Joseph Gray was born Dec. 30, 1826, in Maryland, son of Joseph and Mary (Fairbank) Gray; they were also natives of Maryland. When about eight years of age his parents emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., settling on Simon's Creek, where his father followed farming till he moved to the town of Milton where he died. His wife died on Simon's Creek in 1874.
Joseph learned the trade of carriage making when about eighteen years of age, and in connection with his
older brother, James, worked at that occupation in Milton about six years. After his father's death he and his brother James bought the home farm, which they carried on some five years when he disposed of his interest to his brother and bought a farm south of Dublin where he was engaged in farming and dealing in stock about twenty-one years. He rented his farm in the spring of 1876, since which he has resided in Dublin. His farm contains 208 acres of valuable land which he has obtained by perseverance and industry.
He was married in 1855, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Gideon and Catherine Myers, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1804. Mr. Gray and wife have a family of four children---Mary M., Charles D., Joseph H. and Viola. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are members of the United Brethren church of Dublin.
