as deacon and later as elder, which office he filled at the time of his death. His wife passed away May 12, 1891, while his death occurred April 10, 1895.

     Mr. and Mrs. McDannold have a daughter, Maud, who attended the high school of Pittsfield, was a student in music in the Pittsfield Conservatory under Professor Shastid, being graduated in 1898, and for one year has been a student in the Jacksonville Conservatory of Music. She is now acting as deputy in her father's office.

     In his political views Mr. McDannold is a stalwart democrat and in 1900 he was elected supervisor of Pittsfield, filling the office for two years. He also served as alderman of Pittsfield from 1900 until 1902, and on the 1st of December of the latter year was elected county treasurer for a term of four years. He has never been defeated at any time when a candidate for office, a fact which indicates his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp of Pittsfield and is a member of the Baptist church. The family is one of prominence in the community and the hospitality of many of the best homes is freely accorded them. In his business and political career Mr. McDannold has made a record alike above reproach, and he is respected as one of the worthy and valued residents of Pittsfield.

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                                               HALBERT NELSON GRAY 

 

     No history of Griggsville would be complete without mention of this gentleman, who was long connected with its commercial interests and who is now the owner of valuable farm property in Pike county. He was born in Barry, Illinois, January 16, 1849, and acquired his education in the public schools while spending his youth in his parents' home. He is a son of Thomas T. and Mary F. (Crandall) Gray. The father was born in Rensselaer county, New York, in 1812, and the mother's birth occurred in the same county. In the public schools of the Empire state Thomas T. Gray acquired his education and afterward engaged in clerking. He was married in New York and subsequently came to Illinois in 1837, settling at Atlas, whence he afterward removed to Barry. In the latter town he engaged in merchandising, pork packing and in buying and shipping grain. He was also a railroad contractor on the construction of the old Pike county railroad, now part of the Wabash system. In order to conduct his store it was necessary that he haul all his goods from the Mississippi river, having been brought to the nearest wharf from Cincinnati. He continued in merchandising until 1860, after which he turned his attention to farming in Barry township and he was the first agent for the Wabash Railroad Company at Barry. His life was a busy and useful one and in his old age he received the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded to those who advance far on life's journey and whose record is characterized by all that is honorable and straightforward in man's relations with his fellowmen. He died in his eight-ninth year, while his wife is now living in Barry at the age of eighty-five years. This worthy couple were the parents of four sons and seven daughters: Eugene, who was drowned March 13, 1903; Melissa, the widow of Joseph Haines; Henry T., deceased; Charlotte, the deceased wife of B. H. Rowand; Halbert N., of this review; Josephine, the wife of James P. Cassidy, who is manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company residing in Minneapolis; Fannie G., the wife of William Stitts, a commission merchant in Chicago; Hattie, who married Frederick Ottawa, who is engaged in merchandising at Fort Madison, Iowa; Florence, who was married to Harry Breeden, manager of one of the Carnegie plants in the town of Carnegie, Pennsylvania; Gertrude, who married Ed Clements, now living in Alabama; and Eddie, who died in infancy.

     Halbert Nelson Gray acquired a public-school education and in early manhood was married to Miss Emily R. Scribner, the wedding being celebrated June 6, 1876. Mrs. Gray was born in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1872 came with her widowed mother to Pike county, Illinois. She was the only child of Joseph and Juliette (Blanchard) Scribner, both of whom were natives of