Civil War Veteran &
Harvard Law School Professor
Major and Judge Advocate
in the Civil War
Lecturer and Professor
Harvard Law School 44 years
1869-1913
*****
John earned a B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1859, and a law degree there in 1861. He enlisted from Boston as a 2nd Lt. in Company "B", 4th Battalion, Massachusetts Infantry on 27 May 1862, was mustered out a few days later, then was commissioned into Company "H", 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry on 7 October 1862. He left that unit to accept a commission as a Major in the U.S. Volunteers' Adjutant General Department on 25 July 1864. John was wounded at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 September 1864, and resigned on 14 July 1865.
After the War, he resumed his law practice, and began lecturing at Harvard Law School. He was named a full professor in 1875, and became a leading authority on property law. Certain of his works are referenced by lawyers and studied by law students to this day.
Above Information provided by Jeffry Burden (#46873454)
*****
Interred 2/27/1915 in same plot as Horace Gray, U S Supreme Court Justice, his half brother.
John C Gray
Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915
birth: 14 July 1839 Boston
death: 25 February 1915 Boston,,Massachusetts
father: Horace Gray
mother: Sarah R Gardner
Harvard Law School Professor
Major and Judge Advocate
in the Civil War
Lecturer and Professor
Harvard Law School 44 years
1869-1913
*****
John earned a B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1859, and a law degree there in 1861. He enlisted from Boston as a 2nd Lt. in Company "B", 4th Battalion, Massachusetts Infantry on 27 May 1862, was mustered out a few days later, then was commissioned into Company "H", 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry on 7 October 1862. He left that unit to accept a commission as a Major in the U.S. Volunteers' Adjutant General Department on 25 July 1864. John was wounded at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 September 1864, and resigned on 14 July 1865.
After the War, he resumed his law practice, and began lecturing at Harvard Law School. He was named a full professor in 1875, and became a leading authority on property law. Certain of his works are referenced by lawyers and studied by law students to this day.
Above Information provided by Jeffry Burden (#46873454)
*****
Interred 2/27/1915 in same plot as Horace Gray, U S Supreme Court Justice, his half brother.
John C Gray
Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915
birth: 14 July 1839 Boston
death: 25 February 1915 Boston,,Massachusetts
father: Horace Gray
mother: Sarah R Gardner
Civil War Veteran &
Harvard Law School Professor
Major and Judge Advocate
in the Civil War
Lecturer and Professor
Harvard Law School 44 years
1869-1913
*****
John earned a B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1859, and a law degree there in 1861. He enlisted from Boston as a 2nd Lt. in Company "B", 4th Battalion, Massachusetts Infantry on 27 May 1862, was mustered out a few days later, then was commissioned into Company "H", 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry on 7 October 1862. He left that unit to accept a commission as a Major in the U.S. Volunteers' Adjutant General Department on 25 July 1864. John was wounded at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 September 1864, and resigned on 14 July 1865.
After the War, he resumed his law practice, and began lecturing at Harvard Law School. He was named a full professor in 1875, and became a leading authority on property law. Certain of his works are referenced by lawyers and studied by law students to this day.
Above Information provided by Jeffry Burden (#46873454)
*****
Interred 2/27/1915 in same plot as Horace Gray, U S Supreme Court Justice, his half brother.
John C Gray
Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915
birth: 14 July 1839 Boston
death: 25 February 1915 Boston,,Massachusetts
father: Horace Gray
mother: Sarah R Gardner
Harvard Law School Professor
Major and Judge Advocate
in the Civil War
Lecturer and Professor
Harvard Law School 44 years
1869-1913
*****
John earned a B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1859, and a law degree there in 1861. He enlisted from Boston as a 2nd Lt. in Company "B", 4th Battalion, Massachusetts Infantry on 27 May 1862, was mustered out a few days later, then was commissioned into Company "H", 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry on 7 October 1862. He left that unit to accept a commission as a Major in the U.S. Volunteers' Adjutant General Department on 25 July 1864. John was wounded at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 September 1864, and resigned on 14 July 1865.
After the War, he resumed his law practice, and began lecturing at Harvard Law School. He was named a full professor in 1875, and became a leading authority on property law. Certain of his works are referenced by lawyers and studied by law students to this day.
Above Information provided by Jeffry Burden (#46873454)
*****
Interred 2/27/1915 in same plot as Horace Gray, U S Supreme Court Justice, his half brother.
John C Gray
Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915
birth: 14 July 1839 Boston
death: 25 February 1915 Boston,,Massachusetts
father: Horace Gray
mother: Sarah R Gardner
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John Chipman Gray
Son of Horace and Sarah Russell Gray
July 14, 1839 - February 25, 1915
Major and Judge Advocate
in the Civil War
Lecturer and Professor
Harvard Law School 44 years
1869-1913
The Path of the Just
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Gray Family Plots All 3 lots are at the corners of Hemlock Path (#68 & 1087) and Lily Path (#701)
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