Melissa Gray

GRAY

Posted By: Kim (email)
Date: 12/15/2005 at 23:06:33

I am searching for info on the Melissa Burman and Rensselaer Gray family. Melissa and her daughter Alice were last found living in Newburg twp, Jasper Co., IA in 1880. Here's known info:
son of Parthenia White and James Gray
Rensselaer Gray
b: 22 Sep 1899 Otsego, New York1
d: Between 1856 & 18582 Buried Belmond Cemetery, Belmond, Wright Co., IA3
m: Melissa Burman1

b: ca 1813 New York2

d: After 18802
children of Melissa Burman and Rensselaer Gray

1. Jerome B. Gray

b: Dec 1833 Pennsylvania2

d: After 1910 probably McDonough County, Illinois2

m: Caroline Ellen Pollock 22 Apr 1863 St. Louis, MO4

b: Mar 1834 Ohio2

d: After 19115

2. Volney S. Gray

b: ca 1837 Pennsylvania2

d: 3 Feb 1863 Young's Point, LA6

m: Melinda Milsap 28 Mar 1859 Otter Creek, Jackson Co., IA7

b: ca 1842 Iowa2

3. Van Rensselaer Gray

b: ca 1840 Iowa

d: 15 Jan 1862 Davenport, Scott Co., IA6

Never Married

4. Mary Gray

b: ca 1844 Iowa2

d: Unknown

5. Francis Gray

b: ca 1848 Iowa2

d: Probably before 18802

m: John A. Turner 16 Sep 1868 Wright Co., IA8

b: ca 1845 PA2

6. Alice Gray

b: ca 1849 Iowa2

d: Unknown

7. Hellen Gray

b: ca 1851 Iowa2

m: Probably John A. Turner after the death of her sister Francis2

1Ancestral File
2Census Records
3Cemetery records
4Ancestry.com Marriage Records
5Caroline applied for a Civil War Widow's Pension in 1911 (Ancestry.com)
6Civil War Records (Ancestry.com)
7Jackson County, Iowa Marriages (USGenWeb)
8Early Wright County, Iowa Marriage records (Ancestry.com)