John Javan Gray (1840 - 1864)

Born 1840 in Macon County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta Hern (Roane) Wall — married 26 Aug 1861 (to 24 Oct 1863) in Franklin, North Carolina, United States

Died 2 May 1864 at about age 24 in Camp Douglas, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John Gray, age 10, born in North Carolina is living with his parents, James G. Gray and Mary Thomas in Macon County, North Carolina in the 1850 census. ^[1]

John J. Gray, age 20, born in North Carolina, is living with his parents, James G. Gray and Mary Thomas in Macon County, North Carolina in the 1860 census. ^[2] Gray , John J.

BATTLE UNIT NAME:62nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry SIDE:Confederacy COMPANY:D SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER:M230 ROLL 15 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none

Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois Confederate Mound

Near the southwest corner of Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood stands a 30-foot granite monument dedicated to the thousands of Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war at Camp Douglas. The monument marks a mass grave containing the remains of more than 4,000 Confederate prisoners, reinterred here from the grounds of the prison camp and the old Chicago City Cemetery. ^[3]

See 62nd North Carolina Infantry for description of his unit's service during the US Civil War.

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Marriage

Married 27 AUG 1861 in Macon County, North Carolina. Henrietta Hern Roane. B. Mar. 10, 1839. First married John J. Gray (son of James G. Gray) on Aug. 26, 1861 in Franklin, NC. ^[4]

Cause of Death

Diarrhea while a POW during the Civil War.

• Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois

Civil War conditions created a perfect environment for dysentery and diarrhea to thrive. Men lived crowded together; ate poor diets of fried meat, bread, and coffee; used the same pan to cook their meal that they used to wash up; and went to the latrine upstream from their camp. Bowel disorders were the most prevalent illnesses on both sides of the Civil War and they killed more men than battle. Dysentery and diarrhea, called "quickstep" by soldiers, and "alvine flux" by the doctors, with dysentery being distinguished by blood in the stool. Doctors knew neither how soldiers contracted the condition nor how the diseases should be treated. Source: Atlas Editions; Civil War Cards ^[5]

Burial

Chicago, IL. City Cemetery. Grave number 765

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Source Note

Ref. information from a book titled "Confederate P.O.W.'s Buried In Northern Cemeteries".

Research Notes

John J. Gray comp D 62 N.C. [2]

Name: John J Gray Event Type: Military Service Event Year: 1862 Age (Original): Military Unit Note: Sixty-second Infantry Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina Affiliate Publication Number: M270 Affiliate Film Number: 551

North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Citing this Record: "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6R-NHL : accessed 20 February 2016), John J Gray, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Sixty-second Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 551. ^[6] `````````````````````````````` https://graveyards.com/IL/Cook/oakwoods/confederate-names/tablet006.jpg

Find A Grave

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Sources

1. ↑ Name: John Gray Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Macon, North Carolina, United States Event Place (Original): Macon county, Macon, North Carolina, United States Gender: Male Age: 10 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1840 Birthplace: North Carolina Schedule Type: 1850 Population House Number: 68 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James G Gray F 39 South Carolina Mary Gray F 30 North Carolina John Gray M 10 North Carolina Julian Gray F 3 North Carolina Catharine Gray F 0 North Carolina Nancy Gray F 40 South Carolina Household ID: 70 Line Number: 16 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 636 GS Film Number: 444649 Digital Folder Number: 004203583 Image Number: 00276 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01140-7 Record Number: 11332 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B8-QNX : 24 December 2020), John Gray in household of James G Gray, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Name: John J Gray Event Type: Census Event Date: 1860 Event Place: Macon, North Carolina, United States Event Place (Original): North Carolina, Macon, Tennessee Valley Gender: Male Age: 20 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1840 Birthplace: Macon Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James G Gray M 49 South Carolina Mary J Gray F 40 Iredell John J Gray M 20 Macon July A Gray F 13 Macon Catharine F Gray F 10 Macon George W Gray M 7 Macon Page: 49 Household ID: 325 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 Affiliate Film Number: 904 GS Film Number: 803904 Digital Folder Number: 005170495 Image Number: 00505 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01784-2 Record Number: 19001 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDT-BRT : 11 November 2020), John J Gray in entry for James G Gray, 1860.
3. ↑ http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/illinois/Confederate_Mound_Oak_Woods_Cemetery.html
4. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/nc/3948/
5. ↑ http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/dysentery.html
6. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6R-NHL

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