MORRIS GRAY One of two Beneficiaries in the will of Mary Gray Ward Dorr in the event that her sole son should predecease her - G.8.DORR. Son of Francis Henry Gray (birth Boston, 3.2.1813, death 2.6.1880), Harvard graduate, M.D. Harvard ('34). A physician who married (7.10.1844) Hedwiga Regina Shober (12.24.1818-Jan. 17, 1885) of Philadelphia. Francis was the son of William Rufus Gray (born Salem, 6.23.1783-died 7.27.1831), Harvard graduate (c. 1800) who married Mary Clay of Savannah and had nine children, Francis Henry being the third-he was a merchant whose portrait was painted by Stuart Five children, MORRIS being the last . MORRIS (1856- ) was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1877, receiving his LL.B. in 1880. He was an attorney and President of the Museum of Fine Arts. Married at Nahant (9.15.1883) Flora Grant (1858- ). Three children: 1. Morris (1884 ), Harvard graduate (1906). 2. Elizabeth (1886- ). 3. Frances Calley (1890- ). Harvard graduate (1912), LL.B. 1915. Source:Edward Gray. William Gray oif Lynn, Massachusetts and some of his Descendants. Salem: Essex Institute, 1916. NOTES FROM HARVARD. New York Times (1857-Current file); Apr 30, 1891; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 -2003) pg. 3 NOTES FROM HARVARD. OVERSEERS NOMINATED AND FACTS FROM THE CLASS REPORT OF 1890. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., April 29.-The committee of the Alumni of Harvard appointed to nominate for Overseers has reported. The following, whose term expires this year, are eligible for re-election: T. Jefferson Coolidge, '50, and George O. Shattuck, '51. The following are nominated for the other vacancies: Boston-Richard M. Hodges, '47; Charles R. Codman, '49; Windom Warren, '58; Charles F. Folsom. '62; Francis L. Higginson, '63; Moorfield Storey, '66; Thomas L. Livermore, Charles F. Dole, '68; Moses Williams, '68; William C. Loring, '72; Morris Gray, '77. WalthamArthur T. Lyman, '53. Brookline-Oharies P. Greenough, '64. Now-Bedford-Charles W. Clifford, '65. Milton -Ellward C. Perkins, '66. Worcester-Augustus G. Bullock. '68. CambridgeJosaph P. Warner, '69, and Gardiner M. Lane. '81. The outgoing board 1s T. Jefferson Coolidge, John J. Morse, Jr., Edwin P. Seaver, John Fiske, and George O. Shattuck. Another vacancy has been caused by the resignation of Mr. Henry P. Walcott. whose term would otherwise expire in 1893. The balloting for these officers will close May 31. The first complete report of the class of 1890 has just been issued and contains some facts of general interest. A large increase in the number of men ouming from other colleges enabled '90 to graduate with a longer roll than it had in the Freshman year. The statistics of the class show that of the total membership 172 are from New-England, 55 from the Middle States, and 56 from the Southern and West- ern States. In the matter of politics a fall- ing off is noticeable in the quota of independents. The returns show 111 to be Republicans, 70 Demo- crats, 23 independent. S Prohibition, 1 free trade and tariff reform; 27 are of no party or undecided, and 50 have no expressed political views. AS to fut- are occupations, 68 have decided on law, business 61. teaching 38, medicine 36, ministry 11, and journalism 2. The religious beliefs are divided in marked propor- tion, the Unitarians being in the plurality with 54. and the Episcopalians following close behind with 52 The class has no infidels or atheists. Since graduation seven members of the class have married, and four deaths are recorded in the general history of the class. The athletic record of '90 was not brilliant, but the number of honors borne off by the members at Com- mencement and during the college course gives abundant proof of the earnestness of their studies. Financially the class is in a prosperous condition. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAMME. New York Times (1857-Current file); Jun 25, 1902; ;ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2003) pg. 8 THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAMME. How Mr. Roosevelt Will Spend His Time While at Cambridge and Boston. WILMINGTON, Del., June 24. - The fol- lowing is the programme of President Roosevelt's New England visit: The party will arrive at Boston to-mor- row at 7 o' 'clock and, after breakfast at the Hotel Somerset, they will go to Cambridge, where their programme for the day will be as follows: Meeting in Sanders Theatre. Short visit to President Eliot's house. Luncheon given by Morris Gray at Uni- versity Hall. The President and party will then be es- corted to Massachuetts Hall, and at 2 o'clock will go to the commencement dinner in Memorial Hall and attend the exercises of Alpha Delta Phi Club, where the Presi- dent is to present a gold medal on behalf of the club to Dr. Edward Everett Hale. The President and party will then return to the Somerset. and at 6:30 will attend the dinner of the Spanish war officers at the Algonquin Club. Following this a brief visit will be made to the dinner of the In- ternational League of Press Clubs. At 12 o'clock, midnight, the party will leave Boston for New London. the Presi- dent's cars being sidetracked in New Lon- don until 10 P. M. Thursday, when the return trip to Washington will be made. Mrs. Roosevelt will come up from Oyster Bay on Thursday morning on the Dolphin. and the President will witness the Harvard- Yale boat race from that vessel. At the conclusion of the race Mrs. Roosevelt will return to Oyster Bay. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. HARVARD GETS $42,000. Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1857- -Current file); Mar 14, 1929; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003) pg. 9 HARVARD GETS $42,000. Donated by Morris Gray of Boston for Purchase of Books. Special to The New York Times. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 13.- A gift of $42,000 has just been made for the Widener Memorial Library by Morris Gray, '77, of Boston. The income from this sum is to be applied to the purchase of vol- umes of modern poetry, critical or descriptive books on modern poetry and talks on this subject by poets and critics. The books to be purchased under the Gray gift will be housed in the room of the Widener library where the Amy Lowell collection is now placed. - Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. FULL CATALOG - Full View of Record Page 1 of 1 Harvard University HOLLIS CATALOG Search Results List TAS Expanded Search Previous Searches ( Command Search Display Options Full Catalog Find Articles Journal Titles Digital Resources R Full View of Record : FULL CATALOG Print/Save/Send Add to List I View List Last Browse Back to Results List Choose format: Full view Short view I MARC Record 2 out of 3 Previous Record Next Record Author : Gray, Morris, 1856-1931. Title : The city's voice : a book of verse / by Morris Gray. Published : Boston : M. Jones, c1923 (Boston : Merrymount Press) Locations/Orders : Availability Location : Houghton i *AC9.Up153M.923g [Original black cloth; gilt; top edges gilt.] Holdings Availability Location : Widener i Harvard Depository AL 1679.15.5 [Consult Circ. Desk for Copy A=HW3JJ2, Copy B=HX5A3U] Holdings Availability Description : xi, 135 p. ; 21 cm. References : Smith, J.P. Merrymount Press (1975), 579 HOLLIS Number : 001774833 Previous Record Next Record SEARCH: FULL CATALOG Search type: Search for: Keywords anywhere Title beginning with Title keywords Author (last name first) Search Clear Author keywords Scroll down for more choices About the HOLLIS Catalog E-RESEARCH (ARTICLES) CITATION LINKER RESEARCH GUIDES OTHER CATALOGS LIBRARY INFO HARVARD LIBRARIES HA Copyright C 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/9UTIS1IKT37VAV1FX47N5RQBVVE6S99JRDCH524JCTG6... 9/7/2006 Obituary 10 No Title New York Times Current file). Jan 13, 1931; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 2003) MORRIS GRAY IS DEAD; NOTED BOSTON LAWYER President of Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Graduate -Wrote on Legal Subjects. Special to The New York Times. BOSTON, Jan. 12.-Morris Gray, president of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a graduate of Harvard in the class of '77 and a lawyer, died today at his home here after a long illness. He was 75 years old. He was the son of Francis H. and H. Regina Shober Gray. At the age of 17 he entered Harvard. He be- came a leader among his classmates and a prominent member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the Institute of 1870 and D. K. E. and Ad Clubs. In 1880 he was admitted to the Boston bar, at the same time receiv- ing his LL. B. degree from the Har- vard Commu- nication in Academy ginia." He He New Arts the Society American published Law was "Coupon. corresponding Metropolitan of York, and by of a School. Sleeping of Telegraph," fellow Arts Crafts, Architects, a "The Review, Legislation member and of Car Museum Law Bostonian member the Sciences and of 'The the of the of also, of of The Legal Status Companies" and Vir- American and of Art in Bos- ton Society of Soci- ety, a the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, and his clubs here were the Harvard and the Authors. DR. G. MORRIS GOLDEN. Professor of Medicine at Hahne- mann Medical College Dies. Special to The New York Times. PHILADELPHIA Jan. 12.-Dr. G. Morris Golden, professor of medi- cine at Hahnemann Medical College and a member of the staffs of sev- eral hospitals, died of heart disease at his home here today in his fifty- fifth year. Born in this city, Dr. Golden at- tended the University of Pennsyl- vania and Hahnemann Medical Col- lege. He was a specialist in dis- eases of the heart and lungs. Dr. Golden was a past president of the Eastern States Medical Society and the State Homeopathic Medical Society, a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of several other medical societies. MRS. BOB SHAWKEY. Dies as Ex-Manager of Yankees Flies to Her Bedside. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 13 (AP) -Mrs. Bob Shawkey, wife of the former manager of the New York Yankees, died in St. Francis Hospital here at 12:30 A. M. today of pneumonia. Her husband had left Jacksonville, Fla., twenty minutes earlier aboard a special plane dispatched there to bring him to her bedside. He arrived in Jacksonville earlier in the night by train from the North, but was de- layed there by bad weather. Mrs. Shawkey was taken ill on Fri- day on her arrival here. Jeanette Harfield. Jeanette Harfield, leader in Jewish women's activities in Queens and founder of the Jamaica Jewish Cen- tre, died last night at the Hillside Sanitarium, Queens. She was 38 years old. Her home was at 361 Shel- ton Avenue, Jamaica. She was for- merly president of the Jamaica sec- tion of the National Council of Jewish Women. The funeral will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon at her home. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Verizon Yahoo! Mail-eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home Tutorials YAHOO! Help verizon [Sign Out, Member Center MAIL Mail Addresses Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile - Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add Edit] Previous I Next I Back to Messages Inbox (5) Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message Mark as Unread Sent Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:23:08 -0700 Bulk [Empty] Trash "Robert M. Gray" Add to Address Book Adc [Empty] From: Alert My Folders [Hide] Subject: Re: Gray Family & Ron Epp Eliz messages To: "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Member Information CC: "Robert M. Gray" Ron messages I found a little information in the family book and genealogy Search Shortcuts brother put together, and some more in some material my cousi Gray sent me many years ago. My Photos My Attachments It turns out that the Morris Gray born in 1856, one of the SO William Rufus Gray (Billy Gray's eldest son) and Mary Clay, Frank Gray's grandfather. His wife was Flora Grant. They were family tree that I sent you, but I don't think I sent you the next page. Morri and Flora Grant had three children, Morris Gray (b 1884), Eli Clay Gray (b. 1886), and Francis Calley Gray (b. 1890), as yo mention. The latter is the father of my late cousin Frank Gra tell you Elizabeth's kids and Francis Cally's other kids. The clippings that Frank sent me were clipped by his grandfat Morris clipped from a paper in 1901. They deal with the death Morris' uncle Horace Gray, the seventh son of William Rufus G had died a bachelor banker in New York and left his considera fortune of more than $1 million dollars to the five children brother Francis Henry Gray, including Morris. Your Morris was a lawyer in Boston who lived in Chestnut Hill siblings were Francis C. Gray, Samuel S. Gray, Reginald Gray, Mary C. Gray. Bob On Sep 8, 2006, at 7:42 AM, ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP wrote: > Dear Bob, http://us.f841.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=9186_17456671_94810_2292_123 9/11/2006 Verizon Yahoo! Mail-eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 2 > > I hope that you had a relaxing Summer and have wondered whe > traveled here to New Hampshire recently. > > Briefly, a quick question. Are you familiar with any of the > descendants of Boston born Morris Gray (1856-??), item #34 > "William Gray of Lynn , Massachusetts" by Edward Gray (1916 > children are listed : Morris (1884- ), Elizabeth (1886- > Frances Calley (1890- ). . > > I ask because Morris Gray is designated as one of three > beneficiaries--should -- her only son predecease her-- in the > will of Mary Gray Dorr, George Dorr's mother who died four > later. I've not been able to unearth any information about > Gray that would suggest why she would favor him. Any sugges > > With best wishes, > > > > Ron Epp > 47 Pond View Drive > Merrimack, NH 03054 > (603) 424-6149 > eppster2@verizon.net Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Previous Next Back to Messages Save Message Text I Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. I Copyright/IP Policy I Terms of Service I Send Feedback Help NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. verizon YAHOO! http://us.f841.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=9186_17456671_94810_2292_123... 9/11/2006