Dray, John C.

Civil War Veteran

Birth: May 7, 1817, Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio
Death: August 23, 1891, Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio
Burial: Doud Cemetery, Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio
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Military Service: Enlisted June 14, 1862, Trumbull Guards, Company 5; mustered out August 3, 1863.

John C. Dray was 45 years old and married to Andalucia Doud when he joined the Trumbull Guards on November 9, 1862. He served in the Company until the end of the War. The Trumbull Guards, organized in the county but headquartered at Gallipolis, protected Ohio's border with Virginia.

Other Vienna members of the Trumbull Guards were Edwin Earl Truesdell and Horrace E. Hutchins.

Company History, Trumbull Guards

Organized at Gallipolis, Ohio, November 9, 1862, for River Guard. Mustered out July 1, 1865. Lost 6 Enlisted men by disease.