John Calvin
Gray
Born in Alabama, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Newton Gray
and Susan C Balzora Danley
Brother of
James William Gray, Mary Francis Parthenia Elizabeth Gray, Sarah Ann Gray, Margaret Gray, Minnie L Gray, Orlando Gray, Wiley Edward Gray, Allen Thomas Gray, Jessie Coleman Gray, Limity Powell Gray, Mettie Cora Gray, Susan Isabell (Gray) Abernathy and Alexander Newton Gray
Husband of
Lura Vernon Clemmons
— married
4 Aug 1906 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Georgia Dee Gray, Mattie Lee Gray, Arlando Gray, Maudie V Gray, Erin Thomas Gray, Louise Pearl Gray, Fowler Herbert Gray, James Walter Gray, Ollie F Gray and Johnny Paul Gray
Died
at age 82
in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2017
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Biography
- John Calvin Gray,
- son of Ephraim Newton Gray and Susan C Balzora "Ballie" Danley
- Birth Date: 1 May 1884, per draft registration
- Birth Place: Alabama, per census. (probably born in Lauderdale Co., AL)
- Death: 2 May 1966, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, per death record
- EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:
- 1) John's death record names parents as "Newt Gray and Ballie Danley"
- 2) John has childhood census with parents in 1900
- DEATH:
- Ancestry.com. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
- Name: John Calvin Gray
- Birth Date: abt 1885
- Death Date: 2 May 1966
- Death Place: Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Death Age: 81
- Gender: Male
- Father Name: Newt Gray
- Mother Name: Ballie Danley
- FHL Film Number: 1909090
- BURIAL:
- Find A Grave Memorial# 34033986 (headstone pictured)
- Inscription: John C Gray
- Birth: 1884
- Death: 1965
- Burial: Henry Stutts Cemetery, Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
- Created by: Scrappy
- Record added: Feb 20, 2009
- DRAFT REGISTRATION:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- Name: John Calvin Gray
- Registration Place: Lauderdale Co., Alabama
- Registration Date: 12 Sep 1918
- Residence: Kellen, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Birth Date: 1 May 1884
- Nearest Relative: Vernon Gray ... [wife]
- Description: medium height & build, grey eyes, dark hair
- MARRIAGE:
- Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942
- Name: John Gray
- Gender: Male
- Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1906
- Marriage Place: Lauderdale, Alabama
- Spouse: Verna Clemmons
- FHL Film Number: 1027509
- Reference ID: p 483
- CENSUS:
- 1900 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama
- E Newton Gray .... 49 ... AL,AL,AL ... Mar 1851 ... farmer, married 30 yrs
- Susan C B Gray .... 47 ... AL,NC,AL ... Mar 1853 ... 16 children, 12 living
- Orlando Gray ....... 19 ... AL,AL,AL ... Oct 1880
- Wiley E Gray ......... 17 ... AL,AL,AL ... Sep 1882
- John C Gray .......... 16 ... AL,AL,AL ... May 1884 <-------
- Allen T Gray ......... 12 ... AL,AL,AL ... Nov 1887
- Jessie C Gray ........ 10 ... AL,AL,AL ... Oct 1889
- L Powel Gray .......... 8 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jul 1891
- Mettie C Gray ........ 6 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jun 1893
- Susan E Gray ......... 5 ... AL,AL,AL ... May 1895
- Alex M Gray ........... 2 ... AL,AL,AL ... Mar 1898
- 1910 census: Crossroads, Lauderdale, Alabama
- John Gray ........... 25 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer, married 4 years
- Verna Gray ......... 24 ... AL,AL,AL ... 3 children, 3 living
- Georgie Gray ........ 2 ... AL,AL,AL
- Mattie Gray .......... 1 ... AL,AL,AL
- Lando Gray ....... 2m ... AL,AL,AL
- 1920 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama
- John Gray ........... 34 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer
- Vernon Gray ...... 36 ... AL,AL,AL
- Georgia Gray ..... 11 ... AL,AL,AL
- Mattie Gray .......... 9 ... AL,AL,AL
- Lando Gray .......... 8 ... AL,AL,AL
- Mand Gray ........... 6 ... AL,AL,AL
- Thomas Gray ....... 4 ... AL,AL,AL
- Louise Gray ......... 3 ... AL,AL,AL
- Fowler Gray ... 11m ... AL,AL,AL
- 1930 census: District 2, Lawrence, Tennessee
- John C Gray ......... 45 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer
- Lura V Gray ......... 44 ... AL,AL,AL ... married at age 21
- Georgie D Gray ... 22 ... AL,AL,AL
- Mattie L Gray ...... 21 ... AL,AL,AL
- Maudy S Gray ..... 18 ... AL,AL,AL
- Earn T Gray ......... 16 ... AL,AL,AL
- Pearl L Gray ........ 14 ... AL,AL,AL
- Fowler H Gray .... 12 ... TN,AL,AL
- James W Gray ..... 10 ... AL,AL,AL
- Ollie F Gray ........... 6 ... AL,AL,AL
- Magieleon Gray ... 4 ... AL,AL,AL
- 1940 census: Lexington, Lauderdale, Alabama
- John C Gray ......... 55 ... AL ... farm operator
- Lura V Gray ......... 55 ... AL
- Jame W Gray ....... 19 ... AL
- Ollie F Gray ......... 16 ... AL
- Madgeline Gray .. 14 ... AL
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Calvin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Calvin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Calvin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Calvin:
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~6.25%
Jeffrey Robison
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Sheenan Cole :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
L Adcox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A895963 [compare], Ancestry member LADCOX
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cathryn Craig :
AncestryDNA
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