Gray, Grace Howard, 1857-1949,

Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949), a daughter of General O.O. Howard (1830-1909), was born in Leeds, Maine. In 1875, she left her studies at Vassar College to join her parents at Vancouver, Washington Territory, where her father commanded the U.S. Army's Department of the Columbia. General Howard, a Union officer during the Civil War, founded Howard University in Washington, D.C., and in 1877 he led a military campaign against the Nez Percé Indians in Idaho and Montana. In 1879, Grace E. Howard married Captain James Taylor Gray (1852-1928) in a ceremony at the Vancouver Barracks. Captain Gray was an early steamboat designer and pilot on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Oregon, and the Yukon River in Alaska. Grace Howard Gray was a board member of the Free Library in Portland, Oregon, and later a director of the Portland Public Library board. She was an early organizer of the Portland Woman's Club and a charter member and director of the Portland Y.W.C.A. Gray and her husband lived at Grayhaven, the family home in Milwaukie, Oregon.

Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949), a daughter of General O. O. Howard (1830-1909), was born in Leeds, Maine. In 1875, she left her studies at Vassar College to join her parents at Vancouver, Washington Territory, where her father commanded the U.S. Army's Department of the Columbia.

General Howard, a Union officer during the Civil War, founded Howard University in Washington, D.C., and in 1877 he led a military campaign against the Nez Perce’ Indians in Idaho and Montana. In 1879, Grace E. Howard married Captain James Taylor Gray (1852-1928) in a ceremony at the Vancouver Barracks. Captain Gray was an early steamboat designer and pilot on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Oregon, and the Yukon River in Alaska.

Grace Howard Gray was a board member of the Free Library in Portland, Oregon, and later a director of the Portland Public Library board. She was an early organizer of the Portland Woman's Club and a charter member and director of the Portland Y.W.C.A. Gray and her husband lived at Grayhaven, the family home in Milwaukie, Oregon.