Sarah married William Stokely GRAY on May 30, 1867, in Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana.
The marriage produced 11 children. When her brother Henry died and left a nine-year-old orphaned daughter, Sarah Jane took in her niece, Bernice, and raised her.
Sarah Jane was born in Ripley County, Indiana, and moved with her brothers and their widowed mother to Benton County, Indiana. From there, Sarah Jane and her husband moved to Union City, Branch County, Michigan. She and her husband moved to Fulton County, Indiana, in about 1911.
She was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church.
She was survived by her husband and ten of their 11 children. Their son Arthur died young.
Sarah's newspaper obituary:
Mrs. Sarah Jane GRAY of Fulton died at midnight Saturday after 11 weeks of illness consisting in complications incident to old age. She would have been 79 years old on January 12. The husband, William S. GRAY, and several children survive her. The children are Ancil [GRAY] and William [GRAY] of Fulton, Mary [GRAY] at the home in Fulton, Everett [GRAY] of Hillsdale, Michigan, Mrs. Henry RENTSCHLER, Mrs. Henry NORDLOH, Mrs. Harry DALBIE and Mrs. Ernest DALBIE of Union City, Michigan. The deceased was born in Ripley county, Indiana, and later removed to Union City, Mich., coming fourteen years ago to Fulton. She was a member of the Baptist church. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Fulton Baptist temple, the Rev. H. O. WENTZEL in charge. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery.
Sarah married William Stokely GRAY on May 30, 1867, in Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana.
The marriage produced 11 children. When her brother Henry died and left a nine-year-old orphaned daughter, Sarah Jane took in her niece, Bernice, and raised her.
Sarah Jane was born in Ripley County, Indiana, and moved with her brothers and their widowed mother to Benton County, Indiana. From there, Sarah Jane and her husband moved to Union City, Branch County, Michigan. She and her husband moved to Fulton County, Indiana, in about 1911.
She was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church.
She was survived by her husband and ten of their 11 children. Their son Arthur died young.
Sarah's newspaper obituary:
Mrs. Sarah Jane GRAY of Fulton died at midnight Saturday after 11 weeks of illness consisting in complications incident to old age. She would have been 79 years old on January 12. The husband, William S. GRAY, and several children survive her. The children are Ancil [GRAY] and William [GRAY] of Fulton, Mary [GRAY] at the home in Fulton, Everett [GRAY] of Hillsdale, Michigan, Mrs. Henry RENTSCHLER, Mrs. Henry NORDLOH, Mrs. Harry DALBIE and Mrs. Ernest DALBIE of Union City, Michigan. The deceased was born in Ripley county, Indiana, and later removed to Union City, Mich., coming fourteen years ago to Fulton. She was a member of the Baptist church. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Fulton Baptist temple, the Rev. H. O. WENTZEL in charge. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery.
Family Members
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Lena Leota Gray Nordloh
1868–1955
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Mary Etta Gray
1869–1965
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Ancel Clark Gray
1870–1957
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Arthur Lynn Gray
1872–1873
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William Henry "Bill" Gray
1875–1969
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George Griffith Gray
1877–1964
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Eliza Jeanette "Nettie" Gray Dolbee
1879–1972
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Everett Ezechial "Duke" Gray
1882–1959
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Edith Gray Dolbee
1882–1977
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gray Gray
1885–1984
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Olive May "Ollie" Gray Rentschler
1887–1935
