as compiled by
Larry Pearce
2/9/16
William Sylvester Gray (1816-1879) & Elizabeth Leslie (1818-1895)
married: April 13, 1837, Bull Creek Presbyterian Church by Rev. Abraham Boyd
I. Sarah Jane “Jennie” (1838- ) unmarried
II. George Leslie (1840-1842) died in childhood
III. Samuel Alexander (1842-1919) married Margaret “Maggie” Montgomery (1844-1934)
-A. Unnamed twin girls, born Dec. 6, 1865, died the day after they were born
-B. Sara Jane “Jenny” (d. 1869) died in childhood
-C. William Montgomery (possibly named John) (d. 1868) died in childhood
-D. Mary Luella “Lulu” (1870-1941) married William Canning ( )
-E. Robert Grant (1872-1923) married Laura Gibson (d. 1952) (M1)
–1. Sarah Eva ( )
Robert married Sarah Montgomery ( ) (M2)
Robert married Maude Venard (d. 1915) (M3)
-F. William Alexander (1874-1931)
-G. Lilly Ann (twin) (d. 1875) died in infancy
-H. Martha Elizabeth (twin) (d. 1875) died in infancy
-I. Harry Bliss (1882-1967) married Zoa Ella Beever ( )
–1.Harold Beever (1924-2006) married Ruth Ellis Hutcherson ( )
—a. Harold Samuel “Sam” ( ) married Karen Lee Mann
—b. Ronald Dee ( )
—c. Donna Kay ( ) married _______ Callen
IV. Robert Patterson (1844-1928) married Annie Sims Norris (1850-1922)
(see “The Descendants of Robert & Annie Gray”)
V. Nancy “Nanny” E. (1849- ) married Rev. Robert M. McKinney ( )
VI. Martha Ann “Mattie” (1853- ) married Rev. Robert Edmonds ( )
-A. Mary ( )
VII. William Sumner, Jr. (1858-1859) died in childhood