NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11139 CHRISTIAN CO – THOMAS D GRAY – Gray, Thompson, Combs, Anderson, Rose, Anderson #11139: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke District. THOMAS D. GRAY was born July 27, 1849, on the tract of land where he now resides, in Pembroke Precinct, Christian Co., Ky., and which has always been his home; his father, Reason D. Gray, was born on this place in 1819, and also died here, in 1875. His grandfather, John Gray, was born in North Carolina and died here in about 1859, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. He was an early pioneer, and in the last century entered a large body of land in this section of Christian County. Indians were numerous and wild game abundant when he became the first settler in this region. Subject’s mother, Mary E., daughter of Thomas Thompson, of Marengo County, Ga., died here in 1880, at the age of fifty-five years; her children were: Margaret A. (Combs), John Y., Thomas D., William H., Deborah (Anderson), George B., Ellen W. (Rose), Mary E. and Reason D., Jr. Subject was married, in 1873, to Miss Martha J., daughter of William Anderson, of Hardin County, Ill.; his literary advantages were good, and he was content with a good business education; he is a farmer by profession, still owning as a patrimony 100 acres of old family domain, which he successfully cultivates in the staple products of the country, at a fair profit; he is also a dealer in leaf tobacco, under the firm style of Gray & Brother, handling annually about 250 hogsheads of tobacco, at a profit. He is a members of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGPublishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/