Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1895 — DEATH OF GOV. GRAY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEATH OF GOV. GRAY.

Due to an Attack of Double Pneumonia. Was Found Unconscious En Route Front —_ St. Louis to City of Mexico. Ex-Governor Gray, United States Minister to Mexico, died at the City of Mexico, Feb. 14, at 7 p. m., of double pneumonia. The first intelligence of the serious illnfcss of Minister Gray in tliif country was the following dispatch to hit son Pierre, at Indianapolis: “City of Mexico, Feb. 14. “Father arrived here this morning un conscious from an attack of double pneumonia. Taken to the American Hospital Condition alarming. Will telegraph tonight or in the morning. _. G‘B ay Ard Gray. ’ ’ This was followed by another telegram at 9 p. m. announcing Minister Gray’.* death at the hospital at 7 p. m. Detail. l of Mr. Gray’s serious illness are meager, but it was stated that he was unwell from the time left St. Louis, and that ho was found in an unconscious condition by the the Pullman car porter at 2 o’clock Thursday morning. Minister Gray had been in the United States for some time, having been calk c to the bedside of his son Pierro at Indianapolis, the latter being considered fatally ill. Pierre Gray’s condition becoming

somewhat less alarming Minister Gray went to Washington to consult with the State Department in regard to his official duties, and last week left for Mexico via St. Louis.

Isaac Puscy Gray was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18, 1828. He was the son of John and Hannah Gray. His ancestors all belonged to the Society of Friends, his great-grandfather having emigrated from England with William Penn and settled in Chester county. His parents removed from Pennsylvania to Urbana, 0., in 1836; thence to Montgomery county in 1839;-thence to New Madison, Darke county, in 1842. There they died, Isaac Gray received a common school education, and being ambitious and of studious habits ho early entered upon the study of law. His poverty, however, compelled him to accept a clerkship in a mercantile house at New Madison. Here his close application and strict integrity soon raised him to a partnership in the business, and in a few years he became sole proprietor of the establishment. In 1855 ho removed with his family to Union City, Ind., where he resided for many years, and where, after successfully continuing the mercantile business for a few years, ho entered upon the practice of law. Mr. Gray’s military and political career is a part of the history of the State, and is familiar to all. His death, coming so suddenly, is a shock to his thousands of friciids and admirers.

ISAAC P. GRAY.