Family Group Sheet
NameSylvester D. Gray
Birth26 Aug 1828, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam W. Gray (~1802-)
MotherMary (~1805-)
Marriage5 Jun 1850, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Ann White
Birthabt 1835, Kentucky
Children
Birth27 Jun 1851, Bourbon Co., Kentucky
Death27 Aug 1931, Owingsville Cemetery, Bath Co., Ky
SpouseThomas Jefferson Shrout
2 FSusan Gray
Birth15 Sep 1854, Morgan Co., Kentucky
3 MAmos D. Gray
Birth1 Mar 1856, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Death14 Nov 1940, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
SpouseRinda Adkins
SpouseSarah Alice Buckner
SpouseElizabeth
Birth17 Mar 1861 (?), Bath Co., Kentucky
Death3 May 1930, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
Birth5 Mar 1863 (?), Bath Co., Kentucky
Death28 Mar 1938, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
Birthabt 1867, Bath Co., Kentucky
8 FMahala Gray
Birthabt 1871, Bath Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1873, Bath Co., Kentucky
Notes for Sylvester D. & Mary Ann (Family)
Morgan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage 5 June 1850 of Sylvester Gray and Mary Ann White by W. S. Black.
Census
1860 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 11 Aug, lists on p. 224 as family #1622:
Silvester Gray, 31, farm hand; Mary, 29; Polly, 9; Susan, 6; Amos, 4; Stephen, 2. All born in Kentucky.
1870 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 15 June, lists on p. 35 as family #239:
Gray, Sylvester, 45, works in saw mill; Mary, 35; Polly, 19; Susan, 17; Amos, 15; Stephen, 13; Elizabeth, 11; Martha, 9; Wm F., 3. All born in Kentucky.
The daughter listed as Elizabeth age 11 was probably really only 9 or 10, because she does not appear in the 1860 census. (In 1880 she is listed as age 17.) Which would push the birthdate of Martha later as well.
1880 census of Jackson Co., Ohio, Jefferson township, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 11 as family #96/99:
Gray, Sylvester, 52, wood chopper, b. Ky Va Va; Mary, 48, wife, b. Ky Va Va; Amos D., 23, son, wood chopper, married; Susan, 24, dau, single; Elizabeth, 17, dau; Mahala, 9, dau; Henry L., 7, son; Alice, 17, sister-in-law, married; Noah, 1, grandchild. All born Ky Ky Ky except Sylvester and Mary (including the baby).
Alice should be listed as a daughter-in-law; she is Amos’ wife. Sylvester and Mary’s son Stephen (age 23) and daughter Martha (age 16) are 12 pages later, with Stephen’s wife Elizabeth.
Sylvester and Mary probably both died before 1900, most likely in Ohio. I cannot find any later records for them. The majority of their children settled in Portsmouth.
Silvester Gray, 31, farm hand; Mary, 29; Polly, 9; Susan, 6; Amos, 4; Stephen, 2. All born in Kentucky.
1870 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 15 June, lists on p. 35 as family #239:
Gray, Sylvester, 45, works in saw mill; Mary, 35; Polly, 19; Susan, 17; Amos, 15; Stephen, 13; Elizabeth, 11; Martha, 9; Wm F., 3. All born in Kentucky.
The daughter listed as Elizabeth age 11 was probably really only 9 or 10, because she does not appear in the 1860 census. (In 1880 she is listed as age 17.) Which would push the birthdate of Martha later as well.
1880 census of Jackson Co., Ohio, Jefferson township, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 11 as family #96/99:
Gray, Sylvester, 52, wood chopper, b. Ky Va Va; Mary, 48, wife, b. Ky Va Va; Amos D., 23, son, wood chopper, married; Susan, 24, dau, single; Elizabeth, 17, dau; Mahala, 9, dau; Henry L., 7, son; Alice, 17, sister-in-law, married; Noah, 1, grandchild. All born Ky Ky Ky except Sylvester and Mary (including the baby).
Alice should be listed as a daughter-in-law; she is Amos’ wife. Sylvester and Mary’s son Stephen (age 23) and daughter Martha (age 16) are 12 pages later, with Stephen’s wife Elizabeth.
Sylvester and Mary probably both died before 1900, most likely in Ohio. I cannot find any later records for them. The majority of their children settled in Portsmouth.
