He had originally intended to pick up his fiancé but her parents found out that he had nearly been killed in an ambush and refused to let their daughter leave with him.

[1] Her future husband tried to find another potential wife and in time proposed to Mary at a Church social on Valentine's Day.

There Mary taught a class of the Nez Perce people and she would lead singing on a Sunday.

The Grays took on a long journey by boat and wagon and they had to be rescued by the Hudson's Bay Company.

William sold off two thirds of the laundry and left Mary to run it and look after their children whilst he went off to find gold.