Looking for my great-grandfather, John Amos Gray's ancestors. John Amos Gray lived and farmed in Cloverdale, Putnam County, IN from 1860 to mid 1890's. Below is a brief lineage; if any of my information matches with your information, I would love to compare notes. His brief lineage is: Daniel B. Gray (b. 1814 in Ohio) and Elizabeth Wilson (b. 01 Apr 1820 in KY) (found in the 1860 census in Cloverdale, Putnam County) John Amos Gray (b. 03 Mar 1845, Quincy, Owen County, IN) Mary A. Gray (b. 1849) Laura A. Gray (b. 1851) William F. Gray (b. 1853) Perthena Gray (b. 1855) John Amos Gray married Hanna M. Davis (b. 26 Jul 1850 in IN) on 19 Sep 1866 in Owen County, IN Children of this first marriage are: Daniel B. Gray (b. 1869) Ida May Gray (b. 09 May 1872) John Amos Gray married Mary Ann Coffee (b. 08 Mar 1862, Coffeen, Montgomery County, IL) on 08 Mar 1893 in Montgomery County, IL Children of this second marriage are: Hazel Fern Gray (b. 05 Apr 1895) John A. Gray (Jr.) (b. Sep 1897) Thomas Ross Gray (b. 08 Sep 1900) John Amos Gray (Sr.) was in the Civil War, and died in a soldier's and sailors' home on 12 Jun 1911 in Clark County, IN Found in 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses in Cloverdale, Putnam County, IN Carrie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...Then they filled, with clear, shallow water, the whole breadth of this broad canal, and set little whirlpools turning in the depths, and for the first time mirrored the green banks and distant calls of birds -- while in the sky the starry nights of another, sweeter country blossomed above them and would never close. Tombs of the Hetaerae, by Rainier Maria Rilke Translation by Stephen Mitchell