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One of the sterling citizens of that portion of Bannock county, Idaho,
where he now maintains his home and where he has developed a valuable
and productive farm of 160 acres from its original sagebrush desert
condition, Andrew Gray was born on November 25, 1854, at Kirkentulloch,
Scotland, descending from ancient Scottish families who have resided in
the "land of the heather and the hill" for unnumbered generations. He is
a son of Samuel W. and Sarah Gray, and a grandson of Samuel and Martha
(Ingalls) Gray, the grandmother coming to Utah in 1878 and dying at
Ogden at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Converted to the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by faithful missionaries laboring
in their native land, the family of the father of the subject came to
Utah in 1861, the parents now making their home in Inverary, Utah, where
the mother is the president of the ward Relief Society. Of their eleven
children nine are living, a daughter having died at Mesa, Ariz., and a
son at Inverary, Utah.
Andrew Gray attended school in Beaver.
Utah, began work for himself at the age of twenty-three years and made
his home in Idaho in 1885, selecting the location of his present
residence on his first coming to the country. He has given diligent
labor and earnest endeavor in the improvement of the land and has lived
to witness a marked change in the condition of his own estate as well as
in all the surrounding country. He has secured a good amount of water
for irrigating purposes and the fertile soil never fails to respond to
his cultivation with bounteous crops of hay and grain, running also a
fine band of cattle. He was married on October 13, 1879, to Miss Frances
C. Ames, a daughter of Clark and Frances J. (Darrin) Ames, the father
having his birth in Maryland and the mother in England. They were
residents of Utah for many years, the father being closely connected in
an important way with the history of the state, holding many offices
with acknowledged ability, and being the captain of a church infantry
company at the time of General Johnston's invasion of Utah, and
commanding the guard at Ako Canyon, while in still earlier days his
services were in great demand as an Indian interpreter. He now resides
in Wyoming, the mother of Mrs. Gray having been called to her eternal
rest on December 3, 1899. All of her eleven children are living, and
residents of Idaho and Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have ten children,
Clark P., born July 6, 1881, who became a successful teacher at the age
of seventeen years; Sarah E., born January 13, 1882; Andrew A., born
November 18, 1883; Harriet A., born January 22, 1885; Frances C., born
January 25, 1887; Letitia M., born November 12, 1889; Leo, born October
27, 1891; Ivy I., born March 18, 1894; Delia, born November 5, 1897;
Gladys, born May 30, 1900.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray are heartily
interested in all things that tend, to the betterment of the community,
do their full quota in advancing the causes of education and religion,
and are highly esteemed members of the community, having a large circle
of intimate friends among the best people of the county.
Extracted from Progressive Men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida Counties, Idaho, published in 1904, pages 620-621, contributed 2021 Jun 15 by Norma Hass
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