Legislator Details

Image of Myles F. Gray
Image Description:
Myles F. Gray portraint from Manual 1929 p.xiii

Myles F. Gray
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 39

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 4/25/1869
City: Parkhill, ON
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Country: Canada
 
Death
Date: 8/6/1951
City: Lansing, MI
County: Ingham County, MI
Country: US
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Marital Information:
married Myrtle M. Baker or Brown, dau. of Herbert B. Brown, about 1892; children:3, Carlyle A., Joyce M. and one other who died in childhood before 1910.

Number of Children: 0

Background

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Occupation: printer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
public and night schools of Parkhill, ON

Biographical Sketch:
Son of James and Elizabeth (Russell) Gray. As a boy he was a newsboy; at 16, he became editor of the 'review' at Richmond Hill, ON; at 22 he purchased the Plymouth 'Mail' in Plymouth, MI. He published the 'Mail' for 8 years. He purchased the Lansing 'Record' but sold it within a year to conduct a printing business. Emigrated to the US in about 1888 and naturalized in 1899. He was living in Mason, MI in 1920. He was elected Lansing city clerk in 1904, 1905 and 1907; Ingham County Register of Deeds, 1919-24; Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1929-36, 1939-44

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Forty-Fifth Legislature, 1909-1910
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: City Corporations , Institution for the Deaf , Insurance , Private Corporations
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District: Ingham 1
District Description: City of Lansing and Lansing township

Date Elected: 11/3/1908
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1909
Date Left Office: 12/31/1910

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

PolGryd; USCen 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940; MIBiog 1:346; SeekMI
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