The Political Graveyard: Gray-Matthews-Watterson family of Massachusetts

Gray-Matthews-Watterson family of Massachusetts

Note: This is just one of 643 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

William Gray (1750-1825) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 27, 1750. Married 1782 to Elizabeth Chipman (1756-1823); father of Frances Eally Gray; ancestor of Horace Gray. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state senate; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12. Died November 4, 1825. Burial location unknown.
Frances Eally Gray (1790-1856) — Born September 19, 1790. Son of William Gray. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives. Died December 29, 1856. Burial location unknown.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, 1811. Father of Henry Watterson. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43. Died in 1891. Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
- See also: congressional biography.
Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 21, 1824. Uncle of Henry Watterson; father of Jane Matthews (who married Horace Gray). Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member of Ohio state senate, 1856; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1877-79; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1889. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
Horace Gray (1828-1902) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 24, 1828. Descendant of William Gray; son of Horace Gray and Harriett (Upham) Gray; married to Jane Matthews (daughter of Stanley Matthews). Lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902. Unitarian. Died in Nahant, Essex County, Mass., September 15, 1902. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
- Cross-reference: Louis D. Brandeis
- See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Washington, D.C., February 16, 1840. Son of Harvey Magee Watterson; nephew of Stanley Matthews. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., December 22, 1921. Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.

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