Charles McNeill Gray

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder 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.<ref name=Genealogy>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He was elected mayor in 1853.

Gray's grave at Graceland Cemetery

He died at his home in Chicago on October 17, 1885, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.<ref name=Genealogy/>

External links

• Inaugural Address
• Charles McNeill Gray at Chicago public library
• Gray, Charles McNeill, 12th Mayor of Chicago (1807-1885) at The Political Graveyard

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