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764 PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX. Mont. ii. 609; iii. 20. In 29 he kept a shop with Geo. Allen and applied for naturalization, age 26; a memb. of the comp. extranjera in 32. iii. 221; on Larkin s books from 33. In 36 he lived at S. Isidro rancho, being then single, but married before 40. I find no later record than Oct. 41; generally called Graybatch or Grayback, but 1 have his autographs. Grambis(Fred.), 1847, chief musician N. Y. Vol. v. 503; d. before 82. Grams (Philip), 1847, Co. K, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); died at Milwaukee, Wis., 80. Granados (Fran.), 1846, aux. de policia. Mont. v. 637. Grant, 1844, off. ouH. BM.S.Modeste. G. (B.), 1845, doubtful name of the Grigsby-Ide immig. party, iv. 579; prob. went to Or. G. (James), 1825, Engl. waterman, age 25, protestant and sin gle; in Mont. dist. 25-9. iii. 29. G. (Thos), 1832, got a carta. iii. 408. Graves (Franklin W.), 1846, member of the Donner party from 111., accom panied by wife Elizabeth, 3 sons, and 6 daughters. The father, mother, and one son Franklin W., Jr, age 5 died in the Sierra, v. 528, 530, 534, 537. Eight of the children survived. Jonathan B., age 7, and Elizabeth, Jr, died near Sutter s Fort in 47. v. 530, 534. Wm C. was, in 80-1, a blacksmith at Calistoga, and in 84 writes me from Merrimac, Plumas Co. ; he also wrote for the newspapers a narrative of Crossing the Plains in 46- v - 530, 534, 536, 541. Eleanor married Wm McDonald in 49, and in 81 lived at Knight s Val., Sonoma, with 8 children, v. 530, 534. Mary Ann married Ed. Pyle in 47, and J. T. Clarke in 52, and in 81 lived at White River, Tulare, with 5 children. Lovina married John Cyrus in 56, and in 81 lived near Calistoga with 5 children. Nancy married R. W. Williamson in 55, and in 81 lived at Los Gatos, also with 5 children. A married daughter, also a survivor, was Mrs Fosdick, q.v. G. (Hiram), 1848, at S.F. ace. to his later testimony. Gray (Andrew F. V.), 1846, lieut on the U.S. Congress; com. of the force sent by Stockton to Kcarny s relief at S. Pascual; served as S. s aide in the final campaign of 47; went east overland with despatches; and testified at the Frdmont court-martial in Wash. v. 328, 350, 385, 420, 456. G. (Alonzo), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499). G. (E.), 1847, mr of the Antonita. v. 576. G. (E. L.), 1846, from Hon. on the Euphemia; perhaps same as preceding. G. (G. R.), 1841, lieut on the U.S. St Louis. G. (G.L.), 1847, at Hon. from Cal. twice, 1st on the Currency Lass, 2d on the Gen. Kearny. G. (James A.), 1847, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); nat. of Penn.; and memb. of 1st Cal. legisl. 49-50; resid. at Salinas City 82. G. (John B.), 1847, came from Va with letters from Fauntleroy and Minor to Larkin; at N.Helv. 48, interested in mines. G. (L. C.), 1847, trader on the coast 47-8 from Honolulu on the Gen. Kearny, Louise, and Undine; owner of S.F. lot. v. 679; at Benicia 49- 50, and perhaps the S. C. Gray whose lecture in Benicia is published in the Solano Co. Hist., 146; still living, I think, in 85. G. (Robt), 1788, mr of the Washington, sighting the Cal. coast on his way north, i. 445, 499; see Hist. N. W. Coast. G. (Wm), 1837, lumberman and militiaman at Sonoma. G. (Wm D.), 1847, Co. K, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499). Grayson (Andrew J.), 1846, nat. of La, and overl. immig. being at the start in com. of a small party with wife and child, living for a time in the Upper Sac. Val. v. 528. Active in raising men for the Cal. Bat., in which he ranked as lieut; but remained in the north, and took part in the campaign against Sanchez, v. 359, 361, 383. Mrs G. seems to have remained at Sonoma, where she is named as a witness in Jan. 47. In 47-8 G. obtained lots at Be nicia and S.F., where he kept a little stationery shop in the City Hotel, v. 672, 680; also acting as Capt. Folsom s agent at Corte Madera, Marin Co., and soon founding on paper the town of Graysonville on the S. Joaq. Riv. In these days, though a gambler and associate of Lippincott, McDougal, and other like characters, he was regarded as a man of good abilities and char acter. In 50 he settled at S. Jos< and gave his attention to the study of orni thology, in which branch, and as an artist, he became widely known to scien tific men in all parts of the world. In 57 he went with his wife to Mex., and died at Mazatlan in 69 at the age of 50. His descrip. and paintings of Pac. coast birds have as yet, unfortunately, remained unpublished. His widow returned to Cal., married Dr G. B. Crane, and was stUl living at St Helena