JNO. K. GRAY, farmer, P. O. Broadwell, his grandfather, Wm. Gray, came from Pennsylvania at an early day and settled in Harrison County, near Cynthiana, giving name to the stream known as Gray’s Run, which rises near Leesburg and flows into South Licking, at Cynthiana. having been an extensive trader in hogs and cattle, he was known very familiarly over the greater part of central Kentucky. His son, James Gray, the father of Jno. K., is still living at his home near Broadwell, in the enjoyment of ripe old age (see Biog). On the 15th Nov. 1860, when in his twenty-fourth year, Jno. K. Gray was united in marriage to Marietta, daughter of James and Susan (Dewett) Henry, of Harrison County. Their union has been blessed with three children: James H., born Oct. 28, 1861; Mary S., born Aug.6, 1863; Margaret Ann, born Jan. 14, 1868. Their home was invaded May 12, 1875, by the stern messenger of death, who bore away their youngest. mr. and Mrs. Gray have for many years been in communion with the Silas Baptist Church of Bourbon County. Both the children are also members of the same denomination–the daughter at Silas and the son at Friendship on Raven Creek. Mr. Gray devotes his entire attention to farming and stock raising, being the owner of about 260 acres of good blue grass land. During the progress of the Grange Lodge at Broadwell, he was one of the leading members. His suffrage has always been exercised for the support of the Democrat party.
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 709.
[Harrison County] [Rutland Precinct]