Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Charles W. GRAY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889
Published by Goodspeed-Pgs. 812, 813--Dade County Section

Charles W. Gray is a member of the firm of C. W. Gray & Co., dealers in
general hardware, farm machinery, etc., at Lockwood, Mo.  This business 
was established in 1888, as successors to H. C. Watterman & Sons, the 
value of the stock being from $5,000 to $6,000, and is one of the best 
establishments of the kind in Dade County.  Mr. Gray was born in Chester 
County, Penn., in 1834, and is the son of William and Catherine (Bender) 
Gray, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively. They were 
married in Pennsylvania, and when their son, Charles W. Gray, was but an
infant, they moved to Stark County, Ohio, where they both died, the mother
in 1855, and the father in 1872.  Both were members of the United Brethren
Church.  Grandfather Gray was a native of Germany.  Charles W. Gray was 
the third of four sons and three daughters.  He received a common school 
education in Ohio, and was married in 1856 to Miss Barbara E., daughter of
Henry and Sarah Newman, both natives of Ohio, as was also their daughter.  
The mother died in that State, but the father is still living, and has been
a resident of Dade County since 1882.  To Mr. and Mrs. Gray have been born
eight children, three sons and two daughters living.  In 1852 Mr. Gray 
enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and was almost all the time on guard, and on construction duty in Tennessee.
He served until the close of the war, and was discharged at Murfreesboro, 
Tenn., in June, 1865.  He returned home, and, in 1867 came to Dade County, 
where he followed farming in Marion Township (in June, 1888, was set off 
to Lockwood Township), until December, 1888, when he engaged in his present 
business.  He is the owner of 265 acres of good land; is a Republican in 
politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for J. C. Fremont in 
1856.  He and wife and two eldest children are members of the United 
Brethren Church, Mrs. Gray having been a member since 1859.  Mr. Gray is 
a class leader.  His children are named as follows: Elenore E.; Mary E., 
wife of J. W. Evans; Julia A., George N. and Samuel A.  When Mr. Gray first
came to Missouri, he settled on an unbroken prairie, and here he improved 
a good farm.  He became on of the leading farmers of the county, and one of 
its best citizens.

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