title: Charles McNeill Gray
text: # Charles McNeill Gray
  
  Charles McNeill Gray (June 13, 1807 – October 17, 1885) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854) for the Democratic Party.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Charles McNeill Gray was born in Sherburne, New York on June 13, 1807. He arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834, and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, 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 Graceland Cemetery.
  
  