History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . re the parentsof three children, only one of , is now living. She is the wife ofbran]-: Moore. Emer_\ grew to luanhootiand still resided at home, when he wasstricken with illness and ilied at the age oftwent_\--one Mary was the wife ofSheridan (i. Long, and they bad not beenlong married when she dietl. at the earlyage of twenty years. Mrs. (iray had pre-ceded her children into eternit\ several\ears. expiring at the family home in Lil/-e
History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . re the parentsof three children, only one of , is now living. She is the wife ofbran]-: Moore. Emer_\ grew to luanhootiand still resided at home, when he wasstricken with illness and ilied at the age oftwent_\--one Mary was the wife ofSheridan (i. Long, and they bad not beenlong married when she dietl. at the earlyage of twenty years. Mrs. (iray had pre-ceded her children into eternit\ several\ears. expiring at the family home in Lil/-erty township in April. In , after being a widower for one (iray was again married, his brideon this occasion Ijeing Mrs. Jane ^eo-mans. widow of \\illiam Yeomans. She isa daughter of Mr. ,-uid Mrs. Aaron Allegan county. Michigan, and is ;inatixe of New York, where she was born in1X43. To this union six children were born,viz: Robert David and Henry M. Alice is the wife ofJ;mies Robinett. ()f the original one hundred rmd sixtyacres upon which the subject located, he. ELWOOD PECK. WEXFORD COUNTY, MICfUGAN. 483 still retains ninety-one acres, fifty-eight ofwhich are cleared, well cultivated andsplendidly improved. The kind of farming-that is best adapted to the conditidns whichprevail in UDrthern Michigan makes it im-possible for a farmer withnut large capitalor much help to cultivate large tracts. .Vwell culti\ated small farm there is muchmore profitable than a large one wdiich can-not receive ]iroper care. It was this factthat influenced Air. Gray in disposing of the broad acres of his originalhomestead. The subject has been honored by tiie peo-l)le oi his township with \arious local po-sitions, such as supervisor, treasurer andmeml)er of the school board. Ever sincebis residence in the county he has been \er)much interested in e\ery local public enter-prise and in everything that i)ertains to thet
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