Birth date calculated from death record is 4 Apr 1837. This was calculated from the death date of 29 Jul 1899.
A couple of Civil War records states Ezra died 22 Jul 1899 in Fryeburg, ME - whereas the Maine Death Records, 1617-1922, states 29 Jul 1899 in Bridgewater, ME. This later death date and place agrees with his death notice below.
Civil War: Enlisted as Private on 7 Dec 1863 at the age of 26. Enlisted in Co B, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 7 Dec 1863. Promoted to Full Corporal on 9 May 1864. Deserted on 23 Jul 1864; Corp. Ezra McGray, gunshot, right index finger amputated.
Ezra McGrey [sic], a well known resident of Bridgewater, died on Saturday night very suddenly of heart failure. He was a veteran of the civil war, and was engaged at the time of his death as mail carrier between the Boundary and Bridgewater Center.
Source: Source: Presque Isle Star-Herald, Thursday, August 3, 1899, p. 3
Birth date calculated from death record is 4 Apr 1837. This was calculated from the death date of 29 Jul 1899.
A couple of Civil War records states Ezra died 22 Jul 1899 in Fryeburg, ME - whereas the Maine Death Records, 1617-1922, states 29 Jul 1899 in Bridgewater, ME. This later death date and place agrees with his death notice below.
Civil War: Enlisted as Private on 7 Dec 1863 at the age of 26. Enlisted in Co B, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 7 Dec 1863. Promoted to Full Corporal on 9 May 1864. Deserted on 23 Jul 1864; Corp. Ezra McGray, gunshot, right index finger amputated.
Ezra McGrey [sic], a well known resident of Bridgewater, died on Saturday night very suddenly of heart failure. He was a veteran of the civil war, and was engaged at the time of his death as mail carrier between the Boundary and Bridgewater Center.
Source: Source: Presque Isle Star-Herald, Thursday, August 3, 1899, p. 3
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