Cary Travers Grayson
American
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1878/10/11 | Cary Travers Grayson is born to Dr John Cooke Grayson (a descendant of George Mason, one of the American Founding Fathers) and Frances Adelena Pettus at Salubria, the Grayson family estate in Culpeper County, Virginia. | Born | Salubria | Stevensburg, VA | |||
| 1915/03/18 | Muddy from a walk, Edith Bolling Galt meets President Woodrow Wilson during tea at the White House. Wilson, also muddy, was playing golf but returned early. | Life | The White House | Washington, DC | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1915/05/05 | As Dr Grayson rides by on a horse, Edith burst into tears. When Dr Grayson ask whats wrong, Edith responds that she simply tripped. | Life | Rock Creek Park Historic District | Washington, DC | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1919/04/05 | "President Suffers from Cold and Fever: Complete Rest Ordered, is Not Stricken with Influenza Says Dr Grayson," The Washington Post, April 5, 1919 | Physician | Influenza Pandemic of 1918 | ||||
| 1919/04/14 | These past two weeks have certainly been strenuous days for me. The President was suddenly taken violently sick with the influenza at a time when the whole of civilization seemed to be in the balance. - Cary Grayson, letter to Sam Ross | Physician | Influenza Pandemic of 1918 | ||||
| 1921/03/00 | Until early 1921, Edith Wilson keeps the extent of the President's condition from the press and his opponents by restricting visitors, screening all his work and occasionally forging his signature. | Physician | The White House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1924/01/31 | As Woodrow Wilson's health declines, Dr Cary Grayson is recalled from his vacation at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown to the Wilson home on S Street. | Physician | Hobcaw Barony | Georgetown, SC | President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral | ||
| 1928/00/00 | CT Grayson buys Blue Ridge Farm. Grayson bred the mare On Hand to Kentucky Derby winner Brokers Tip to produce Market Wise. The colt went on to become a stakes winner and the 1943 US Co-champion Handicap Horse. | Owner | Blue Ridge Farm | Upperville, VA | |||
| 1938/02/15 | Rear Admiral Cary Travers Grayson dies from cardiovascular disease at home on Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. | Died | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington, VA |
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