Ernest C. Gray, born in Stafford Springs, CT, now known as Stafford, CT, in 1893, and died at 97 years old at the Wilbraham Nursing Home in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
He moved to Springfield in 1921.
As a younger man, he was a former semi-professional baseball player. Then he joined the Army for World War I, when he rode with the U.S. Cavalry in Mexico in 1916 as part of Gen. John J. Pershing's punitive expedition that tried, without success, to capture the bandit leader, Pancho Villa. Later, he soldiered with the Field Artillery in France in 1918.
After his service time, he married Hazel Christine Royce and worked as an assembler for 38 years at Indian Motocycle Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest and Hazel had 5 children. At the time of his death, he left 13 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. He is buried next to his wife, Hazel, who predeceased him in 1966, and his daughter, Joyce Elaine Gray, who died in August 2003.
He always believed that his birthday was March 17, 1893, but apparently found some records in his later years that indicated that it was actually March 25, 1892.
He moved to Springfield in 1921.
As a younger man, he was a former semi-professional baseball player. Then he joined the Army for World War I, when he rode with the U.S. Cavalry in Mexico in 1916 as part of Gen. John J. Pershing's punitive expedition that tried, without success, to capture the bandit leader, Pancho Villa. Later, he soldiered with the Field Artillery in France in 1918.
After his service time, he married Hazel Christine Royce and worked as an assembler for 38 years at Indian Motocycle Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest and Hazel had 5 children. At the time of his death, he left 13 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. He is buried next to his wife, Hazel, who predeceased him in 1966, and his daughter, Joyce Elaine Gray, who died in August 2003.
He always believed that his birthday was March 17, 1893, but apparently found some records in his later years that indicated that it was actually March 25, 1892.
Ernest C. Gray, born in Stafford Springs, CT, now known as Stafford, CT, in 1893, and died at 97 years old at the Wilbraham Nursing Home in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
He moved to Springfield in 1921.
As a younger man, he was a former semi-professional baseball player. Then he joined the Army for World War I, when he rode with the U.S. Cavalry in Mexico in 1916 as part of Gen. John J. Pershing's punitive expedition that tried, without success, to capture the bandit leader, Pancho Villa. Later, he soldiered with the Field Artillery in France in 1918.
After his service time, he married Hazel Christine Royce and worked as an assembler for 38 years at Indian Motocycle Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest and Hazel had 5 children. At the time of his death, he left 13 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. He is buried next to his wife, Hazel, who predeceased him in 1966, and his daughter, Joyce Elaine Gray, who died in August 2003.
He always believed that his birthday was March 17, 1893, but apparently found some records in his later years that indicated that it was actually March 25, 1892.
He moved to Springfield in 1921.
As a younger man, he was a former semi-professional baseball player. Then he joined the Army for World War I, when he rode with the U.S. Cavalry in Mexico in 1916 as part of Gen. John J. Pershing's punitive expedition that tried, without success, to capture the bandit leader, Pancho Villa. Later, he soldiered with the Field Artillery in France in 1918.
After his service time, he married Hazel Christine Royce and worked as an assembler for 38 years at Indian Motocycle Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest and Hazel had 5 children. At the time of his death, he left 13 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. He is buried next to his wife, Hazel, who predeceased him in 1966, and his daughter, Joyce Elaine Gray, who died in August 2003.
He always believed that his birthday was March 17, 1893, but apparently found some records in his later years that indicated that it was actually March 25, 1892.
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