Bio of Gray, Robert R. (b.1821) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Gray, Robert R., gardner, Lake City, is a native of Butler county, and was
born November 8, 1821. In about 1828, his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth
(Richey) Gray, removed to Montgomery county, Indiana, and settled near
Crawfordsville, where the living members of the family still reside. Early
in life our subject learned the trade of harness and saddle maker, and
followed the business many years in the city of Crawfordsville. In 1865 he
emigrated to Minnesota, making the entire trip with two teams and wagons
in twenty-one days. On arriving in the borders of Lake City, he camped out
a few days till he could secure a house into which to move his family.
This done, he turned his attention to carrying out his plans- the purchase
of a small piece of land-which he did, and began the business of market
gardening. He was married in 1848, to Miss Charlotte Lupton, of Lafayette,
Indiana, by whom he has reared a family of ten children, whose names are:
Helen A. (now Mrs. R. Foss); Elizabeth A. (wife of P.A. Bartlett); Adda G.
(married James G. Hammel); R. Verginia, Joseph W., Robert A., Charles C.,
Thomas G., Margarett I., Cecile and Vance I. Mr. Gray is a charter member
of the I.O.O.F. of this city, and a quiet, unassuming citizen. His home is
south of the railroad on Lyon avenue, where he owns a neat little
garden-farm, and has resided several years.
War of Rebellion (Civil War)