Simeon Church Gray

Descendants of
Simian Church GRAY (1843 - 1921)
and
Elizabeth SWAN (1843 - 1917)

This webpage is dedicated to the descendants of Simian Church GRAY and Elizabeth SWAN. Simeon was born 29 May 1843 in New York and died 16 Apr 1921 in Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas. About 1863 he married Elizabeth SWAN. Elizabeth was born 6 Feb 1843 in Canada and died 20 Nov 1917. She was the daughter of William SWAN and Anna Jane WALKER.

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Military Records

First Generation

Simian Church GRAY and Elizabeth SWAN had the following children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth GRAY (Simeon) born 1863 in Wisconsin and died in 1884. On 8 Jun 1882 in Ottawa County, Kansas she married Samuel HELMAN. Samuel was born in 1845 and died in 1920. Mary and Samuel are both buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Tescott, Ottawa County, Kansas.
  2. Clarence Simeon GRAY (Simeon) born 5 Mar 1866 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas and died 12 Jun 1948 in Salina, Saline County, Kansas. Between 1888 and 1890 he married Maggie Alvira USREY, daughter of James Phillip USREY and Miriam CONNOR. Maggie was born 1 Nov 1872 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana and died 3 Mar 1960 in Salina, Saline County, Kansas. Clarence and Maggie are both buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
  3. Nettie Ann GRAY (Simeon) born Mar 1867 in Kansas and died before 1949. On 19 Apr 1888 in Ottawa County, Kansas she married Charles McDONALD. Charles was born in Sep 1866 in Kentucky.
  4. Maggie Delilah GRAY (Simeon) born 31 Jul 1870 in Kansas and died 23 Jun 1958.. On 27 Mar 1889 in Ottawa County, Kansas she married George W NORRIS.. George was born 22 Dec 1868 and died 22 Dec 1907. Maggie and George are both buried in the Culver Union Cemetery, Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas.
  5. Fred Courtney GRAY (Simeon) born 3 Aug 1872 in Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas and died 21 Apr 1949 in Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas. On 29 Oct 1896 in Ottawa County, Kansas he married Daisy Estella HERRINGTON, daughter of John Thomas HERRINGTON and Celena Caroline WILLIAMS. Daisy was born 14 feb 1882 in Kansas and died 29 Mar 1966
  6. Frank L GRAY (Simeon) born 29 May 1874 in Kansas and died Mar 1965. He married Sarah E "Sadie" ROBINSON. Sadie wsas born Oct 1877 in Kansas.
  7. Vada Belle "Vadie" GRAY (Simeon) born Aug 1876 in Kansas and died 15 Dec 1956. About 1899 she married Benjamin Alexander WASHBURN. Benjamin was born Jun 1876 in Kansas.
  8. Edwin Orville GRAY (Simeon) born 28 Nov 1878 in Saline County, Kansas and died 20 Mar 1960 in Lindsburg, Kansas. About 1909 he married (1) Ellen Francis SQUIRES. Ellen was born 24 Nov 1881 in Kansas and died 30 May 1918. He married (2) May Edna SMITH, daughter of Charles Al SMITH and Maggie M WEIS. May was born 3 Apr 1897 in Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas and died 28 Nov 1976 in Salina, Saline county, Kansas. Edwin and May are both buried in Franklin Cemetery, Tescott, Ottawa County, Kansas.
  9. Charles S GRAY (Simeon) born Dec 1880 in Kansas.
  10. Evangaline "Lena" BOYCE (Simeon) born 10 Jan 1895 in Kansas and died 21 Jul 1944. About 1930 she married Thomas J O'CONNOR.