. Gray genealogy, being a genealogical record and history of the descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., and also including sketches of other Gray families. ingat the carpenter trade, the petroleum excitement brought him toFranklin in February, 1861. The next spring he built a smallrefinery, shipped oil by water to Cincinnati, and laid the founda-tion for a lucrative business. Leaving everything in the hour of his countrys peril, heenlisted in Company A., of the 121st Pennsylvania Volun-teers, under Captain George E. Ridgway, going to the frontwith the army in August of 1862. After servin
. Gray genealogy, being a genealogical record and history of the descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., and also including sketches of other Gray families. ingat the carpenter trade, the petroleum excitement brought him toFranklin in February, 1861. The next spring he built a smallrefinery, shipped oil by water to Cincinnati, and laid the founda-tion for a lucrative business. Leaving everything in the hour of his countrys peril, heenlisted in Company A., of the 121st Pennsylvania Volun-teers, under Captain George E. Ridgway, going to the frontwith the army in August of 1862. After serving as ist Sergeantof the Company he was promoted to 2d Lieutenant for braveryat the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec 13th, 1862, and compli-mented in a general regimental order for his conduct on thathard-fought field. In October, 1863, he was promoted to istLieutenant; was detailed as acting Quartermaster of the 121stRegiment and commissioned in November; in Februarj, 1864,was detailed Quartermaster of the Brigade, serving as such untilthe close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In1865, a few months after his return from the seat of war, he was i.
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