By: S. W. Pease
Type: BiographyPublished: 1976
Updated: January 1, 1995
James Gray, merchant and participant in the battle of San Jacinto, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 9, 1815. He fought in William Warner Hill's company at San Jacinto. In 1850 he was living in San Antonio, where he was a tinsmith, and in 1860 he was a merchant in San Antonio. He married Simona Seguín, the daughter of Emeregildo Seguín, and developed the town of Graytown on property that she inherited. Gray died at Floresville on September 12, 1884, and was buried in the city cemetery there.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
S. W. Pease, “Gray, James,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October 21, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gray-james.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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