OBIT: William C. GRAY, 1897, Chester, Chester County, PA

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WAS WELL KNOWN.

CHESTER, Pa., December 30. - Colonel William C. Gray, one of the best known 
citizens of Chester, died this afternoon at his home, after a lingering 
illness.  Colonel Gray was born near Claymont, Del., October 4, 1831.  He 
organized the Kayne Guards during the war of the rebellion, and later recruited 
a company known as the Delaware County Guards, which was mustered in as company 
E, One Hundred and Nineteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, in which 
Colonel Gray served with distinction during the entire war.  He had an active 
civic career in Chester, and has held important political offices in this city.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Friday, December, 31, 1897