. History of Savannah and South Georgia . ogressive business men, none are eligible to a higherposition than the Hon. Joseph Francis Gray, state railroad commis-sioner and executive officer of the Savannah Chamber of to be numbered among the younger generation, he has for morethan a decade been a brilliant figure on the stage of Savannahs railroadand commercial life. Mr. Gray is a native Georgian, his life recordhaving begun in the city of Atlanta, on November 23, 1870. He is theson of Luke and Margaret (Carolan) Gray. His training for theresponsibilities of life was acquired in
. History of Savannah and South Georgia . ogressive business men, none are eligible to a higherposition than the Hon. Joseph Francis Gray, state railroad commis-sioner and executive officer of the Savannah Chamber of to be numbered among the younger generation, he has for morethan a decade been a brilliant figure on the stage of Savannahs railroadand commercial life. Mr. Gray is a native Georgian, his life recordhaving begun in the city of Atlanta, on November 23, 1870. He is theson of Luke and Margaret (Carolan) Gray. His training for theresponsibilities of life was acquired in St. Patricks parochial Augusta, and in St. Marys College, at Belmont. North first adventures as an active factor in the world of affairs were inthe capacity of stenographer for the late Patrick Walsh, editor of theAugusta Chronicle and at one time United States senator from January, 1887. he accepted a position as stenographer in the Augustaoffice of the Southern Express Company, with which lie remained. (XaaajLA*! SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA 659 identified until May, 1888. From the year last mentioned until 1890he held a similar position in the office of the general freight and pas-senger agent of the Central of Georgia Railway in Savannah. FromJanuary, 1890, until October, 1893, he held the position of travelingfreight agent for the Central of Georgia Railway. In his previousclerical positions he has assimilated a remarkable amount of informa-tion of a business character and was admirably fitted for the assumptionof the duties of important positions. His advancement was October, 1893, he became superintendent and treasurer of the Milieu& Southwestern Railroad with headquarters at Milieu, Georgia. InFebruary, 1900, he became superintendent of the Offerman & WesternRailroad at Offerman, Georgia, and on July 15, 1902, became freightclaim agent of the Central of Georgia Railway. In 1905 and 1906 hewas auditor of traffic of the Central o
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