Biographical Sketch of Daniel Gray, Springfield, Greene County, MO >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Gray is the son of Robert and Mary Gray, and was born April 18th, 1806 in Christian county, Kentucky. He was educated in the common schools of his county, and at the age of twenty-one, went to Logan county, Kentucky and worked at the carpenter's trade until the fall of 1831, when he came to Greene county, Missouri and settled one mile south of the James River. From there he went to Finley creek and lived six years, and then returned to James river, where he, in partnership with his brother-in-law, R. M. Langston, ran a saw mill for a year, sawing the lumber with which the first court house of the county was built. He was the second assessor of the county, in 1835 and 1836. He moved to Cedar county, Missouri in 1839, and came back to Greene in 1847. He next crossed the great plains to California, and returned in 1851. Mr. Gray was married June 4th, 1829, to Miss Elizabeth Gallion, by whom he had four boys and one girl. His first wife died April 2nd, 1848 and is buried on the old Langston farm. He married October 13th, 1853, Elizabeth Crumpley, and they were blessed with four boys and one girl. Mr. Gray is the tenth child of a family of twelve children, and the only one living. He is remarkably well preserved, enjoying good health and a fine memory. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================