HOLMES COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed to the Ohio Biographies Project by
Jeanne Yoakam 
yoak@on-ramp.net 
February 21, 2001
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Biographical Record of Holmes County, 1889.


JOHN C. GRAY

John C. Gray, son of John and Henrietta (Scott) Gray, was born in
Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio, February 18, 1833, and came to Holmes
County with his parents in 1835.  He received a common-school education,
and, like his brother, Robert F., learned the plasterer's trade, which
he followed for several years.  December 21, 1861, he married Miss Susan
McKee, daughter of Lenox T. and Mary (Bairne) McKee, of Mechanic
Township. They have five children, who are yet living at home: Alvin R.,
Ermenia, Herbert, Eddie and Clara. Mr. Gray is a strong Democrat and has
filled the office of township trustee for a number of years, and various
other offices of responsibility. He is a memer of the Holmes County
Agricultural Society.  He and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

submitted by Jeanne Casner Yoakam