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Fannie Jane Brown Gray
22 Jun 1858 – 16 Jun 1930
| Birth | 22 Jun 1858 |
| Death | 16 Jun 1930 |
| Cemetery | Oakland Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | JG on 25 Oct 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10507241 |
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Fannie Jane was born 6/22/1858 in Knoxville, Knox County, TN. Her father served in the Civil War from 1861-1865. After the Civil War, Fannie Jane's parents moved the family from Union County, TN to Ellis County, TX sometime between 1867 and 1870. According to family lore, the family was run out of Tennessee by carpetbaggers. Fannie Jane married William Jesse Gray in Ellis County, TX on 11/18/1875. In about 1888, Fannie Jane and William Gray moved the family to Dallas, Dallas County, TX. Fannie Jane (and her husband William Jesse) are listed in the 1900 Dallas County, TX census as residing at 611 Main Street. According to the 1899 Dallas street map, 611 Main is labeled as "Gray Hotel" and it is located in the present day 2300 block of Main Street, which is underneath the present day southbound I-75/345 overhead freeway. Fannie Jane and William Jesse Gray operated the Gray Hotel. Fannie Jane's parents, Isaac and Lucinda Miller, are listed as living next door at 609 Main Street, which is also labeled as the "Gray Hotel" on the 1899 Dallas street map. Death and Funeral Notice - 6/17/1930 Dallas Morning News GRAY - Fannie Jane, 71, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Della Krieg, 3517 S. Harwood st. Surviving are two sons, Charles L. and Jesse M. Gray, her daughter Mrs. Krieg, all of Dallas, two brothers, Isaac L. Brown of Amarillo and William J. Brown of Dallas, a sister, Mrs. Mattie E. Tunstall, and eight grandchildren, all of Dallas. For further information call Weever Funeral Home 7-1313. Article - 6/17/1930 Dallas Morning News Long Resident Here, Mrs. F.J. Gray Dies Mrs. Fannie Jane Gray, 71, residence of Dallas for the last forty-two years, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Della Krieg, 3527 South Harwood street, after a long illness. Mrs. Gray was born June 22, 1858, in Tennessee, and came to Dallas in 1888. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Krieg; two sons, Charles L. and Jesse M. Gray; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Tunstall all of Dallas; two brothers, I.L. Brown of Amarillo and W.J. Brown of Dallas, and eight grandchildren, Mrs. Winnie Johnson, Jesse M. Gray, Aubrey L. Gray, Miss Fannie Bell Gray, Jack D. Gray, Mary E. Gray, Florence J. Gray, and Lydeane I. Gray, all of Dallas. Obituary - 6/18/1930 Dallas Morning News Mrs. Fannie Gray Funeral Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Jane Gray, 71, resident of Dallas for the last forty-two years, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Della Krieg, 3527 South Harwood street. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Mrs. Gray died Monday afternoon after a long illness. She was a native of Tennessee and came to Dallas in 1888.
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- Isaac Lee Brown 1864–1943 FaG
- William Jackson Brown 1867–1934 FaG
- Taylor Floyd Brown 1869–1899 FaG
- Martha Ele "Mattie" Brown Tunstall 1872–1955 FaG
- George Gattlin Brown 1880–1922 FaG
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