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NICHOLAS BISHOP GRAY was born July 11, 1845 in Johnson County, Arkansas. July 11, 1870 he married SARAH CAROLINE ACORD, born January 14, 1855 Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas. They lived in Johnson County until 1885-1886, then moved to Healdton, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. They divorced. Sarah bought a small farm southwest of Ardmore and raised her children there.

Children of NICHOLAS GRAY and SARAH ACORD:
NANCY GRAY, born March 29, 1875, Johnson County, Arkansas; died October 19, 1892, Johnson County, Arkansas.
ELIZABETH ANN GRAY, born April 16, 1877, Johnson County, Arkansas; died October 6, 1909, Wheeler County, Texas; m. JOHN LAWRENCE SHIRLEY, 1894, Indian Territory, Texas; He was born February 11, 1869, died 1936, Amarillo, Texas.
MARTHA HESTER GRAY, born April 10, 1878, Johnson County, Arkansas; died July 20, 1963, Johnson County, Arkansas; m. GEORGE NEWTON MCKNIGHT, April 16, 1894, Healdton, Carter Counter, Oklahoma; He was born January 9, 1871, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma; died October 24, 1912, Oklahoma.
MARGARET LEE GRAY, born September 23, 1880, Johnson County, Arkansas; died September 5, 1881, Johnson County, Arkansas.
JOHN WILLIAM GRAY, March 9, 1882, Johnson County, Arkansas; died November 9, 1882, Johnson County, Arkansas.
JOSEPHINE GRAY, born September 5, 1883, Johnson County, Arkansas; died July 18, 1920, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; m. BENJAMIN CHRISTIAN RICKETS, December 11, 1905, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; He was born February 18, 1871, Piolet Point, Denton County, Texas; died January 30, 1937, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.
JESSE JAMES W. GRAY, born August 19, 1885, Johnson County, Arkansas; died January 5, 1959, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
ARVIL BISHOP GRAY, born August 19, 1887, Johnson County, Arkansas; died August 3, 1950, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; m. MILLIE BOOKER MILLNER, born February 26, 1890, Johnson County, Arkansas.
MARVIN NICHOLAS GRAY, born May 8, 1889, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died June 30, 1959, Fort Worth, Texas; m. LENORA VIOLA BROWN, November 1, 1908, Fort Worth, Texas; She was born March 23, 1892, Fort Worth, Texas.
CLARA LAVADA GRAY, born June 19, 1893, Healdton, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died February 12, 1967, Texas; m. WILLIAM HENRY FLIPPIN, February 14, 1912, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; He was born September 22, 1892.

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