About Charles McNeill Gray
Lived 1807 – 1885 (aged 78). Charles McNeill Gray was an American politician.
Charles McNeill Gray (June 13, 1807 – October 17, 1885) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854). He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography Charles McNeill Gray was born in Sherburne, New York on June 13, 1807. He arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834, and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen, a retail merchant. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man. He was elected mayor in 1853.
He died at his home in Chicago on October 17, 1885, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.
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American politician (1807–1865)
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Charles McNeill Gray was born on 7 March 1807 in Sherburne.
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