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George William James Gray


Biography
Born 07/05/1842
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 10/29/1923
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Napolean B. Gray
Mother Rebecca (Florence) Gose
Married 09/05/1866
Spouse Mattie Aston
Military Units
29th Infantry
6th Battalion Cavalry
34th Cavalry
16th Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
29th Infantry
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6th Battalion
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Misc
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Miscellaneous Information:

Appears on pension applications for: Aaron M. Ferguson, 1904. S. D. Williams, 1906. John T. Gibson, 1907. George W. Williams, 1908. Thomas Fletcher, 1908. Charles G. Gose, 1917.

Newspaper mentions:
Lebanon News, 5/29/1903, 1/29/1904, 1/11/1907, 5/26/1916, 10/26/1923, 11/2/1923, others
Richmond Times, 12/16/1900
Crawford's Weekly, 11/5/1923

Notes: Received Southern Cross of Honor from Daughters of the Confederacy, 1907. Combined two men. LVA roster says transferred to cavalry in 1862.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
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Private, Company _, 6th Battalion Cavalry

Name appears as signature to a
Petition
addressed to the Secretary of War by members of "McFarlane's Squadron Virginia Cavalry" (Companies E and F, 6th Battalion Confederate Cavalry), requesting transfer to a Virginia organization.

Petition dated: Camp on Beaver Creek Floyd Co., Ky Apr. 7, 1864.

Card 2

See 248-K-1864, A. G. O. Letter

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