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reids,ri-geigJgatn.rsiy1Cr-idlea-mfhwirn.1-lov men have some experience or training in stone work but spend most of their working time as brick masons or carpenters.No one knows who the first stonemason in Pine Grove was — only that he was the father of William Gray, who was the frandfather of several still living hollow masons.Local tradition says the Gray family, stonemasons even then, was brought from Scotland by Gov. Alexander Spotswood in the 1700s to work at Germ anna. A descendant of this family supposedly crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1800 to become the first Gray and the first stonemason In Pine Grove Hollow.The trade was taught to each succeeding generation until itreached Shirley Gray who, after 22 years in stone work, is the youngest full-time mason in the hoiiow.Two other families, the Pettits and the Weakieys, married into the Gray family and adopted its trade.tipitttiat!VPIP0tiPI Tnef r% e . \
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Danville Register
Danville, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 26, 1971
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