Chief Engineer and Surveyor for the United States
I have utilized many sources to verify Gray's name and have included images of just a few of those sources.
Interred Nov. 21 1868.
Listed in Elmwood records as Capt. A.B. Gray, Confederate Soldier. Andrew Belcher Gray was an Engineer and Surveyor on the staff of Leonidas Polk. He was killed April 1862 within the works of Fort Pillow. Another story indicates he was killed on a steamboat when the boiler blew up.
He studied engineering and surveying under Andrew Talcott and was appointed as a surveyor for the Texas/U.S. boundary commission which was led by Memucan Hunt. After the Mexican-american War he was chief surveyor and established the U.S./Mexican border after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Due to a disagreement with U.S. Commissioner John Bartlett, he was removed from the commision.
He traveled to San Diego as part of the boundary commission in 1849. He proposed that the city would be better served if it were closer to San Diego Bay. In 1867 his ideas were revived and San Diego's main focus was moved to the waterfront.
The Texas Western Railroad hired him to survey the area from San Antonio to the Colorado river. His journals were published in the late 1850's.
Personal Life:
He was the son of British Consul William Gray and his wife Sarah Scott Gray. On June 23, 1856, he married Apolina Leacock of New Orleans. Apolina was the daughter of Rev. William Thomas Leacock and Eliza Lawrence Hilton. Gray and Apolina had three children: Minnie (b. May 27 1857 (Mina Gray) NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, Mother: Pauline Leacock Source: NOLA Birth Records), Helen (b. Nov 10 1863, NY. Single. Father Andrew B. Gray, residence: Atlanta Georgia, occupation: writer, Source: US Passport Application 1920) and Andriette Eliza (b. June 11 1862, NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, mother Pauline Leacock Source: Louisiana Birth Records)
Census Data:
1860 Census Between Tucson and Gila City Arizona, New Mexico Territory
A.B. Gray, age 40, Civil Engineer, native of Virginia
Data for his family after his death:
1870 Census New Orleans
William Leaycock/Leacock, age 67, Clergyman, Jamaica
Louisa Leaycock, age 65, Jamaica
M.S. Gray, age 33, Jamaica (This is Apolina)
Minnie Gray, age 13, Louisiana
Hellen, age 10, New York
Mary, age 7, Louisiana (Andriette)
1880 Census San Francisco
Mrs. L. Gray, age 40, housekeeper, West Indies
Minnie Gray, age 21, daughter, Artist, Louisiana
Adriette Gray, age 17, daughter, Music Teacher, Louisiana
1881 US Register of Civil Military and Naval Service, Census Office-Volunteer Force
Miss Andriette Gray, Where born: Louisiana
Whence appointed: Louisiana
Residence: July 1 1881 Washington DC
I have utilized many sources to verify Gray's name and have included images of just a few of those sources.
Interred Nov. 21 1868.
Listed in Elmwood records as Capt. A.B. Gray, Confederate Soldier. Andrew Belcher Gray was an Engineer and Surveyor on the staff of Leonidas Polk. He was killed April 1862 within the works of Fort Pillow. Another story indicates he was killed on a steamboat when the boiler blew up.
He studied engineering and surveying under Andrew Talcott and was appointed as a surveyor for the Texas/U.S. boundary commission which was led by Memucan Hunt. After the Mexican-american War he was chief surveyor and established the U.S./Mexican border after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Due to a disagreement with U.S. Commissioner John Bartlett, he was removed from the commision.
He traveled to San Diego as part of the boundary commission in 1849. He proposed that the city would be better served if it were closer to San Diego Bay. In 1867 his ideas were revived and San Diego's main focus was moved to the waterfront.
The Texas Western Railroad hired him to survey the area from San Antonio to the Colorado river. His journals were published in the late 1850's.
Personal Life:
He was the son of British Consul William Gray and his wife Sarah Scott Gray. On June 23, 1856, he married Apolina Leacock of New Orleans. Apolina was the daughter of Rev. William Thomas Leacock and Eliza Lawrence Hilton. Gray and Apolina had three children: Minnie (b. May 27 1857 (Mina Gray) NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, Mother: Pauline Leacock Source: NOLA Birth Records), Helen (b. Nov 10 1863, NY. Single. Father Andrew B. Gray, residence: Atlanta Georgia, occupation: writer, Source: US Passport Application 1920) and Andriette Eliza (b. June 11 1862, NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, mother Pauline Leacock Source: Louisiana Birth Records)
Census Data:
1860 Census Between Tucson and Gila City Arizona, New Mexico Territory
A.B. Gray, age 40, Civil Engineer, native of Virginia
Data for his family after his death:
1870 Census New Orleans
William Leaycock/Leacock, age 67, Clergyman, Jamaica
Louisa Leaycock, age 65, Jamaica
M.S. Gray, age 33, Jamaica (This is Apolina)
Minnie Gray, age 13, Louisiana
Hellen, age 10, New York
Mary, age 7, Louisiana (Andriette)
1880 Census San Francisco
Mrs. L. Gray, age 40, housekeeper, West Indies
Minnie Gray, age 21, daughter, Artist, Louisiana
Adriette Gray, age 17, daughter, Music Teacher, Louisiana
1881 US Register of Civil Military and Naval Service, Census Office-Volunteer Force
Miss Andriette Gray, Where born: Louisiana
Whence appointed: Louisiana
Residence: July 1 1881 Washington DC
Chief Engineer and Surveyor for the United States
I have utilized many sources to verify Gray's name and have included images of just a few of those sources.
Interred Nov. 21 1868.
Listed in Elmwood records as Capt. A.B. Gray, Confederate Soldier. Andrew Belcher Gray was an Engineer and Surveyor on the staff of Leonidas Polk. He was killed April 1862 within the works of Fort Pillow. Another story indicates he was killed on a steamboat when the boiler blew up.
He studied engineering and surveying under Andrew Talcott and was appointed as a surveyor for the Texas/U.S. boundary commission which was led by Memucan Hunt. After the Mexican-american War he was chief surveyor and established the U.S./Mexican border after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Due to a disagreement with U.S. Commissioner John Bartlett, he was removed from the commision.
He traveled to San Diego as part of the boundary commission in 1849. He proposed that the city would be better served if it were closer to San Diego Bay. In 1867 his ideas were revived and San Diego's main focus was moved to the waterfront.
The Texas Western Railroad hired him to survey the area from San Antonio to the Colorado river. His journals were published in the late 1850's.
Personal Life:
He was the son of British Consul William Gray and his wife Sarah Scott Gray. On June 23, 1856, he married Apolina Leacock of New Orleans. Apolina was the daughter of Rev. William Thomas Leacock and Eliza Lawrence Hilton. Gray and Apolina had three children: Minnie (b. May 27 1857 (Mina Gray) NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, Mother: Pauline Leacock Source: NOLA Birth Records), Helen (b. Nov 10 1863, NY. Single. Father Andrew B. Gray, residence: Atlanta Georgia, occupation: writer, Source: US Passport Application 1920) and Andriette Eliza (b. June 11 1862, NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, mother Pauline Leacock Source: Louisiana Birth Records)
Census Data:
1860 Census Between Tucson and Gila City Arizona, New Mexico Territory
A.B. Gray, age 40, Civil Engineer, native of Virginia
Data for his family after his death:
1870 Census New Orleans
William Leaycock/Leacock, age 67, Clergyman, Jamaica
Louisa Leaycock, age 65, Jamaica
M.S. Gray, age 33, Jamaica (This is Apolina)
Minnie Gray, age 13, Louisiana
Hellen, age 10, New York
Mary, age 7, Louisiana (Andriette)
1880 Census San Francisco
Mrs. L. Gray, age 40, housekeeper, West Indies
Minnie Gray, age 21, daughter, Artist, Louisiana
Adriette Gray, age 17, daughter, Music Teacher, Louisiana
1881 US Register of Civil Military and Naval Service, Census Office-Volunteer Force
Miss Andriette Gray, Where born: Louisiana
Whence appointed: Louisiana
Residence: July 1 1881 Washington DC
I have utilized many sources to verify Gray's name and have included images of just a few of those sources.
Interred Nov. 21 1868.
Listed in Elmwood records as Capt. A.B. Gray, Confederate Soldier. Andrew Belcher Gray was an Engineer and Surveyor on the staff of Leonidas Polk. He was killed April 1862 within the works of Fort Pillow. Another story indicates he was killed on a steamboat when the boiler blew up.
He studied engineering and surveying under Andrew Talcott and was appointed as a surveyor for the Texas/U.S. boundary commission which was led by Memucan Hunt. After the Mexican-american War he was chief surveyor and established the U.S./Mexican border after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Due to a disagreement with U.S. Commissioner John Bartlett, he was removed from the commision.
He traveled to San Diego as part of the boundary commission in 1849. He proposed that the city would be better served if it were closer to San Diego Bay. In 1867 his ideas were revived and San Diego's main focus was moved to the waterfront.
The Texas Western Railroad hired him to survey the area from San Antonio to the Colorado river. His journals were published in the late 1850's.
Personal Life:
He was the son of British Consul William Gray and his wife Sarah Scott Gray. On June 23, 1856, he married Apolina Leacock of New Orleans. Apolina was the daughter of Rev. William Thomas Leacock and Eliza Lawrence Hilton. Gray and Apolina had three children: Minnie (b. May 27 1857 (Mina Gray) NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, Mother: Pauline Leacock Source: NOLA Birth Records), Helen (b. Nov 10 1863, NY. Single. Father Andrew B. Gray, residence: Atlanta Georgia, occupation: writer, Source: US Passport Application 1920) and Andriette Eliza (b. June 11 1862, NOLA, Father: Andrew Gray, mother Pauline Leacock Source: Louisiana Birth Records)
Census Data:
1860 Census Between Tucson and Gila City Arizona, New Mexico Territory
A.B. Gray, age 40, Civil Engineer, native of Virginia
Data for his family after his death:
1870 Census New Orleans
William Leaycock/Leacock, age 67, Clergyman, Jamaica
Louisa Leaycock, age 65, Jamaica
M.S. Gray, age 33, Jamaica (This is Apolina)
Minnie Gray, age 13, Louisiana
Hellen, age 10, New York
Mary, age 7, Louisiana (Andriette)
1880 Census San Francisco
Mrs. L. Gray, age 40, housekeeper, West Indies
Minnie Gray, age 21, daughter, Artist, Louisiana
Adriette Gray, age 17, daughter, Music Teacher, Louisiana
1881 US Register of Civil Military and Naval Service, Census Office-Volunteer Force
Miss Andriette Gray, Where born: Louisiana
Whence appointed: Louisiana
Residence: July 1 1881 Washington DC
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