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Gray-Matthews family of Boston, Massachusetts

Note: This is just one of 1,164 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.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  William Gray (1750-1825) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 27, 1750. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1800; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12. Died November 4, 1825 (age 75 years, 130 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1782 to Elizabeth Chipman; father of Frances Eally Gray; ancestor *** of Horace Gray.
  Political families: Gray-Matthews family of Boston, Massachusetts; Ewing-Matthews-Watterson-Harrison family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Frances Eally Gray (1790-1856) — Born September 19, 1790. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1830. Died December 29, 1856 (age 66 years, 101 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Gray.
  Political family: Gray-Matthews family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 21, 1824. 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; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89; died in office 1889. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1889 (age 64 years, 244 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Johnson Matthews and Isabella (Brown) Matthews; married, February 15, 1843, to Mary Ann Black (sister-in-law of Harvey Magee Watterson); father of Jane Matthews (who married Horace Gray) and Grace Elizabeth Matthews (who married James Harlan Cleveland); grandfather of James Harlan Cleveland Jr.; great-grandfather of Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II.
  Political families: Gray-Matthews family of Boston, Massachusetts; Ewing-Matthews-Watterson-Harrison family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Horace Gray Horace Gray (1828-1902) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 24, 1828. Lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902; died in office 1902. Unitarian. Died in Nahant, Essex County, Mass., September 15, 1902 (age 74 years, 175 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Horace Gray and Harriett (Upham) Gray; married to Jane Matthews (daughter of Stanley Matthews); descendant *** of William Gray.
  Political family: Gray-Matthews family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Louis D. Brandeis
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace Gray (built 1942-43 at Baltimore, Maryland; torpedoed and wrecked in Kola Inlet, 1945) was named for him.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1902
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