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Subject: [RHEA-L] John RAY Sr. Family of Barren Co. Ky.
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:03:35 EST

John Ray Sr. b. ? son ? d. May 22, 1827 Wife was Catherine ?
they had the following children
John Ray, Jr. b. April 20, 1795
Charles Ray b. January 7, 1797
Samuel Ray b. October 6, 1801
Nancy Ray b. January 25, 1804
Elizabeth Ray b. December 25, 1805
Martha Ray b. September 4, 1808

John RAY, Jr. m. Anna Howard no children known

Charles Ray b. January 7, 1797 d. march 31, 1873, 77 years old, wife Jane
Gillock d. March 16, 1868 Monroe Co. Ky.

Charles and Jane had at least one child. Elizabeth Ray b. September 25, 1826
Barren Co. Ky.

Elizabeth Ray b. September 25, 1826 Barren Co. Ky. dau. of Charles and Jane
Ray d. April 18, 1898 Wilbur, Lincoln Co. WA with burial in Wilbur Cem.
Wilbur, Wash. m. January 7, 1847, Barren Co. Ky. m. William Gumm Chism, son of
William Belew and Priscilla (Breed) Chism, b. March 7, 1820, near Mt. herman,
Monroe Co. Kentucky, d. October 27, 1904, Wilbur, Lincoln Co. Wash. burial
Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Wa.

they had 9 children
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Nancy Ray b. January 25, 1804 d. June 24, 1845, Monroe Co. Ky. m. May 8, 1822,
Monroe Co. Ky. Bayless (Balus) Gist, son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Hinds) Gist,
b. December 9, 1799, Tennessee, d. July 24, 1840, Monroe co. Ky.

They had 9 children
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Elizabeth Ray b. December 25, 1805 daug. of John Ray Sr. no other info and no
descendents
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Martha Ray b. Sept. 4, 1808, dau of John Sr. d. June 25, 1880 near Mt. herman,
Monroe Co. Ky. with burial in the Betheleham Church Cemetery, Mt. herman,
Monroe Co. Ky. m. October 12, 1826, Monroe Co. Ky. by Rev. John Crouch, Nathan
Breed Chism Sr. b. October 12, 1805, probably Mill Creek Settlement, Barren
Co. Ky. d. April 20, 1884, near Tompkinsville, Monroe Co. Ky. interment in the
Old Chism Burial plot south of Tompkinsville, Monroe Co. Ky.

They had 10 children
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Samuel Ray Sr. son of John Ray Sr. b. October 6, 1801 d. May 28, 1892 m. May
18, 1822 to Mary/Polly Chism, sau of James Thomas SR. and Phoebe G. Breed
Chism, B. September 24, 1805, nerar Mt. herman, Barren (now Monroe) co. Ky. d.
February 16, 1892

They had 5 children
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