Rev. Blackleach Burritt Gray, second son of Judge John Gray, was born at Sherburne, N. Y., March 31, 1797. He bore the name of his maternal grandfather. Rev. Blackleach Burritt, a man who was notorious in his day as a preacher and a patriot.
Educated at Hamilton College, and Auburn Theological Seminary, in September, 1829, he was licensed to preach by the Buffalo Presbytery, and was ordained and installed first as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, where his father resided. He preached at Sheridan from May 12, 1830, until Oct. 9, 1833, when he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y.; preaching there until April, 1837, he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he officiated until 1840, when he removed to Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., and had the charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place for the period of ten years.
About the year 1850 he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y, where he preached for nearly eighteen years, when from feeble health and infirmity of years, he resigned his charge in his seventieth year, and retired from the ministry, removing to a home which his son, Gen. John B. Gray, of St. Louis, had provided for him at Canandaigua, N. Y.
There, in his declining years and feebleness, he was most pleasantly and comfortably situated in the bosom of his family and amid Christian friends, until he was attacked by typhoid fever, and after an illness of several weeks, died on Feb. 18, 1870, aged 73 years. As a layman and pastor for fifty years, he labored earnestly and faithfully in the cause of Christ, and his ministrations were most successful in the conversion of sinners. Many men, much more distinguished by worldly honors, have accomplished much less for the salvation of souls.
He was married at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829, to Miss Mary N. Arnett, daughter of William and Mary Arnett. She was his faithful companion and judicious counselor, whose sympathizing heart and hand did much to sustain and encourage him through his arduous labors, and in raising his family. She survived him for ten years, and died at the home of her son. Gen. John B. Gray, at Saint Louis, May 12, 1880, aged 76 years.
Educated at Hamilton College, and Auburn Theological Seminary, in September, 1829, he was licensed to preach by the Buffalo Presbytery, and was ordained and installed first as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, where his father resided. He preached at Sheridan from May 12, 1830, until Oct. 9, 1833, when he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y.; preaching there until April, 1837, he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he officiated until 1840, when he removed to Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., and had the charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place for the period of ten years.
About the year 1850 he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y, where he preached for nearly eighteen years, when from feeble health and infirmity of years, he resigned his charge in his seventieth year, and retired from the ministry, removing to a home which his son, Gen. John B. Gray, of St. Louis, had provided for him at Canandaigua, N. Y.
There, in his declining years and feebleness, he was most pleasantly and comfortably situated in the bosom of his family and amid Christian friends, until he was attacked by typhoid fever, and after an illness of several weeks, died on Feb. 18, 1870, aged 73 years. As a layman and pastor for fifty years, he labored earnestly and faithfully in the cause of Christ, and his ministrations were most successful in the conversion of sinners. Many men, much more distinguished by worldly honors, have accomplished much less for the salvation of souls.
He was married at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829, to Miss Mary N. Arnett, daughter of William and Mary Arnett. She was his faithful companion and judicious counselor, whose sympathizing heart and hand did much to sustain and encourage him through his arduous labors, and in raising his family. She survived him for ten years, and died at the home of her son. Gen. John B. Gray, at Saint Louis, May 12, 1880, aged 76 years.
Rev. Blackleach Burritt Gray, second son of Judge John Gray, was born at Sherburne, N. Y., March 31, 1797. He bore the name of his maternal grandfather. Rev. Blackleach Burritt, a man who was notorious in his day as a preacher and a patriot.
Educated at Hamilton College, and Auburn Theological Seminary, in September, 1829, he was licensed to preach by the Buffalo Presbytery, and was ordained and installed first as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, where his father resided. He preached at Sheridan from May 12, 1830, until Oct. 9, 1833, when he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y.; preaching there until April, 1837, he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he officiated until 1840, when he removed to Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., and had the charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place for the period of ten years.
About the year 1850 he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y, where he preached for nearly eighteen years, when from feeble health and infirmity of years, he resigned his charge in his seventieth year, and retired from the ministry, removing to a home which his son, Gen. John B. Gray, of St. Louis, had provided for him at Canandaigua, N. Y.
There, in his declining years and feebleness, he was most pleasantly and comfortably situated in the bosom of his family and amid Christian friends, until he was attacked by typhoid fever, and after an illness of several weeks, died on Feb. 18, 1870, aged 73 years. As a layman and pastor for fifty years, he labored earnestly and faithfully in the cause of Christ, and his ministrations were most successful in the conversion of sinners. Many men, much more distinguished by worldly honors, have accomplished much less for the salvation of souls.
He was married at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829, to Miss Mary N. Arnett, daughter of William and Mary Arnett. She was his faithful companion and judicious counselor, whose sympathizing heart and hand did much to sustain and encourage him through his arduous labors, and in raising his family. She survived him for ten years, and died at the home of her son. Gen. John B. Gray, at Saint Louis, May 12, 1880, aged 76 years.
Educated at Hamilton College, and Auburn Theological Seminary, in September, 1829, he was licensed to preach by the Buffalo Presbytery, and was ordained and installed first as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, where his father resided. He preached at Sheridan from May 12, 1830, until Oct. 9, 1833, when he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y.; preaching there until April, 1837, he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he officiated until 1840, when he removed to Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., and had the charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place for the period of ten years.
About the year 1850 he was called to the Presbyterian Church at Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y, where he preached for nearly eighteen years, when from feeble health and infirmity of years, he resigned his charge in his seventieth year, and retired from the ministry, removing to a home which his son, Gen. John B. Gray, of St. Louis, had provided for him at Canandaigua, N. Y.
There, in his declining years and feebleness, he was most pleasantly and comfortably situated in the bosom of his family and amid Christian friends, until he was attacked by typhoid fever, and after an illness of several weeks, died on Feb. 18, 1870, aged 73 years. As a layman and pastor for fifty years, he labored earnestly and faithfully in the cause of Christ, and his ministrations were most successful in the conversion of sinners. Many men, much more distinguished by worldly honors, have accomplished much less for the salvation of souls.
He was married at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829, to Miss Mary N. Arnett, daughter of William and Mary Arnett. She was his faithful companion and judicious counselor, whose sympathizing heart and hand did much to sustain and encourage him through his arduous labors, and in raising his family. She survived him for ten years, and died at the home of her son. Gen. John B. Gray, at Saint Louis, May 12, 1880, aged 76 years.
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