About two years ago I was looking for information on Russell Gray and Joyce Ferguson (these are the parents of George Washington Gray, GW Gray being the father of Washington Gray), and came across their name mentioned on page 115 of Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., and also Including Sketches of Other Gray Families.
That is a ridiculously long title, but the book has been priceless in helping me with this genealogy. I have since ordered myself a copy of the book from Amazon for around $23 or so, but a full transcription of the book is available here. It's a little overwhelming to scroll through it all, so using Ctrl+F to search is the easiest way to find what you're looking for.
The reference that I found was this:
RusseL F. Gray, son of Daniel H. and Phebe Godfrey
Gray, b. 1824, in Berlin; removed with his father's
family to Texas; mar. Mrs. Ferguson, 1848; she died
and he mar. again; residence, Llano, Llano Co.,
Texas; children:
Delilah Gray, b. Jan., 1849.
Robert Gray, b. Feb., 1850.
Washington Gray, b. 1 85 1 .
Wilburn Gray, b. March, 1852.
Lizzie Gray, b. 1855.
This might be a little ambiguous on it's own, however I have a copy of George Washington Gray's death certificate that lists his father as Russell Gray and his mother as Ferguson. GW Gray's birth date is also noted as 1851 on his death certificate.
From this positive connection I've been slowly going back trying to find the paper trails for the nine generations that have been chronicled in the book. The author, a noted genealogist, makes plenty of notes about where he found his information and hopefully retracing some of his steps will not be difficult.
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