HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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years he was a member of the Aurora Board of Aldermen, and for several terms was on the Kane County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Gray was married in 1833 to Miss Diantha P. Putnam, to whose family Gen. Putnam of Revolutionary fame belonged. She was a native of Covington, Tioga County, Penn., and is still living in Aurora, being at the present time (1904) over eighty-seven years of age. The living children of this venerable couple are: John, editor, Jefferson, Iowa; Capt. Thomas P., of Washington, D. C.; Wright, of Windsor, Colo.; and Mrs. Anna Schorb, of Aurora. Mr. Gray died in Aurora in 1881, at the age of seventy years.
ROBERT GRAY, farmer and stock-raiser, Virgil Township, Kane County, was born in Virgil Township, June 14, 1874, the son of Joseph and Juliet (Woodman) Gray. His education was secured in the Geneva High School and in the University of Illinois at Urbana. For a time he was employed as an electric engineer in Chicago, but of late has been living on the home place.
AMOS C. GRAVES (deceased), farmer and early settler, Aurora, Ill., born in Cortland, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1825, son of Phineas and Anna (Kendall) Graves, and second of family of eleven children. Coming west in 1834, the family settled near Lockport, Will County, but later removed to Wayneville, DuPage County, which remained the home of the elder Mr. Graves until his retirement from active life, when he located in Aurora, where he died in 1889. Amos C. Graves was reared and educated a farmer, received such schooling as the times admitted, and was engaged in farming at the breaking out of the Civil War. He raised a company of men in 1862 and was commissioned Captain of Company D, One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At first he served on detached duty commanding a company of scouts. In the spring of 1863 he was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. Gordon Granger, continuing in the service until March 8, 1865, when poor health compelled his resignation. After the war he resumed farming on an extensive scale in DuPage County, as well as in Iowa, but maintained his home in Aurora from 1867 to the day of his death, Nov. 1, 1901. A pioneer Republican, he was interested in public affairs and filled various official positions. Prior to the war he was Sheriff of DuPage County for two terms, and was also on the County Board. In Aurora he was City Marshal for four terms. He was associated with the Baptist church, and married Miss Mary A. Buck, daughter of Stephen Buck, pioneer settler of Kane County. Their children were: Mrs. Julia (Graves) Gary (deceased), wife of Judge E. H. Gary, Vice-president and General Counsel of the United States Steel Company; Mrs. Anna (Graves) Judd, wife of William Judd, of Aurora; Mrs. Eva (Graves) Hamilton, wife of Oscar Hamilton, of Aurora; and Mrs. Bertha (Graves) Northam, wife of Lemuel Northam, of Joliet, Ill.
CHARLES E. GRIFFITH, born in Ontario County, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1853, and came with his parents to Kane County, Ill., in 1865, where he grew to manhood on a farm in Dundee Township and obtained his education in the public schools; became connected with the Illinois Iron & Bolt Company in 1873; elected Secretary of the corporation 1888 and has since filled that position; married in 1879 Miss Anna Evans, of Dundee.
LOUIE J. GRIFFITH, lumber merchant, Batavia, Ill., born in Danby, Rutland County, Vt., Oct. 26, 1865, son of John B. and Carrie (Mil-lard) Griffith; educated in the public schools of his native State, and came to Batavia in 1896, where he has since been engaged in the lumber trade; in 1902 assisted in organizing the Batavia Supply Company, of which he became Secretary; served two terms in the House of Representatives in his native State; married in 1887 Miss Bertha L. Tobin.
EUGENE H. GRIGGS, farmer, Plato, Kane County, born Jan. 4, 1841, in Plato, where he now resides; attended the public schools and Elgin Academy, and on Aug. 17, 1861, enlisted in Company B, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in some of the most important events of the war, including Sherman's March to the Sea, and was honorably discharged July 15, 1865. From the army he returned to the farm on which he is now living, and which he received from his father, who secured it direct from the Government. It is located four miles southwest of Plato Center. For ten years he has been a School Trustee, and for fifteen years a School Director. He is
