Samuel
Drown
Gray
Born in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Son of Eliphalet Gray
and Lydia (Drown) Gray
Brother of
Gilbert Gray [half], Jessie G. Gray [half], Polly Gray [half], Aaron G. Gray [half], Lucinda Gray [half] and Hannah Gray [half]
Husband of
Elvira Kenaston
— married
8 Jun 1835 in Sheffield, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 78
in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Pvt Samuel Gray served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 23 1861
Mustered out: Jan 8 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company D, 6th Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Enlisted: Sep 23 1861
Mustered out: Jan 8 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company D, 6th Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Samuel was born in 1813 in Vermont.[1]
He married Elvira (Kenaston) Gray in 1835 in Vermont.[2]
He served the Union in the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 6th Regiment, Vermont Infantry.[3]
Samuel died in 1892 in Vermont.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFV4-QQM : 14 April 2020), Samuel Gray, 1813.
- ↑ SHEFFIELD, Vermont MARRIAGES, Volumes 1 and 2, accessed 06/02/2021. (https://web.archive.org/web/20160405054007/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtgenweb/SheffieldVTmarriages.html). 319. KINASTON Alvi[r]a (Elvira) (Miss) of Sheffield m. Samuel D. Gray of Wheelock at Sheffield * Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1835 * Officiate: James Townsend, JP James Townsend, Town Clerk (p. 264 / vol. 1)
- ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS36-4M7 : 4 December 2014), Samuel D. Gray, Private, Company D, 6th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M557 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ2-YJ7S : 27 December 2020), Samuel D Gray, Feb 1892; citing Death, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005465058.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 February 2021), memorial page for Samuel Drown Gray (13 May 1813–26 Feb 1892), Find a Grave Memorial no. 33991232, citing Old Wheelock Village Cemetery, Wheelock, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Roland McClure (contributor 46905890) .
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