Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Gray, Alfred August 31, 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 October 18, 2008, 5:25 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Gray, Alfred, German Flats, was born in Avoca, Steuben county, August 31, 1854. His father was Henry Gray, a banker and merchant. Alfred Gray came to Ilion in 1880 and began business in the Merry block. He sold out two years ago and in September, 1892, opened his present grocery business. In 1876 he married Miss Alice Finch, of Syracuse, and they have one child. Mr. Gray's family has been in this part of the country for five generations. His mother was a Markell, a prominent family of St. Johnsville. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/gray496gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb