Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1913 — Obituary of William Gray. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of William Gray.

William Gray was born in Pennsylvania in October, 1839, and died in Rensselaer, Ind., Sept. 15, 1913, lacking only a few days of being 74 years of age. He served in the union army during the civil war and had lived for many years at Lee, in White county, and in Rensselaer, where he proved himself an honest and upright man. His wife died seven years ago and four children, Ann Eliza, Wilbur and two infant sons, have also died. Seven children survive to mourn their father’s death, namely, Mrs. Emma Bowsher, Henry, Glenn' and Charley, of Rensselaer; Earl, of Allegan, Mich.; Sam, of near Lee; and Jesse, of Wabash. No word was received from Earl, while Jesse was unable to come, having been Injured in an accident only a day before his father’s death. The funeral was held at the residence this Saturday morning and burial made at the Osborne cemetery in Hanging Grove township.