Washington County IA Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Hiram February 15, 1918
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The Wellman Advance,  21 Feb 1918
  Hiram W. Gray was born in Ohio, on October 18, 1839, and died at his home in 
Wellman, Iowa, Feb. 15th, 1918, aged 78 years, 3 months and 27 days.
  When a boy he came to Iowa with his parents, afterwards returning to 
Illinois, from which state he enlisted in 1862 in the great war of the 
Rebellion. He served in 107 Illinois Infantry, 23rd Army Corps, for the 
remainder of the war, a period of 3 years and 15 days.
  He was married on Feb. 27th, 1868, to Sarah J. Albin, to which union 9 
children were born, Herman and Roy preceding him in death. The children 
surviving are: Stella, Mrs. Maude Pardun of Keota, Mrs. Opal Hamilton of 
Wellman, Mrs. Lovel Bitting of Riceville, Iowa, Mrs. Orpha Brumbach of 
Kinross, Ovid of Wellman, and Harry of Chicago. Besides the children, eight 
grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Turnipseed, and a brother, Anderson Gray live to 
mourn his death.
  By his departure a sorrowing wife is left to meet alone the golden wedding 
anniversary Feb. 27th, which would have marked 50 years of happy companionship.
  He had always been a devoted and home loving husband and father and was 
known to all for his honesty and fair dealing. Honesty was his religion.

Additional Comments:
He was born in Pickaway Co, OH. He moved to IA with his mother (his father and 
step-father had both died) and went back to IL to fight with his two older 
brothers in the war, then went directly back to Washington Co, IA. Buried in 
Wassonville Cemetery.

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