Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Compiled by Carl Wayne Gray

Welcome to My Genealogy Site

For years, I knew very little about my ancestors, who they were or where they came from. Consequently, I've spent many years researching, collecting, verifying, and yes, sometimes even discarding information from many sources.

Many people have helped and guided me along the way and to them, I am most grateful.

My content comes from many different sources and surely contains some errors. I will correct those errors as they are discovered.

I'm constantly updating and adding new content, so I encourage you to visit often.

I'm a member of Clay County Genealogy Society (Louisville, Illinois) and Richland County Genealogy Society (Olney, Illinois).

This website is available in English, German, French, and Spanish.

  • In addition to my own genealogy, I'm compiling the lineage of families from my hometown of Clay City, Illinois and their extended families.

  • I'm also compiling the lineage of our military veterans from Clay County, Illinois; Richland County, Illinois; and Wayne County, Illinois and their extended families. I salute them for their service and their many sacrifices

  • I'm converting all surnames from all UPPER CASE to Normal Case (This will take some time to complete).

  • I'm including Les Higgason's "Civil War Veterans, Buried in Clay County, Illinois (including Confederate)" to the website. Les was the Sexton for Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, Illinois for many years. He has done extensive research on Clay County Illinois Veterans of all wars. I thank him for his hard work and dedication.

  • I will be including Les Higgason's "Spanish-American Veterans Buried in Clay County, Illinois."

  • I will be including Kaleb Beaver's "World War I Veterans buried in Richland County, Illinois."

  • In order to speed up the site, I'm converting headstone photos to Find a Grave links.


    • Honoring Our Military Veterans

  • All Military Veterans

  • Military Veterans Buried Overseas

  • American Revolutionary War Veterans
  • War of 1812 Veterans
  • Mexican - American War Veterans
  • American Civil War Veterans
  • American Indian Wars Veterans
  • Spanish - American War Veterans
  • World War I Veterans
  • World War II Veterans
  • Korean War Veterans
  • Viet Nam War Veterans
  • Desert Shield-Desert Storm Veterans
  • Persian Gulf War Veterans
  • Enduring Freedom Veterans
  • Iraqi Freedom Veterans

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    Items of Interest

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  • History of Clay City Township, Illinois

  • Haslers, in the Pursuit of Liberty (Page 01) by Rena Lents Thomas

  • Haslers, in the Pursuit of Liberty (Page 02) by Rena Lents Thomas

  • Pictures and biographical Sketches of the Business Men of Clay City, Illinois 1930, Obituaries) by W.T. Carder

  • Stories from Those Who Came From Around the Nekar Area by Otto Benzing

  • The Dredge Ditch (A Clay County, Illinois Story) by Darold Herdes

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    Featured Photo

    Linda Kay (McDowell) Lomas (1943-2010)
    Linda Kay (McDowell) Lomas (1943-2010)
    

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    Pedigree Charts



    My Ancestors Were Farmers and Adventurers
    William and "Lizzie" Gray

    William Gray and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Yauch were married in 1893. They had 7 children: Lucinda, Nettie, Henry, Jasper, Lydia, Hester, and Gleason

    Riley and 'Belle' Graham Family

    John Riley Graham and Rebecca Isabelle Hornick were married in 1879. They had 3 children. Baby, Nellie, and Nica.

    John and 'Nellie' Luke Family

    John Albert Luke and Nella Graham were married in 1899. 8 children: Sylvia, Goldie, Iva, Nica, Grace, Minda, John, and Floyd

    Clayson and Grace McDowell

    Clayson Adrian McDowell and Nella Grace Luke were married in 1925. 11 children: Adrian, Dorothy, Jo Ann, Barb, Glenn, Nella, Hazel, Betty, Linda, Leona, and Ronald



    John Albert Luke (1861-1919)bottom image

    John Albert Luke was the son of William David and Barbara Luke. He was married twice and fathered 14 children.

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    Our Favorite Genealogy Quotes

    We Hope You Enjoy Them

    • Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
      ~ Mark Twain
    • Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one.
      ~ Howard K. Nixon
    • We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
      ~ Jimmy Carter
    • Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush.
      ~ Florence King
    • My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
      ~ Ellen
    Margaret (Maglone) McDowell (1857-1890)bottom image

    Margaret was the daughter of James and Polly Maglone. She married John William McDowell and was the mother of 6 children.

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