GRAY, JOHN G.
                        Lake Charles, LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 152.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

John G. Gray, Lake Charles. - John G. Gray is a native of Winston county,
Mississippi, born February 8, 1849.  He is the son of Dr. Reuben F. Gray, whose
sketch appears above.  He was reared in Bienbille parish, Louisiana, and
received his primary education in that parish.  He subsequently attended Soule's
Commercial College at New Orleans, from which institution he graduated.  When
but a boy he took charge of his father's plantation, which he continued to
operate until the death of his father.  After leaving the plantation he embarked
in the mercantile business, lumber, and saw-milling in all its branches,
including steamboating on the Calcasieu River.  He is a practical surveyor, and
has for many years benn connected with the land bureau.  Since he has been
living in Lake Charles he has filled the unexpired term of clerk of the district
court in Calcasieu parish; besides which he has occupied several positions of
trust with credit. 
Mr. Gray is a successful business man, and has accumulated considerable
property.  He owns a plantation in Calcasieu parish of over seven thousand acres
of land; besides land which he owns in other parishes.  He is a Royal Arch
Mason, member of Chapter 32, also a member of the Lake Charles Lodge, No. 165.  
He was married, June 7, 1880, to Miss Mary Kirkman, of Lake Charles.   They are
the parents of four children, viz William Kirkman, Mabel M., Henry, John G.,
Jr.