Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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BirthMar 3, 1845, Quincy, Owen County, Indiana [58825]
BurialCombes Cemetery, Combes Cemetery Road (County Road 1050 N), Quincy, Owen County, Indiana [58825]
FlagsCivil War
FatherDaniel Butler GRAY (1814-1864)
MotherElizabeth WILSON (1820-1899)
MarriageMar 8, 1893, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois [58831]
Obituary Online notes for Mary Ann COFFEY
Mary Ann Coffey was born in 1862 to Newton Coffey and Fransicka Traylor.
She married Thomas Matthews in Taylorsville, Christian County, Illinois in 1883, and had one daughter with him, Ethel Ellen Matthews, born 1883. He deserted her and her daughter in 1884 and she was told he died in 1885.
In 1895, she met and married John Amos Gray, a widower and Civil War veteran. Together they had three children, Hazel Fern (b. 1895), John, Jr. (b. 1897), and Thomas Ross (b. 1900).
John and Mary Ann ran a restaurant and boarding house in Madison, Madison County, IL for the millworkers in Madison and Granite City.
John died in 1911 while in Indiana on a visit to his daughter by his first marriage.
Mary Ann died in 1947 in her daughter Hazel's house in Granite City, Madison County, IL. [58830]
She married Thomas Matthews in Taylorsville, Christian County, Illinois in 1883, and had one daughter with him, Ethel Ellen Matthews, born 1883. He deserted her and her daughter in 1884 and she was told he died in 1885.
In 1895, she met and married John Amos Gray, a widower and Civil War veteran. Together they had three children, Hazel Fern (b. 1895), John, Jr. (b. 1897), and Thomas Ross (b. 1900).
John and Mary Ann ran a restaurant and boarding house in Madison, Madison County, IL for the millworkers in Madison and Granite City.
John died in 1911 while in Indiana on a visit to his daughter by his first marriage.
Mary Ann died in 1947 in her daughter Hazel's house in Granite City, Madison County, IL. [58830]
Obituary Online notes for John Amos (Spouse 1)
John Amos Gray was the son of Daniel B. Gray and Elizabeth Wilson, and the great-grandson of Daniel Gray, a Revolutionary War veteran.
John enlisted in the 59th Indiana Infantry, Co. D during the Civil War, and was wounded at the battle of Vicksburg.
He married his first wife, Hannah M. Davis on 19 Sep 1866 in Owen County, IN. They had two children: Daniel B. Gray (named after his grandfather) and Ida May Gray. Hannah died in 1885.
He married his second wife, Mary Ann Coffee on 08 Mar 1893 in Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL. They had three children: Hazel Fern Gray (1895), John Amos Gray Jr. (1897) and Thomas Ross Gray (1900).
Before and after the war, John worked as a farmer; in the 1890s and 1900s, he was a travelling salesman (according to his daughter Hazel and to the 1900 census). John met Mary Anne Coffee, who was a widow with a 12-year-old daughter, Ethel Ellen Matthews. They married in Litchfield, but shortly thereafter, moved to Venice, Madison County, IL where they ran a boarding house and restaurant, feeding the workers at the steelmill.
Because of exposure during his civil war service, John suffered from rheumatism, chills, fevers, and diahrea (according to his civil war pension records) and was not always able to work.
During a visit to his married daughter by his first wife, Ida May Gray Dakin in 1911 in Clark County, IN, John suffered a heart attack and died in an old soldier's home. He was buried in Owen County, Indiana, next to his first wife, Hannah Davis. [58831]
John enlisted in the 59th Indiana Infantry, Co. D during the Civil War, and was wounded at the battle of Vicksburg.
He married his first wife, Hannah M. Davis on 19 Sep 1866 in Owen County, IN. They had two children: Daniel B. Gray (named after his grandfather) and Ida May Gray. Hannah died in 1885.
He married his second wife, Mary Ann Coffee on 08 Mar 1893 in Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL. They had three children: Hazel Fern Gray (1895), John Amos Gray Jr. (1897) and Thomas Ross Gray (1900).
Before and after the war, John worked as a farmer; in the 1890s and 1900s, he was a travelling salesman (according to his daughter Hazel and to the 1900 census). John met Mary Anne Coffee, who was a widow with a 12-year-old daughter, Ethel Ellen Matthews. They married in Litchfield, but shortly thereafter, moved to Venice, Madison County, IL where they ran a boarding house and restaurant, feeding the workers at the steelmill.
Because of exposure during his civil war service, John suffered from rheumatism, chills, fevers, and diahrea (according to his civil war pension records) and was not always able to work.
During a visit to his married daughter by his first wife, Ida May Gray Dakin in 1911 in Clark County, IN, John suffered a heart attack and died in an old soldier's home. He was buried in Owen County, Indiana, next to his first wife, Hannah Davis. [58831]