Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Prudence Minerva Gray ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

Prudence Minerva Gray

LAST NAME: Gray	FIRST NAME: Prudence	MIDDLE NAME: Minerva	NICKNAME:

MAIDEN NAME: Berry	AKA 1:	AKA 2:	AKA 3:

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BORN: 11 Mar 1831	DIED: 17 Dec 1903	BURIED: 18 Dec 1903

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BIRTH PLACE: Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana

DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon

NOTES: IOOF - Prudence Gray, age 72, died in Salem of paralysis, "she was the mother of Gray Brothers of Salem". Funeral ordered by Gray Bros. Name of father John Clinton Berry Maiden name of mother Sarah Collins 1900 OR CENSUS - G. W. Gray, age 79, b. Aug 1820, married 57 y's, b. Pennsylvania, is enumerated with wife P. M. Gray, age 69, b. Mar 1831 in Indiana, along with son, Charles, age 36, b. Iowa, and daughter-in-law Lillian, age 36,b. Oregon, and 3 servants. NOTE - Prudence Gray was mentioned in her father John C. Berry's probate of 1882.

OBITUARY: Mrs. P. M. Gray, of Salem, died Friday, ages 78. She crossed the plains from Iowa to Oregon in 1853. Happner Gazette, 24 Dec 1903, pg 4

INSCRIPTION: Prudence M. Berry Wife of George W. Gray Born Mar. 11, 1831 Died Dec. 17, 1903

SOURCES: LR LD IOOF Register of Burials OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1903) #557 DAR pg 73 Saucy Survey & Photographs Marion Co. Probate File #806, John C. Berry 1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem Pct. 3, ED 133, Sheet 1A) HG 24 Dec 1903, pg 4 John D. Richert

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