Susan Elizabeth Gray

Susan Elizabeth Gray

• Father: Thomas Gray b. circa 1820, d. between 1864 and 1870
• Mother: Martha Knight b. circa 1823

• Susan Elizabeth Gray was born in March 1847 in Tennessee.
• Lucy Evans appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Susan Elizabeth Gray, Thomas Gray and Martha Knight. Also in the household were children Jonathan (age 18), Charles (14), Joseph (12) and Nancy (6), and grandson John Gray (1.)
• Thomas Gray and Martha Knight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Bigby Fork PO, Itawamba County, Mississippi, enumerated next to the household of Martha's mother. Other members of the household included Susan Elizabeth Gray. Also in the household were children John (age 12), Lucy (11), Mary (6), Caroline (5) and Fannie (1.)
• She married Jessie W. Hester on 18 January 1865 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
• Jessie W. Hester and Susan Elizabeth Gray appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Boyds Preconct, Monroe County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Dovie Ann Hester. Also in the household were sons W. E. (age 13), J. T. (12), C. C. (11), Dave (8) and J. D. (2.)
• Jessie W. Hester and Susan Elizabeth Gray appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Alsoi in the household were children J. D. (age 22), Willis (19), Virgie (14) and Gilbert (9.)
• Jessie W. Hester and Susan Elizabeth Gray appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Boyds Precinct, Monroe County, Mississippi, at Amory & Nettleton Road. Also in the household were children Willie D. (age 29) and Gillie R. (19.)
• Susan Elizabeth Gray became a widow at the 10 December 1917 death of her husband Jessie W. Hester.
• Susan Elizabeth Gray appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Boyds Precinct, Monroe County, Mississippi, at Clay Hill & Amory Road enumerated with her son Willis (age 38), next to the household of her son Gillie.
• Susan Elizabeth Gray died in 1935.
• She was interred at Union Grove Cemetery, Bigbee, Monroe County, Mississippi.

• Last Edited: 16 Jun 2015