Person:Ella Gray (1)

m. 3 Mar 1869
  1. Claudia Emma Gray1870 - 1877
  2. Ella Boone Gray1871 - 1941
  3. Mettie Allen Gray1874 - 1968
  4. Henry Gray1878 - 1883
  5. Viola Lester Gray1883 - 1963
Facts and Events
Name Ella Boone Gray
Gender Female
Birth? 9 Aug 1871 Wilmer, Dallas, Texas, United States
Residence? 1880 Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage 3 Jan 1893 Colorado City, Texasto Daniel Lincoln Phillips
Alt Marriage 4 Jan 1893 Colorado City, Mitchell, TXto Daniel Lincoln Phillips
Residence? 1900 Garza, Texas, United States
Residence? 1910 Justice Precinct 1, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Other 1910 Texas, United StatesCensus
with Daniel Lincoln Phillips
Residence? 1920 Justice Precinct 1, Mitchell, Texas, USA
Other 1920 Texas, United StatesCensus
with Daniel Lincoln Phillips
Residence? 1930 Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas
Residence? 1935 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Residence? 1 Apr 1940 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death[5][3][4] 22 Dec 1941 Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Burial? Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Other? Gray-7451 _WIKITREEID

Most of this biography is a summary of the work of Robert Phillips, PhD.

Ella Boone Gray was born on a farm near Dallas, Texas. She married Daniel Lincoln Phillips on 3 January 1893[7] on January 3 1893, "at the ranch home 30 miles [sic.] south of Colorado.[8]" They immediately left for Bowling Green, Ohio. Dan's father, Aaron had purchased a farm for them. Their first son, Harvey was born there, 1 Jan 1894.[9] They evidently preferred Texas as their next child, Alma was born a year and a half later on the ranch in Garza or Borden County northwest of Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States, a year later, 22 July 1895.[10] Her daughter, Juliette Phillips Schwarzbeck believed that her mother didn't go home to have her children because Ella's parents didn't approve of the marriage. [11] Robert (Roy) Lincoln was born near Gail, Borden, Texas, United States 31 Aug 1896.[12]

They seemed to move around a bit. They owned land in Garza County, Crosby County and Mitchell County[13]. They purchased land from the railroad 7 July 1897 in Crosby County. They paid 1899-1900 property taxes in Mitchell County. They had a mortgaged home in Garza County in 1900, and paid 1901 property taxes in Garza County[14]. They showed up on the 1900 Garza County Census[15]. Dan was found hung in the barn after a border dispute with ranchers.

Ella was widowed at 46 after Dan had been threatened. Shortly before Dan's death,they had moved their bed. Shots had been fired into their bedroom and would have hit them if the bed had been in its original place. A few days later, Dan was found hung in the barn. We aren't sure what the contention was about. However, Dan did tell his son Wayne to never admit he was Jewish, shortly before this happened. Wayne had never known anything about a Jewish heritage. But, his wife, Corinne reported that none of the grandparents spoke English even though the Phillips had been in the country for four generations. she claimed spoke something like German, but not German. Yiddish? There are no records. The Phillips line immigrated from the highland of Germany, 2 October 1749.[16] in the early 1700's.

Ella was left destitute with 13 children to feed. Grandpa said they were so poor that he wore his sister's dresses and cut the heels off their shoes until he was 12. Three of her daughters, Mamie, Emma and Luella, died of the flu on 6 Feb 1920.[17], Forrest followed them 7 Feb 1920.[18]. Grandpa said he learned to drive the next morning going to fetch the doctor. Ella supported her family by taking in sewing and selling eggs. To her credit, many of her children went to college and became school teachers.

Her obituary read: "She had been such a grave inspiration to women who have held high positions in society. Women have sought her council in their problems. All these women have held Mother as a very dear friend and have shown special interest in her as a confident. Still younger girls are very fond of Mother (Ella). She would have been a great leader for girls in a girls' school, for girls love her and come to her for advice and comfort as her own daughters have . . . "[19]

Footnotes
  1.   Grey Family Bible
    1871.
  2.   Dallas, Texas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    284, 1880.
  3. Grey Family Bible
    1941.
  4. Death Certificate.
  5. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D4-G42 : 13 M
    20 January 2019.

    Name: James Allin Gray
    Sex: Male
    Wife: Mary B Gipson
    Daughter: Ella Boone Phillips
    Name: Ella Boone Phillips
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1941
    Event Place: Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States
    Gender: Female
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Birth Date: 09 Aug 1871
    Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
    Father's Name: James Allin Gray
    Mother's Name: Mary B Gipson
    Certificate Number: 56995

  6.   The 1871 in the family bible may be an 1872 or the census was taken near her birthday.
  7. Marriage Certificate, Mitchell County, Texas
  8. Miller, Alma Phillips. Notation in her bible. Bible in possession of Dannee Miller.
  9. Miller. Bible op. cit.
  10. Mitchell, Texas, United States. Birth Records. Vol. 10. p. 108
  11. phone conversation between Bob Phillips and Juliette Schwarzbeck
  12. Army Discharge, 1918.
  13. Texas General Land Office, "School, University and Asylum Lands" Phillips, DL file 041893; Mitchell County Tax records, 1899-1900.
  14. Texas, Garza county. Tax Records, 1901
  15. 1900 Census, Garza County, Texas
  16. Rupp, 30,000 Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727-1776
  17. headstones in Belew Cemetery
  18. headstone in Belew Cemetery
  19. Obituary in Colorado City newspaper

Census Records

wikiTrees: eleanor gray smith Birth  Oct 31, 1870 • Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States Death  Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, United States • Apr 20, 1937 Parents  george gray • martha gray smith Spouse  daniel smith https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/14681497

Findmypast: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Ella B B Phillips Civil Deaths & Burials 1944 Border, Northumberland, England

Lead confidence: 3 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1944/1/AZ/000863/065

FamilySearch: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Joseph Bailey Phillips, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1K-K6G

FamilySearch: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Juliet Ernestine Phillips, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMY-FM8

FamilySearch: Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 Ella B. Gray in entry for Harry A. Phillips, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962" Lead confidence: 3 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6VM-QMF

FamilySearch: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Edith Amelia Phillips, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9S-P45

FamilySearch: Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 Ella B Gray, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-BX41

FamilySearch: Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 Ella B. Gray in entry for Harry A. Phillips, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962" Lead confidence: 3 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXH4-T73

Findmypast: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Ella Gray Civil Births 1870 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Lead confidence: 3 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/B/1870/2/AZ/000267/126

FamilySearch: Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 Ella B. Gray in entry for Harry A. Phillips, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003" Lead confidence: 3 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMG-YXD

Findmypast: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Ellen B Phillips Civil Deaths & Burials 1964 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

Lead confidence: 3 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1964/2/AZ/000652/166

wikiTrees: ella gray phillips Birth  Aug 9, 1871 • Wilmer, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  Dec 22, 1941 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Parents  james gray gibson • mary gray gibson Spouse  daniel phillips https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/8066698

FamilySearch: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Ella Boon Gray in entry for Robert Leroy Phillips, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS13-3W1

FamilySearch: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Joseph Bailey Phillips, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9S-RMX

FamilySearch: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Wayne Lincoln Phillips, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9S-KGG

FamilySearch: Find A Grave Index Ella Boone Gray Phillips, "Find A Grave Index" Lead confidence: 3 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-FG9H

weRelate: Ella Boone Grey Birth  Aug 9, 1871 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  Dec 22, 1941 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Marriage  Jan 3, 1893 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Parents  James Allen Grey • Mary Boone Gibson Spouse  daniel lincoln phillips https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ella+Gray+%281%29

FamilySearch: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Ella Boon Gray in entry for Robert Leroy Phillips, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS13-3WT

Findmypast: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Ella Gray Civil Births 1871 Pancras, London, England

Lead confidence: 3 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/B/1871/1/AZ/000272/074

FamilySearch: Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 Ella B. Gray in entry for Harvey A. Phillips, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003" Lead confidence: 3 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD5N-M23

FamilySearch: Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Ella Boone Gray in entry for Bess Mae Phillips, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXMM-TR2

FamilySearch: California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 Ella B Gray in entry for Harry V Schroder and Mettie Browney Phillips, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FM-TXB

FamilySearch: Family Tree Ella Boone Gray Birth  9 August 1871 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  22 December 1941 • Mitchell, Texas, United States Parents  James Allen Gray • Mary Boone Gibson Spouse  Daniel Lincoln Phillips Children  Alma Dan Phillips • Bess May Phillips • Edith Amelia Phillips • Emma Lee Phillips • Forrest Raymond Phillips • Harvey Allen Phillips • Joseph Bailey Phillips • Juliet Ernestine Phillips • Lou Ella Phillips • Mary Ann Phillips • Mettie Brownie Phillips • Robert Leroy Phillips • Wayne Lincoln Phillips

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KJ59-XJM

FamilySearch: Family Tree Ella Boone Gray Birth  9 August 1871 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  22 December 1941 • Mitchell Land District, Texas, United States Parents  James Allen Gray • Mary Boone Gibson Spouse  Daniel Lincoln Phillips Children  Alma Dan Phillips • Bess May Phillips • Edith Amelia Phillips • Emma Lee Phillips • Forrest Raymond Phillips • Harvey Allen Phillips • Joseph W Bailey Phillips • Juliet Ernestine Phillips • Lou Ella Phillips • Mary Ann Phillips • Mettie Brownie Phillips • Robert Leroy Phillips • Test child • Wayne Lincoln Phillips

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KJ59-XJM

weRelate: Ella Boone Grey Birth  Aug 9, 1871 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  Dec 22, 1941 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Marriage  Jan 3, 1893 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Parents  James Allen Grey • Mary Boone Gibson Spouse  daniel lincoln phillips https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ella+Gray+%281%29

wikiTrees: ella gray phillips Birth  Aug 9, 1871 • Wilmer, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  Dec 22, 1941 • Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Parents  james gray gibson • mary gray gibson Spouse  daniel phillips https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/8066698

Findmypast: US Census 1880 Ella Boone Gray Birth  Aug 9, 1871 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Death  Dec 22, 1941 • United States Census 1880 Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, United States

Lead confidence: 3 http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=USC/1880/1000152668628

_FSFTID: KJ59-XJM

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