Bios of Gray, Louis Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Gray, Louis (page 779), a well known pioneer of Chester Township, where he
is still living, was born in Germany, and came to the United States in
1850, settling near Princeton, Wisconsin. With his wife, whose maiden name
was Lottie Freiheit, she being also a native of Germany, he came in 1861
to Wabasha County, Minnesota, making the journey with an ox team. The oxen
proved useful in the work of breaking and cultivating the tract of 160
acres which they took in Chester Township. For several years they lived in
a small frame shanty, after which they were able to erect a good frame
house. Subsequently Mr. Gray added two quarter sections to his original
tract, which gave him a farm of 480 acres. All this he ultimately brought
under cultivation and he has since continued to reside here, though for
some time he has been retired from active work, his son Emil operating the
farm. Mr. Gray's first wife died in 1870, leaving four children, all of
whom are now living, namely: Lenora, wife of Henry Schulter of Ottertail
County, Minn.; Albert, of Goodhue County; Emil, residing on the home farm,
and Henry R., a prominent business man of Plainview. After his first
wife's death Mr. Gray married Otelia Semp, a native of Germany who came to
this country when a young girl. She is still living on the home farm in
their fine modern residence.