Charles W. Gray Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Surname: GRAY
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

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     CHARLES W. GRAY, superintendent of the Consolidation Coal
Company, Portsmouth, N. H., was born in this city June 20, 1867, one
of the five children of Walter S. and Mary 0. (Prime) Gray. The father,
who died January 10, 1898, was assistant city marshal of Portsmouth at
the time of his death. The subject of this sketch was educated in the
public schools and on completing his studies became clerk for E. F. Sise
& Co., coal dealers, with whom he remained from 1880 until 1896. He

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then formed a partnership with Mr. Herbert 0. Prime, under the firm
name of Gray and Prime, as dealers in coal. They carried on the busi-
ness successfully until April 1, 1911, at which time they sold out to
the present firm, Mr. Gray being then made superintendent of the con-
cern. This company--The Consolidation Coal Company, incorporated,
is doing a large business, dealing in Georges Creek, Big Vein Cumber-
land, Fairmont Gas, By-Product and Domestic Somerset Smokeless
Steam Coals, and anthracite coals, of which they are wholesale ship-
pers.
     Mr. Gray is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging also to the
Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum and B. P. 0. Elks, He is also a member
of the Warwick Club of the Portsmouth Atheneum and Portsmouth
Athletic Club. In politics he is a Republican. He married Miss Sarah
R. Roberts, a daughter of Edward E. Roberts of Connecticut, and their
family included four children. In their residence is the oldest piano-
forte in the United States, having been made in 1765. This venerable
instrument is still in a good state of preservation and is an object of
great interest and curiosity to all the musical friends of the family.