Thomas W. Grayson    

THOMAS W. GRAYSON, editor and proprietor of the Crawford Democrat, Meadville, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1817, son of John Grayson, a native of Ireland, who was brought to the United States in his infancy. John Grayson marched out of Baltimore as First Lieutenant in the war of 1812 and participated in various engagements and conflicts with Great Britain, remaining in the service until the declaration of peace in 1815 and officiating as Adjutant of two consolidated regiments. Upon going to the war office at Washington for his discharge he was there informed that he was assigned to the peace establishment and would be located at

Fort McHenry. He declined the proffered honor for the reason that he had no taste for the service in time of peace. Soon after the war he married Martha, daughter of John and Mary Wray, and in 1817 established the Washington Examiner. In 1839 he was succeeded in the publication of the paper by his eldest son, Thomas W. Grayson, who was the senior of four brothers and two sisters. In 1860 the subject of this sketch sold out his interest in the Washington Examiner and in May, 1861, became editor and proprietor of the Crawford Democrat. 

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 741

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