Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Gray, William A. 1849 - 
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WILLIAM A. GRAY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28; P. O. West Salem; son of 
Alexander Gray, who was born in Pennsylvania; married to Martha Reed. Mr. 
Gray, Sr., was a carpenter by trade, which business he followed for many 
years; he removed with his family from Allegheny City, Penn., June 1865, and 
settled on the farm now occupied by his heirs; he died in 1875; his wife died 
in 1855. Mr. Gray left a widow, formerly Miss Isabel Reed, and two children - 
William A., born in Allegheny City, in 1849; he married Jennie McEldowny, 
daughter of Samuel McEldowny; has one daughter - Florence M.; the second child 
is Lillie J., now Mrs. William McKiney, resides in Kansas. William A. has 
charge of the homestead farm, which contains about 250 acres, with fine 
improvements; he is engaged principally in dairying and stock-raising, makes a 
specialty of raising Holstein cattle; he has several fine specimens of this 
valuable breed. His original stock consists of a splendid pair of this 
excellent breed of cattle, which he and Mr. William Van Waters purchased, at a 
cost of $800.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 822.

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