The Jeskes of South Prairie, WA:Information about James Carl Gray


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James Carl Gray (son of James Clarence Gray) was born January 8, 1842 in Hancock Co., Illinois, and died 1918 in Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca..He married Ellen A Plumb on May 6, 1868, daughter of Francis Owen Smead Plumb and Hannah Heath.
 Includes NotesNotes for James Carl Gray:
J.C. Gray was a Farmer in Yuba city, calif. Owned 160 acres 1 mile west of town.
Fourth son of early pioneer James Gray.
Info was taken from the Sutter County Historial Society, Page 115. A litho of the family home is available.
He and his wife Ellen had 7 children.
He established the Sutter Canning and packing Corporation in Yuba City.
He built his 13 room, 3 bath home in Yuba City. His Home was still standing in 1985, and was visitedby my self (Bob Jeske), and my wife Maureen.
The Gray Children attended school in Marysville, Ca.
He also has 3 other brothers.
Ages of Children Taken from 1900 Sutter Co. Censes Records, Sheet 12, Line 67
More About James Carl Gray and Ellen A Plumb:
Marriage: May 6, 1868
Children of James Carl Gray and Ellen A Plumb are:
  1. Carla Gray, b. 1869, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca..
  2. James C. Gray, b. March 23, 1871, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca., d. January 18, 1947.
  3. Rosa B Gray, b. May 1873, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca., d. 1912.
  4. Etta Gray, b. 1875.
  5. Alexander Gray, b. 1879, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca..
  6. Harry Gray, b. February 1882, Yuba City , Sutter Co., Ca., d. October 3, 1882, yuba City , Sutter Co., Ca..
  7. Blanche Gray, b. June 1885, d. October 30, 1957.
  8. Walter Scott Gray, b. April 20, 1887, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca., d. December 22, 1959.
  9. Allen Earl Gray, b. October 15, 1887, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca., d. 1934.
  10. Florence Gray, b. December 1889, Yuba City, Sutter Co., Ca., d. 1918, Yuba City , Sutter Co., Ca..