DAVID G. GRAY, a native of Monroe County, Ind., and a son of William and
Mary Gray, who were among the first pioneers of that locality, was born
March 31, 1826, and is one in a family of ten children.  His education was
limited to the primitive schools of his day, and until seventeen years old
he worked on a farm.  At that age he began working at the tanners trade, and
for thirty-eight years made that his vocation, most of the time at Bedford,
and for twenty-five years as a partner of D. R. LaForce.  Since the death of
Mr. LaForce in 1873, Mr. Gray  has been retired from active pursuits, and
resides with his wife at their pleasant and comfortable home near the
Bedford High School building.  He owns valuable property, is a Republican in
politics, a member of the Masonic order, and is well known and universally
respected.  On the 3d of February, 1854, his marriage with Elizabeth Long
was solemnized, and both he and wife belong to the Leatherwood Christian Church.


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