Families of Etta May Holloway
ETTA MAY HOLLOWAY, daughter of HENRIETTA HALL and JOHN NELSON HOLLOWAY, was born June 5, 1864 in Montgomery County, Indiana,629 and died August 6, 1938 in Cameron County, Texas.1486 She is buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas.1486, 7598
She married (1) DAVID HENRY JOHNSTON on April 20, 1886 in Green Hill, Tippecanoe, Indiana.1675 He was born April 2, 1863 in Warren County, Indiana,456 and died January 21, 1896 in Warren County, Indiana.456 He is buried in Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Warren, Indiana.456
She married (2) DR. JAMES A. GRAY on March 20, 1909 in Mobile County, Alabama.7601 He was born December 9, 1850 in Boone County, Indiana,1486, 629 and died March 24, 1929 in Houston, Harris, Texas.1486 He is buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas.1486, 456
Children of ETTA MAY HOLLOWAY and DAVID HENRY JOHNSTON:
- VOLENTINE JOHNSTON, b. July 28, 1887, Warren County, Indiana;456 d. July 28, 1887, Warren County, Indiana;456 bur. Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Warren, Indiana.456
- GEORGE WHITTIER JOHNSTON, b. October 16, 1890, Warren County, Indiana;1486, 629 m. CORYNNE ALICE KOENIG on October 16, 1929 in Houston, Harris, Texas6739; d. January 20, 1940, Cameron County, Texas.1486
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Marriage Announcements and News
Lafayette Daily Courier, April 23, 188611724
Orange Blossoms
The marriage of H. D. Johnson to Miss May Holloway was celebrated last Tuesday evening at the residence of the bride's father, Hon. John N. Holloway, near Green Hill, the venerable Colbrath Hall, of West Lebanon, the bride's grandfather, officiating. There were about seventy-five guests present. After the ceremony a bounteous repast was served "and all went merry as a marriage bell." A table was loaded with valuable and choice presents, and showed the high esteem in which the young couple are held by their many friends. About 10 o'clock the bride and groom took a carriage for Lafayette enroute to Cincinnati. In a few days they will return to the groom's home near Green Hill to begin the battle of life. The Courier joins with the many friends of the young couple for happiness in their new relation.
Obituaries
Indianapolis Journal, January 22, 18967600
Suicide of a Bicycle Dealer.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 21.—Financial troubles led to the suicide to-day of David H. Johnston, a bicycle dealer of this city. He took morphine. He was indebted to the Indiana Bicycle Company and others and several suits had just been filed against him. He was thirty-seven years old and leaves a widow and one son.
Lafayette Journal and Courier, March 25, 19297603
Dr. Jas. A. Gray Expires in Texas
Dr. James A. Gray, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Lafayette, died Sunday at his home, and the funeral and burial will take place in Houston. Dr. Gray, a native of Boone county, Indiana, spent the early life on a farm near Lebanon, and was still a young man when he embarked upon his career as a physician in Otterbein and surrounding country. In 1895 he moved to Lafayette and some years later moved with his family to Texas. For many years he returned each summer to visit his farm near Otterbein. His widow, formerly Mrs. Etta May Johnston, of Lafayette, survives, also her son, George W. Johnston, also of Houston.
Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald, August 7, 19387598
MRS. ETTA MAY GRAY
HARLINGEN — Funeral services for Mrs. Etta May Gray, 79, mother of George Johnston of the Carruth-Johnston Agency, will be held at the Stotler-Burdette funeral chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. V. E. Johnson, pastor of San Benito Episcopal church, officiating.
The body will be forwarded to Houston following the funeral services for burial in Forest Park cemetery.
Mrs. Gray died at 10 a. m. Saturday in the Valley Baptist hospital, following a lingering illness.
A native of Illinois, she came to Texas 29 years ago, settling at Houston. She had lived in Harlingen for six years.
She is survived only by her one son.
Lafayette Journal and Courier, August 8, 19387599
MRS. ETTA M. GRAY
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Etta May Gray, which occurred Saturday at her home in Harlingen, Tex. She was the widow of Dr. James A. Gray, former well known physician at Otterbein and Lafayette, and later at Houston, Tex. After his death in 1927 she went to Harlingen for residence, to be near a son, John W. Johnston, by a former marriage, who survives. She was a daughter of the late John and Etta Hall Holloway, of Tippecanoe county.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 13, 18707593 | Pana, Christian, Illinois |
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| June 12, 18801649 | Shelby, Tippecanoe, Indiana |
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| June 2, 19007604 | Fairfield, Tippecanoe, Indiana |
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| April 27, 19107602 | Jackson County, Texas |
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| February 2, 1920527 | Harris County, Texas |
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