Ann Eliza POLLARD 10 April 1851 in Wesley, Maine; born 31
July 1828 in St. David, N.B., Canada; died 12 May 1902 in Cooper, Maine.
Notes for James
GRAY:
Ahnentafel 40.
Residences:
North Hill (in 1827 became Brighton), Maine; Wesley, Maine in mid-January [1836
or 1837].
His birth date:
either "26 August 1826" [obituary in Machias Union, 27 April 1886], or
"27 September 1826" [reported by L. Austin Gray, Junior].
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biography at: < http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/FILE/00
20page.html >
James Gray,
Junior & Ann Eliza Pollard (26 KB)
Biography of
James Gray, Junior (born 1826 in North Hill, Maine; died 1886 in Wesley, Maine),
and his wife Ann Eliza Pollard (born 1828 in St. David, N.B.; died 1902 in
Cooper, Maine). [A40.htm from A40.rtf ; added 15 February 2003]
Bits and pieces
toward a biography of JAMES GRAY, Junior, and his wife ANN ELIZA POLLARD, of
Wesley, Maine. Compiled by Stephen L. Robbins in 1979. Any information recorded
or received after 1979 still needs to be added. Except for the published sources
cited, most of this information came from communication with L. Austin Gray,
Junior, of Wesley, Maine. Electronic text version prepared by Stephen L. Robbins
during February 2003- .
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Some additional
material (to be added to the biography cited above):
The "Wesley
Arson Cases" [mentioned in the above James Gray, Junior biography] are more
fully described in a book by Edward D. Ives (see below).
James Gray, Junior's niece, Mary L. (Gray) Munson
(daughter of John H. Gray) and her husband Frederick Munson lived next
door, just north of James Gray, Junior. Frederick
Munson was appointed to a three-year term as a Game Warden, on 01 April 1885.
But poachers in and around Wesley, Maine, who did not like his
enforcement of the state's new strict game laws, burned down Frederick Munson's
house and barn on 17 July 1885. During
April 1886 the suspected arsonists were on trial in court, but there were still
threats made and fears of further arson attempts by other poachers.
[For details of this incident, see: Edward
D. Ives. George Magoon and the Down East Game War : History, Folklore, and the
Law. Urbana : University of Illinois
Press, c1988. pp. 71, 209-220, 232
notes, 301.]
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James Gray,
Junior apparently had diabetes. Diabetes
may also have showed up in other family members:
his son Uncle James "Watson" Gray also had "Bright's
Disease". His his grandson
Roger Gray apparently had diabetes. And
his great-grandson, L. Austin Gray, Junior, did get diabetes.
"In reading
your page on 'James GRAY, Junior & Ann Eliza POLLARD' (< http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/FILE/00
20page.html >), this part reminded me of something: 'James Gray, Junior and
his son, “Watson”, both had nephritis, a form of Bright’s Disease which
was an inflamation of the kidneys. [Note: Bright’s Disease is a common name
for several types of kidney diseases in which the urine contains albumin.]'
"
"First I
thought of Rich’s [i.e., Rich LeVasseur's] kidney disease which is a result of
his diabetes, which made me think of the rest. Now, I don’t know if you know
this or not, but when Uncle Austin [i.e., L. Austin Gray, Junior] got diabetes,
Aunt Aggie [i.e., Agnes (Diffin) Gray] remembered something from long ago. She
said that when Grampa [Roger] Gray had come to stay with her [at Robbinston,
Maine] for a few days [circa 1967-1972], his doctor had called her and said not
to give him too many sugary sweets 'because your father has diabetes.'
Well, she just thought the doctor had him confused with some other
patient, he wasn’t diabetic! And so she forgot about it. But then when Austin
was diagnosed with diabetes recently [about 2001?], she remembered it again and
thought maybe that doctor hadn’t been confused after all."
"So when I
read about the Bright’s Disease in the Gray family, I wondered if it might be
one of the symptoms of Type II diabetes. 'Bright's disease… a broad
descriptive term once used for kidney disease with proteinuria, usually
glomerulonephritis. ... Kidney disease of diabetes, IgA nephropathy, and lupus
nephritis are some types of glomerulonephritis.' i.e. Diabetic kidney disease is
one type of Bright’s Disease."
[with link to:
< http://www.my.homewithgod.com/jonda/health.html >
]
[Source:
Email message from Shirley (Robbins) (Richards) LeVasseur to Steve
Robbins, dated 21 February 2004.]
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More About James
GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Notes for Ann
Eliza POLLARD:
Ahnentafel 41.
Residences: St.
David, N.B., Canada; Wesley, Maine.
She died in
Cooper, Maine. She apparently was
visiting at her daughter Linnie's home in order to help with the birth of
Linnie's child. Linnie died of
pneumonia in May 1902, shortly after giving birth to a baby girl.
The mother, Linnie, died either on 03 May 1902 [reported by L. A. Gray,
Junior] or 04 May 1902 [gravestone]. Linnie's
mother Anne (Pollard) Gray, who apparently was present to assist, died at
Linnie's home on 12 May 1902. Then
the baby, Linnie Adell Doten, died 17 May 1902, "age 17 days."
See photo posted
at:
< http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/PHOTO/0
006photo.html >
Gray, Ann Eliza
(Pollard) (1828-1902) (27 KB)
Photo of Ann Eliza (Pollard) Gray (born 1828 in Saint David, New
Brunswick, Canada ; died 1902 in Cooper, Maine). [annpollard.jpg ; added 09 July
2002].
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More About Ann
Eliza POLLARD:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Marriage Notes
for James GRAY and Ann POLLARD:
The marriage
ceremony was performed by George Washington "Wash" Smith, Justice of
the Peace, of Northfield, Maine. At
the time of their marriage, James Gray, Junior and Ann Pollard were "both
of Wesley".
v. John Harrison
GRAY, born 02 June 1831 in Brighton, Maine; died 05 May 1914 in Portland, Maine;
married Hannah R. BIRD 30 July 1854 in Crawford, Maine; born 22 March 1834 in
Crawford, Maine; died 18 August 1897 in Baring, Maine.
Notes for John
Harrison GRAY:
John Harrison
Gray and Hannah R. (Bird) Gray adopted a boy named John Franklin Gray (who was
called "Frank").
John Harrison
Gray lived in Wesley and Baring, Maine.
His death place:
Baring, Maine [L. Austin Gray, Junior notes]; or, Portland, Maine [Ellery C.
Gray family Bible, photocopy reproduction in a report by Lane Pendleton].
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According to
John Harrison Gray's grandson, Henry Lancey Gray,
"Grandfather
John" had a timber and logging crew at age 16, and he also had a dog named
'Bony' or 'Boney.' He used to tell
his grandson, Henry Lancey Gray, about how the wolves used to follow him home at
night as he carried the lantern through the woods after logging all day.
He would say to Boney: 'Take 'em, Boney; and Boney took 'em.'
"Another
story was about John's refusal to buy into the forest lands at 50 cents an acre.
He was offered this because he was one of the best timber cruisers
around, and his would-be partner offered to put up the money for him.
John said: 'No, I don't think I'll buy.'
This land (300,000 acres) became the holdings of one of the large paper
companies.
" 'Grandapa
John,' well up in years, was said to have run the last hundred yards up the
street to get out of the rain and vaulted the front porch steps to attend his
birthday party."
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John H. Gray's
daughter, Mary L. Gray, married Frederick Munson in 1878. Frederick Munson was
appointed to a three-year term as a Game Warden, on 01 April 1885.
But poachers in and around Wesley, Maine, who did not like his
enforcement of the state's new strict game laws, burned down Frederick Munson's
house and barn on 17 July 1885. When
Frederick and Mary (Gray) Munson then went to live with Mary's father, John H.
Gray, the poachers made several written threats to John H. Gray to burn him out
also. [For details of this incident,
see: Edward D. Ives. George Magoon
and the Down East Game War : History, Folklore, and the Law.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1988.
pp. 71, 209-220, 232 notes, 301.]
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More About John
Harrison GRAY:
Burial: Baring,
Maine
More About
Hannah R. BIRD:
Burial: Baring,
Maine
Marriage Notes
for John GRAY and Hannah BIRD:
At the time of
their marriage, John H. Gray and Hannah R. Bird were "both of Wesley,"
Maine.
The marriage
ceremony was performed by Daniel Chase, Justice of the Peace. [Crawford, Maine
Town Records].
vi. Granville
Clifford GRAY, born 15 June 1834 in Brighton, Maine2; died 04
July 1890 in Wesley, Maine2; married Harriet Mann POLLARD Bef.
1856; born 03 April 1836 in St. David, N.B., Canada2; died
19112.
Notes for
Granville Clifford GRAY:
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[Source:
Photocopy of newspaper clippings which appear to be from: Machias Union (Machias,
Maine), Tuesday, October 12, 1869. Sent
with cover letter (dated 06 August 1997) from Alan Ruffman (President, Geomarine
Associates, Ltd., P.O. Box 41, Station M, (5112 Prince Street), Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada B3J 2L4), to Carola Nickerson (Wesley Historical Society, Wesley,
Maine, U.S.A. 04654). This large
amount of material includes newspaper clippings related to the hurricane (at
first called "The Tornado", but later called "The Saxby
Gale") which hit eastern Maine on 04 October 1869.
L. Austin Gray, Junior sent a photocopy of this material to Steve
Robbins. In Steve's "Sharman"
file. Below are excepts of general information, as well as data specifically
related to Wesley, Maine.]
THE
TORNADO!
The evening of
October 4th will be long remembered by the inhabitants of this section of Maine
Commencing
Sunday a heavy gale of wind prevailed from Southwest.
The gale increased and became violent in the late afternoon of the 4th.
By five o'clock the clouds thickened and rain commenced, the wind
changing to Southeast increasing in violence till seven in the evening.
To this hour little or no damage had been done in this vicinity.
Between seven and eight the wind changed to South and Southwest, and in
that hour was the tornado, never before equaled.
For half an hour it seemed as though no building could resist its force.
. . . .
. . . .
Wesley.
G C Gray's barn
was partially unroofed. Henry C
Munson's, Wm Coleman's, Wm Miller's barns were dsteroyed [sic].
Charles Stanchfield, Sanford Torrey, Jotham Munson, Wm Fenalson, Harlow
Thompson barns unroofed or badly blown to pieces.
Wm Miller's house partly blown down.
Charles Guptill's house and Harlow Thompson's house blown down flat.
Joseph Gray's shed blown down; Albert Foster's long shed unroofed.
But few
buildings escaped damage in Wesley. No
lives were lost, no cattle killed. The
tornado made the forests look desolate.
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Granville
Clifford Gray was called "Clifford".
He died on 04 July 1890 in Wesley, Maine as the result of an accident
involving his horse. The accident
occurred near the Mill Road below Munson Hill, on the "Commons" flat
between two hills, in "Lower Settlement" at Wesley, Maine. Clifford's
horse became frightened by a canvas-topped meat-peddlar's cart.
When his horse balked or had some kind of a fracas, Clifford got out and
took the horse by its head, to try to control the horse.
He should not have done this. Clifford
was knocked to the ground and struck his head, which caused his death shortly
afterwards. This happened not far
from the location of the 1859 accident in which Clifford's father was thrown
from a wagon and mortally wounded.
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More About
Granville Clifford GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine3
Cause of Death:
Accident3
Notes for
Harriet Mann POLLARD:
GRANVILLE
CLIFFORD GRAY
"Clifford"
and Harriet Gray had children Serena Mariam Getchell Gray b. 1856, Mary
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gray b. 1858, Victor
Clifton Gary b. 1860, Annie C. Gray b. 1862, Adaline A. b. 1867, and Lois Edith
Gray b. 1875.
Tragedy struck
the family in 1866, when five-year-old Victor Gray threw a pitchfork down from a
scaffold, which struck his three-year-old sister Annie, causing her death.
She died April 1, 1866. As a
result, Victor "went batty"; he never married, and later died at age
32 on July 28, 1893.
"Clifford"
Gray died in an accident on July 4, 1890 in Wesley, Maine. His horse became
frightened by a canvas-topped meat-peddler's cart, and balked or had some kind
of a fracas. Clifford got out [of
his wagon?] and took his horse by its head (which he shouldn't have done).
He was knocked to the ground and struck his head, which caused his death
shortly afterwards. This happened at
"Lower Settlement" in Wesley, Me. near the Mill Road below Munson Hill
and on the "Commons" flat between two hills. This was not far from
where Clifford's father, James Gray, Sr., had
a fatal accident in 1859 (thrown from a wagon, dying from the injury several
days later) [These facts were
reported by L. Austin, Gray, Jr. of Wesley, Me. and published in: Robbins,
Stephen Lee. Gray Family of Somerset
& Washington Counties, Maine. (East Vassalboro, Me. : Stephen L. Robbins,
1983). P. 93-94].
HARRIET
(POLLARD) GRAY
1851.
The 1851 New Brunswick census lists Harriet Pollard, age 15, born in
N.B., living with her parents in Saint David [New Brunswick. Provincial
Archives. New Brunswick census of
1851, Charlotte County, vol. 1. "Saint
David." (Fredericton :
Provincial Archives, 1974)].
About 1860.
Harriet (Pollard) Gray of Wesley, Maine wrote the following letter to her
ill sister, Mary (Pollard) Waldron of St. David, N.B. :
"Wesley
Maine January 30eth 18[60?]
"Dear
Sister,
I now sit down to write a few lines to you
we are all well as common here but Lizye she is sick this morning
Dear Mary I want to see you very bad since I heareg [i.e., heard]
that [illegible, i.e., you're] so sick but I cannot leave home this
winter they tell me that you
are very sick that they do not think you will ever git well again
Mary it would be a great comfort to me to know that you was pre paired to
dy but they tell me that you are not O
Mary re member it is an awful thing to meat an angry God
there is no repentance after death. O
mary you must choose for your self whether you will be happy or not.
Mary why not go to the Savior he
is calling for you to give him your heart
come to him Mary just as you be and git that pure religon that is unde
filed and fadeth not a way remember
none are to late who will repent but now is the axepted time and now is the day
of salvation Mary git religion
for how can you bair to be a stumbling block for your husband and children to
foll in to hell over remember
Mary you may be the menes of the salvation of your family
Mary git someone to pray for you for the prayers of the righteous avail
much and pray for your self Mary
take good cair of your self for O
how I want to see you onse more give
my love to Wesbrook and kiss the children for me
give my love to mother and the rest of them
I must leave off for i have a sick baby to take cair of
Aunt Lydia will tell you all the noose if theres any
Good by
from your Sister Harriet M Gray"
[The original
letter was (in 1976) in the possession of Mary (Pollard) Waldron's
granddaughter, Miss Vivian B. Waldron, St. Stephen, N.B.
A faint photocopy and a typewritten transcript are (in 1996) owned by
Stephen L. Robbins, 915 Green Valley Drive, Toccoa, Ga. 30755]
Vivian Waldron
answered a question from L. Austin Gray, Jr. about the foregoing letter:
"In your letter you asked who 'Aunt Lydia' was, whom Harriet Gray
mentioned in her letter to my grandmother: I
really do not know. Yes, the date of
Harriet's letter is 1860, the same year that grandmother died." [Waldron,
(Miss) Vivian B., Letter to L. Austin Gray of Wesley, Me., 25 March 1977].
1907.
Harriet (Pollard) Gray gave a photograph of herself to her nephew L.
Austin Gray of Wesley, Maine. She
inscribed the photo: "Austin, Nan and Roger, A Merry Christmas from Aunt
Harriette [sic] 1907." The
photo was taken by "Pearson, Calais, Me."
[Copy of this photo is owned by Stephen L. Robbins,
Toccoa, Ga.].
Marriage Notes
for Granville GRAY and Harriet POLLARD:
At the time of
their marriage, Granville Clifford Gray and Harriet Pollard were "both of
Wesley," Maine..
Generation
No. 4
12. John GRAY,
born 05 October 1770 in Marblehead, Mass.; died 17 May 1832 in Township 25 ED
BPP "Great Meadow Ridge" (now Wesley), Maine.
He was the son of 24. John GRAY and 25. Elizabeth ROUNDY.
He married 13. Mary BURTON 12 March 1793 in Winslow, Maine.
13. Mary BURTON,
born 05 March 1776 in Winslow, Maine; died in [enroute to Minnesota].
She was the daughter of 26. Nathan BURTON and 27. Hannah.
Notes for John
GRAY:
Ahnentafel 160.
Residences:
Marblehead, Mass.; possibly Falmouth (now Portland), Maine about 1771;
Sebasticook (later known as Sevenmile Brook, Hancock Plantation, and Clinton,
Maine -- probably that part of Clinton which is now Benton), Maine before
September 1772; possibly Lynn, Mass. by September 1774, then returning to
Clinton, Maine before November 1778; Fairfield, Maine 1797; Harmony, Maine about
1802; Township #14 ED BPP (Cathance Lake, Washington County), Maine 1820;
Township #25 ED BPP "Great Meadow Ridge" (now Wesley), Maine about
1822.
Family
tradition, coming to Roger A. Gray (1895-1972) of Wesley, Maine, says that there
was a John Gray [3rd] (supposed to be the son of John Gray, Junior, and Mary
Burton) who "married somewhere out west."
But no records have been found to support that John Gray, Junior, and
Mary Burton ever had a son named John.
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See his
biography at:
< http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/FILE/00
22page.html >
John Gray,
Junior & Mary Burton. (29 KB)
Biography of
John Gray, Junior (born 1770 in Marblehead, Mass.; died 1832 in Wesley, Maine),
and Mary Burton (born 1776 in Winslow, Maine ; died enroute to Minn., possibly
about 1854). [A160.htm from A160.rtf ; added 18 February 2003]
Bits and pieces
toward a biography of JOHN GRAY, Junior, and his wife MARY BURTON, of Wesley,
Maine. Compiled by Stephen L. Robbins in 1983. Any information recorded or
received after 1983 still needs to be added. Except for the published and
private sources cited, most of this information came from communication with L.
Austin Gray, Junior, of Wesley, Maine. Electronic text version prepared by
Stephen L. Robbins during February 2003- .
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New information
(to be added to the biography mentioned above):
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A map of Wesley,
Maine, dating from the 1820s, shows the lots of the first settlers, including
Sheldon Gray (lot 17), John Gray (shown on map as J.S. Gray, lot 16), and
Benjamin Gray (lot 12). These lots are in the northeast corner of Wesley, Maine.
Township 26 is to the north, and Crawford is to the east.
[Stephen Robbins
has scanned this (file < Wesley.gif > from his photocopy of a map which
his great-grandfather had (L. Austin Gray, Senior of Wesley, Maine). The
following information appeared on L. A. Gray’s copy:
"On Reverse
[of] Plan is marked 'Wesley
(Dayton)' 'B.R. Jones 1823 to '28' "
"Settler
lots in Township No 25 Dayton (Now
WESLEY)"
"Copied
from original Survey & plan of
Township No 25, by B.R. Jones -- 1823 -- copied June 15, 1881 by H. R.
Taylor"
"line
between Hudson (Hodgdon & Mitchell measures across
from centre Stump 25 R. S. 8 [degrees sign] E. to stake and runs Westerly 130 R.
Easterly 190 r."
"Scale 200
rods = 1 in."
"Copied
from Taylor's Copy, Jan. 9th 1917. by
Wm. N. Dyer Harrington Me. " ]
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Some of the
Gray’s dealings with the land proprietors were documented:
One document
titled "[WESLEY] No. 25 East -- June 1, 1823-June 1, 1830" is just a
list of 33 names, including Winslow Gitchell, Benjamin Gray, John Gray, Joseph
Gray.
- - - - - - - -
Another, more
detailed document titled "List of Lots sold in Township No. 25
Wesley". The earliest date is July 2, 1828 and the last date is June 27,
1834. From this list:
Sept. 18, 1828
-- John Gray -- Lot No. 16 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 [check mark] -- Due 150
["x" mark].
Sept. 18, 1828
-- Benj. Gray -- Lot No. 12 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 -- Due 145 ["x"
mark].
Sept. 18, 1828
-- Sheldon Gray -- Lot No. 17 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 -- Due 135.50
["x" mark].
July 2, 1829 --
Winslow Getchell -- Lot No. 11 -- 100 acres -- Amount 118 -- Due
"Deeded" ["x" mark].
June 27, 1834 --
Gideon Gray / Smith's ridge / -- Lot No. 5 -- 100 acres -- Amount 200 [check
mark] -- Due 200 ["x" mark].
June 27, 1834 --
Winslow Getchel, Squared -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 [check mark] -- Due 150
["x" mark].
[Extracts from
papers of Col. John Black, agent for the Bingham-Baring proprietors. The
original documents are at the Black Mansion in Ellsworth, Maine. These extracts
from the originals were made by staff of Maine State Archives (when the State of
Maine was researching eastern Maine land titles because of the Maine Indian
Lands Claims court case). The Maine State Archives also has a microfilm copy of
the original Black papers. Stephen
Robbins and L. Austin Gray, Junior found this information at Maine State
Archives in Augusta, Maine in 1992.]
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More About John
GRAY:
Burial: Wesley
Ridge Cemetery, Wesley, Maine
Notes for Mary
BURTON:
Ahnentafel 161.
Residences:
Winslow, Maine; Hancock Plantation (in 1795 became Clinton), Maine before 1786;
Fairfield, Maine 1797; Harmony, Maine about 1802; Township #14 ED BPP (Cathance
Lake, Washington County), Maine 1820; Township #25 ED BPP "Great Meadow
Ridge" (now Wesley), Maine about 1822.
Her death: she
died on the way to Minnesota, possibly about October 1854.
Her burial: she
was "buried on the banks of the Mississippi" River.
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[Source:
Susan Hunter-Weir, email to Steve Robbins, 25 March 2005. Subject: Re:
burial of Mary (Burton) Gray. Ms.
Hunter-Weir is Chair, Friends of the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial
Cemetery, C/O 2731 12th Ave. South, Minneapolis
MN 55407; web site: <
http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/ > (25 March 2005).]
"There is a
record of all of the burials in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.
Mary Burton Gray is not buried there.
My guess is that she was, as the letter suggests, buried in a grave next
to the river.
It was not uncommon for people to die in transit, and for river boats to
pull to shore for burials. At that
time in the state's history, there would have been very few formally organized
cemeteries along the river.
"I checked
some of the other names and found two others who are probably related to the
group mentioned in your e-mail. Joseph
and Mary Lingley Getchell are buried in the cemetery.
His was one of the earlier burials; he died on October 26, 1856, from
typhoid fever at the age of 41. Cemetery records show that he was from Maine.
Mary Lingley Getchell (presumably his wife) died on March 11, 1904, from
uremia. She was 86 years, six months
and 18 days. "
==================================
More About Mary
BURTON:
Burial: "on
the banks of the Mississippi River"
Children of John
GRAY and Mary BURTON are:
i. Polly GRAY,
married Joseph ANDREWS; born 06 March 1787 in Machias, Maine; died 17 June 1858
in East Machias, Maine.
Notes for Joseph
ANDREWS:
He was called
"Joe." At the time of his
marriage, he was probably living in Township 14 ED BPP (Cathance Lake), Maine.
ii. Phebe GRAY,
married David DAVIS.
iii. Elizabeth
GRAY, married (1) John DAY Abt. 1830; born April 1801 in Leeds, Maine; died 23
March 1841 in Wesley, Maine; married (2) William DAVIS Aft. 1841.
Notes for
Elizabeth GRAY:
Her name was
either "Elizabeth" or "Eliza."
The Day Genealogy states, in error, that she, "Eliza", was the
daughter of Joseph Gray. [See: Day genealogy : a record of the descendants of
Jacob Day and an incomplete record of Anthony Day.
Bangor, Me. : Furbush-Roberts Printing Co., c1967. 238 p. (Maine State
Library call no.: 929.2 D273d 1967).
She married
(1st) John Day. She married (2nd)
William Davis.
Notes for John
DAY:
He came from
Leeds, Maine to Wesley, Maine about 1826.
Marriage Notes
for Elizabeth GRAY and John DAY:
Intentions of
marriage were published in Crawford, Maine, 29 August 1829 (both "of Great
Meadow Ridge").
iv. Sheldon GRAY,
born 25 April 1794 in Hancock Plantation (in 1795 became Clinton), Maine;
married Patience COBB.
Notes for
Sheldon GRAY:
Note by Steve
Robbins (22 February 2003): In my
1983 compilation, Gray Family of Somerset & Washington Counties, Maine, it
was stated that Sheldon Gray, Senior, was buried in Township 14 ED BPP (Cathance
Lake, Washington County, Maine) [source?]. Within
the past year, evidence has come to light indicating that Sheldon Gray, Senior
and his wife probably moved to Minnesota.
This family was
living in Township 14 ED BPP (Cathance Lake, Washington County, Maine) when
their son Sheldon, Junior was born there on 18 August 1818, and was there at the
time of the 1820 census. By 1803
they had moved to Township Number 13 ED BPP (which in 1834 became Marion),
Maine.
Note: one James
Webber Gray may possibly have been a child of Sheldon Gray, Senior, but no
definite proof has yet been found to prove this. James Webber Gray was born
1819; died 1900; buried in West Ridge Cemetery in Cooper, Maine.
Note: one
Catherine Gray may possibly have been a child of Sheldon Gray, Senior, but no
definite proof has yet been found to prove this. Catherine Gray "of
Plantation #14" [i.e., Township 14 ED BPP or "Cathance Lake"] m.
Benjamin H. Seavey of Crawford, on 12 December 1844 in Crawford, Maine
[Crawford, Maine Marriages].
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A map of Wesley,
Maine, dating from the 1820s, shows the lots of the first settlers, including
Sheldon Gray (lot 17), John Gray (shown on map as J.S. Gray, lot 16), and
Benjamin Gray (lot 12). These lots are in the northeast corner of Wesley, Maine.
Township 26 is to the north, and Crawford is to the east.
[Stephen Robbins
has scanned this (file < Wesley.gif > from his photocopy of a map which
his great-grandfather had (L. Austin Gray, Senior of Wesley, Maine). The
following information appeared on L. A. Gray’s copy:
"On Reverse
[of] Plan is marked 'Wesley
(Dayton)' 'B.R. Jones 1823 to '28' "
"Settler
lots in Township No 25 Dayton (Now
WESLEY)"
"Copied
from original Survey & plan of
Township No 25, by B.R. Jones -- 1823 -- copied June 15, 1881 by H. R.
Taylor"
"line
between Hudson (Hodgdon & Mitchell measures across
from centre Stump 25 R. S. 8 [degrees sign] E. to stake and runs Westerly 130 R.
Easterly 190 r."