Charles McNeill Gray (June 13, 1807 – October 17, 1885) served as

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(1853–1854) for the

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Biography

Charles McNeill Gray was born in

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on June 13, 1807. He arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834, and took a job as a clerk for

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, 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. He was elected mayor in 1853. He died at his home in Chicago on October 17, 1885, and was buried at

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Inaugural Address Charles McNeill Gray at Chicago public library
at The Political Graveyard 1807 births 1885 deaths Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Mayors of Chicago 19th-century American politicians {{Chicago-stub