The Keithsburg Chronicles


The Family of
Judy Whitaker and Oliver Gray

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JUDY WHITAKER
01 Jun 1834 - 28 Dec 1900.



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OLIVER P. GRAY
31 Aug 1829 -21 Aug 1908.

















Judy was born in North Carolina. 


Oliver and Judy were married on 2 Jan 1850. 
Oliver was born in Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. 




CHILDREN:






















AMANDA E. GRAY
9 Sep 1852 - 20 Nov 1934
MARTHA JANE GRAY
27 Mar 1854 
MARY MARGARET GRAY
30 Nov 1855 - - Jan 1856
JAMES NOAH GRAY
25 Jan 1857
WILLIAM GRAY
20 Dec 1858
ISAC M. GRAY
26 Feb 1861
OLIVER S. GRAY II
3 Jul 1862 - 29 Sep 1864
HATTIE GRAY
30 Jul 1866 - 29 Sep 1967
LIZZIE J. GRAY
22 Jun 1868
MINNIE EMMA GRAY
3 Jun 1871
FRANK GRAY
4 Jun 1875
THOMAS GRAY
Amanda married Charles P. Frick, son of Fredric and Nancy Wilson Frick, on 23 Feb 1871. 

Charles Frick died on 12 April 1913.

Martha married George M. McClure, son of John and Sarah McClure, on 24 Apr 1873.
Uncle Jimmy, as everybody called him and remembers him, was married to Melissa Ann Ogle, daughter of Josephus Ogle and Delila Jane Clark, on 12 Mar 1884. 

There was probably a "natural daughter" as well, whose name I do not have at this time. Uncle Jimmy  is remembered for many things. He was said to be a practicing medium, and held séances that were remembered for a long time....

Retta Brown wrote a biography of him, which has not yet been found.








Tom Gray was a recovered alcoholic. Following a vision of hell during a drunken stupor,  he quit cold turkey. Retta Brown, the town poet, wrote a poem about the occasion, called "Tom Gray's Dream," which Alcoholics Anonymous in Peoria was permitted to use. Others are now using it without permission or attribution to her. I do not object to their using it if it is textually correct, correctly attributed, and no money is charged for it.

























 

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