William Cunningham Gray
American newspaper publisher, editor, and columnist
About William Cunningham Gray
William Cunningham Gray (October 17, 1830 – 1901) was a newspaper publisher, editor, and columnist in the United States. He published and edited the Presbyterian Church publication The Interior. He wrote a column for it titled "Campfire Musings" featuring his recollections of rural Wisconsin. He also wrote about Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and was an advocate for civil rights. He also wrote about Alaska.
He was born on the family farm in Butler County, Ohio. Under his guidance The Interior became very influential.
Charles C. Miller designed his home.
He married and had a daughter, Anna Catherine Gray Purcell. William Gray Purcell was his grandson. Camp-fire musings, life and good times in the woods (1894) Musings by camp-fire and wayside (1902) illustrated with his photographs
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