The Family of
Zachariah S. Ray & Wife
Martha Jane (McClendon?)
as furnished by some of his descendants
primarily Pat Martin Conder & Carolyn
B. Ketchum Hunter
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Zachariah S. Ray, Child #1 of Reuben Young Ray & Keziah Sharp He was born Aug 14, 1821 Ga., died Dec 3, 1900 Texas-Buried: Greathouse Cem, Bell Co, Tex (1850-1870 nHeard Co., Ga; 1880 Bell Co., Tx & 1900 Limestone Co., Tx HH of son James H Ray) Family moved to Bell Co., Tx abt 1873
(M) Martha Jane (McClendon?) abt 1846 Heard Co, Ga. She was Born abt 1829 Ga Died 1889 , age 60 yrs. Bur: Greathouse Cem, Bell Co., Texas
CSA Pvt. Co. B, 40 Btt'n., Georgia Inf. Enl. LaGrange, Ga. 1864
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Children RAY
(a) Emily F. Born CA 1848 Heard Co., Ga. (Missing 1860)
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(b) Mary Jane Born CA 1851 Heard Co, Ga.
(M) D. A. Bennett (1880 Bell
Co, Tx, Pct 4, P
358C)
1. Martha E. Born
CA 1873 Ga.
2. Emma F. Born Ca
1874 Ga
3. Henry N. Born
Ca 1875 Ga
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(c) James H. Born June, 1852 Heard Co, Ga (1870 Heard Co., Ga; (1880?) 1900 Limestone Co., Tx-Marr. 11 yrs.; Father in HH
(M) Mrs. Willie J. __Brown abt 1889. She was b. Feb., 1864 Tx
1. Claude b. Oct., 1890 Tx
2. Clyde b. Dec., 1892. Tx
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d) Samuel M. born CA 1854-5 Heard Co, Ga.-SINGLE 1880 Bell Co., Tx HH of sister Mary Bennett
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(e) Nancy A. Born May 30, 1857 Heard Co, Ga.
Died: Mar. 5, 1892 Bur: Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Tx
(M) Sam Houston Bennett, Nov 10, 1874 Bell Co,
Tex He as b. Oct. 20, 1852 died Oct. 20, 1923 (on his birthday) Bur:
Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Tx
Lived 1880 Bell Co Pct 4, P 358C
Children: Bennett
(1) Jim (James H.) born
Nov. 7, 1875 Tex d. Nov. 4, 1913 bur: Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Tx (WOW)
(2) Mary Frances Born CA 1878
Tex
(3) Martha J. Born Feb. 223,
1880 Tex d. March 23, 1883 Bur: Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Tx
(4) John
(5) Marion
(6) Lela Born 1890 Died 1941
(M) 1906 James Allen Tomlin
Greathouse Cemetery, Temple, Bell Co., Tx also shows :Two Infants of S H & N A Bennett-I do not know if these are some of the above children.
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(f) Sarah Elizabeth
("Sallie") Born Sept. 3, 1859 La Grange, Heard Co, Ga. Died: Jan 9, 1948 Rogers,
Texas buried Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Tex
(M) William James Ashcraft, Aug 21, 1877,
Bell Co, Tex- He was born Oct. 4, 1844 Tippah, Miss. Died
Jan..13, 1927 Bell Co, Tex., Buried: Greathouse Cem., Bell Co., Texas
Children: Ashcraft
(1) Ada Elizabeth Born Oct. 7,
1878 Milam co, Tex
(M)
Weslie L. Crenshaw Jan 16, 1918
(2) Aler Born 1879
(3) George H. Born June, 1881
(M) 1906 Emma E. Durham
(4) Minnie Born Nov, 1883 (M) 1908
John Early Partridge
(5) Myrtle Bell Born June 5, 1886 (M)
Lee Dumas
(6) Mattie Born Oct. 1892
Moody, Tex.(M) Aaron McGill
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(g) Reuben N. Born CA 1862 Heard Co, Ga (1870 Heard Co., Ga, single, 1880 Bell Co., Tx) 1900?
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(h) Zachariah A. Ray Born Nov 27,
1864 Heard Co., Ga. Died: Jan. 14, 1948 Belton, Bell Co, Tex.(1880 Bell Co., Tx;
Farmer, 1900 Pct 4, Bell Co., Tx. (M) 16 yrs., Had 8 children, 8 living; )
(M) Annie Miranda York, Dec 24, 1883 (Dtr of William Matt York & Lucinda C.
Reed) She was born Nov. 17, 1869 Near Little River, Tex.
Died: Mar. 16, 1941 Val Verde, Tex.
Children Ray
(1) Maude Elizabeth Born Nov
11, 1885 Moody, McClendon Co, Tex Died: July 14, 1978 Crosbyton,
Crosby Co, Tex
(M) John Coleman Bullock Nov. 7, 1901 Bell Co,
Tex. He was born ____ Died: Nov.
17, 1951
Children: Bullock
(a)
Dtr Born & Died Oct. 18, 1892
(b) Herbert Ray Born July 27, 1905 Rogers, Tex. Died: Oct. 30, 1959
(M) Millie Dunlap Dec. 29, 1934
(c) Roy Coleman Born Feb. 14,1907 Rogers, Tex. Died: CA 1980
(M) Flora Travis Payne Oct. 26, 1930
(d) Ruby Elysabeth Born April 10, 1909, Moody, Bell Co, Tex.
Died: Dec. 17, 1982 Ralls, Crosby Co., Tex.
(M) Samuel Lawest Bennett March 28, 1925
(e) Annie Ruth Born March 8, 1911 Walnut
Springs, Bosque Co,Tex.
(M) Thomas Sidney Allen, Jan, 27, 1932
(f) Robert Rue Born April 7 1913 Emura, Crosby Co, Tex.
(M) Faye Blagg, June 8, 1946
(g) Johnny Rex Born Aug. 24, 1916 Ralls, Crosby Co., Tex. Died: November 4, 1919
(h) Reva May Born August 24, 1916 Ralls, Crosby Co, Tex
(M) Jan. 12, 1935 Royce Adams
(M) #1-October 21, 1949 Robert Davis
(i) Rena Belle Born
January 24, 1918 Ralls, Crosby Co., Tex.
Died: July 5, 1971
(M) April 7, 1934 Virgel William Biffel
(j) Roxy Z. Born August 3, 1919 Bovina, Parmer Co., Tex.
(M) October 2, 1943 Samuel Heaton
(k) Roe L. Born Feb. 11, 1921 Bovina, Parmer Co, Tex.
(l) Rosa Lee Born July 21, 1907 Ralls, Crosby Co., Tex.
(2) Ida May
Born July 9, 1887 Died: April 17, 1921 (age 34)
(M) William Henry Immon Nov. 10, 1915 Milam co, Tex He was born Nov. 8, 1869
Liberty Hill, Texas & Died April 18, 1940 Rogers, Milam Co, Tex.
Children: Innmon
(a) Lonnie LaPrelle
(b) William Leo Born March 21, 1921-Died June 10, 1921
(3) Claude
Duran Born Oct. 12, 1889 Died Nov. 16, 1966
(M) #1-Velma Coley Dec 13, 1908
She was Born Aug 8, 1890 and Died Sept. 16, 1915 Buried: South Elm Cem., New Colony Area, NE of Rogers, Milam Co., Texas
Children :
Ray
(a) Ervin (M) Edith Vivian Griffis
(b) Elbert -Died 1933 (M) #1-Dimple Aycock
(M) #2 Lola Ferguson Feb 18, 1920
(c) Virginia Lirlene (M) Melvin Thompson
(d) Doyle (M) Aubrey Copeland
(e) Douglas Duran (M) Lena Ruth Green
Claude Duran Ray (M) #3 Beulah Guthrie-No children by this Union
(4) Bert B.
Born Sept 10, 1891 Rogers, Tex. Died: Aug. 30, 1957 Rogers, Tex
(M) Nancy Amanda Smith Dec 26, 1909 Buckholts, Tex
She was born Oct. 17, 1889 Gatesville, Texas & Died Aug. 19, 1966 Rogers, Texas, age 65 yrs.
Children: RAY
(a) Bertie Beryl Born Nov. 9, 1910, Rogers, Texas and Died May 20, 2001
Bur: Val Verde, Texas May 22, 2001
(M) Luchies Hill, Feb. 13, 1930
He was born July 31, 1906 Died: Jan. 17, 1976
Buried: Val Verde Cem., Val Verde, Texas
Children: Hill
(1) Lucius Avery, Jr. Born 1931 Rogers, Texas
(M) Shirley Ann Griffith, 1954, Calif.
(2) Ray Hulyn Born Dec. 30, 1933 Rogers, Texas
(M) Nelda Jean Gunn, Sept. 5, 1953
(M) Cathy Clowers, Oct. 1, 1994 in Jamica
(b) Bernice Beatrice, Born April 7, 1912 Rogers, Texas Died June 21, 1998 Temple, Texas
Buried: Holland Cem
(M) Millard Nunnallee Oct. 19, 1929
He was born April 24, 1905 Died: May 10, 1999 Temple, Tex
Buried: Holland Cem.
Children: Nunnallee
(1) Ray Leon Born March 31, 1931 Holland, Tex.
(M) Margaret Pearl Hill, 1951
(M) #1 Gracie E. Heath Nov. 17, 1962 Cameron, Texas
(2) Millard Alan Born Oct. 12, 1955 Temple, Texas
(c) Annie Maurine Born Sept. 23, 1913 Buckholts, Texas Died 1999 Buried: Val Verde
Cem. Milam Co., Tx
(M) Leotha Jonas Hill, Oct. 20, 1931
He was born November.15, 1910 Died: Jan. 14, 1994 Buried: Val Verde Cem. Milam Co, Texas
Children: Hill
(1) Richard Lee, Born July 7, 1932 Rogers, Texas
Died 1994 Houston, Harris Co, Texas
Buried: Val Verde Cem., Milam Co, Texas
(M) Jean
(M) #2 Bobbie June Achord (Abt Jan. 11, 1956)
(d) Eleanor True Born Feb. 11, 1916 Buckholts, Texas
(M) Millard Wade Hickman, May 11, 1933
Children: Hickman
(1) Burleigh Donald Born Nov. 2, 1936
(M) Carole Smith
(M) Patricia Kelton
(2) Darrell Allen Born Jan. 9, 1941 Rogers, Texas
Died April 20, 1981 Temple, Texas
Buried: Val Verde Cem., Milam Co, Texas
(M) Joyce Evelyn King 1962, Belton, Texas
(3) Nancy Lanett Born Dec, 23, 1937 Val Verde, Texas
Died: April 23, 1939- Val Verde Cem., Milam Co., Tex.
(M) #2 Robert Lee Culp, Oct. 6, 1961 Cameron, Milam Co, Tex.-No Children by this Union
(e) William Penn Ray Born Nov. 20, 1921 Buckholts, Tex.
Died Feb. 19, 1998
(M) Mary Clyde Cowen
She was Born Oct. 1924 Died: Dec. 24, 1996
Children: Ray
(1) Gale Wayne Born Nov. 14, 1951 Houston, Harris, Tex.
(M) Sheila Ann Adams Aug. 2, 1981 Harris co, Tex.
(2) Gwendolyn (M) Lejsal
(f) Kathryn Genevieve Born Oct. 12, 1926 Val Verde, Texas
(M) Charles Edward Martin, Sept. 22, 1943 Temple, Texas
He was born Feb. 17, 1925 Heidenheimer, Texas
Children: Martin
(1) Patricia Ann Born Feb. 23, 1945 Temple, Texas
(M) Ronnie Joe Hurd
(M) #2 Michael Charles Conder Sept. 8, 1998 Temple, Tex.
(2) Charles Ray Born August 18, 1947 Ft. worth, Tarrant, Tex.
(M) Suzanne Huckabee April 12, 1958 Pasadena, Tex
(M) Neva Jean Bedwell 1980, San Antonio, Tex
(M) Jill Lamb Jan. 26, 1990 Las Vegas, Nev.
(g) Bert B. Jr. Born January 28 1929 Died: June 28, 1991 Columbia, SC
(M) Janie Evelyn Huggins, July 25, 1954 Conway, SC
Children: Ray
(1) Janet Elaine Born Dec. 14, 1957 Columbia, SC
(M) John Michael Fallaw, Dec. 20, 1975 Columbia, SC
(2) Karen Lynn Born June 18, 1960 Columbia, SC
(M) Charles Crouch Sept. 29, 1984 Columbia, SC
(3) Kathy Jean Born Sept. 2, 1961 Columbia, SC
(M) Bobby Earl Deans Aug. 27, 1983 Columbia, SC
(4) Kenneth Edward Born Dec. 29, 1962 Columbia, SC
(M) Viki Keeble, May 5, 1998 Columbia, SC
(5) Nettie
Leotta Born Oct. 19, 1893 Died: August 27, 1963 Edcouch, Weslaco Co, Tex.
(M) Aug. 1, 1909 Nolan Wamble
He died: July 4, 1985 -Cem. Bet. Rogers & Valverde, Tex.
Children Wamble
(a) Annie Madrid Born September 29, 1912 Rogers, Tex.
(M) William Wayne Bracken, Oct. 7, 1932
(b) Mildred Uden Born Sept. 20, 1910 Died: Sept. 26, 1910
(6)
Minnie Gladys Born Jan. 8, 1896 Rogers, Tex. Died: Nov, 11, 1943
Cameron, Milam co, Tex.
(M) Dec. 17, 1911 Rogers, Tex -Thomas Franklin Floyd
(son of Knudham Floyd & Elizabeth Umberhagen)
He
was born Dec. 25, 1889 & Died Oct. 17, 1948 Cameron, Texas-Buried: Pebble Grove Cem., Maysfield, Texas
Children
Floyd
(a)
Bertha Elizabeth Born December 14, 1912 Rogers, Texas
(M) Vaughn Neviel Thweat, June 16, 1930
(b) Elmer Lee Born July 2, 1914 Rogers, Texas
Died Feb. 11, 1990 La.
(M) Ethel May Hickman, October 21, 1931 Cameron, Tex.
(c) Baby Born & Died May 1, 1916 Rogers, Texas
(d) Milton Thomas Born April 3, 1917 Rogers, Texas
Died: August 9, 1976 Temple, Texas
(M) Helen Mitcham 1933
(e) Minnie Leota Born June 19, 1919 Buckholts, Texas
(M) Herbert Thweat, July 9, 1937
(f) Charles Bryan Born June 6, 1925 Buckholts, Texas
Died: Dec. 25, 1995
(M) Joyce Evelyn Coffett, July 9, 1949 Austin, Texas
(g) Dorothy Mae Born June 27, 1929 Maysfield, Texas
(M) Judson McKelvey, Sept. 1, 1950
(7) Lottie
Leona Born Dec. 25, 1897 Died: Sept. 18, 1973 Rogers, Tex
(M) Jan. 18, 1920 -Henry Melvin Ashcraft
He
was born October 26, 1897 and died July 25, 1953
(son of George Wesley Ashcraft & Julia Ada Watson
Children: Ashcraft
(a) Doris Henrietta Born Sept. 26, 1928 Temple, Texas
(M) Thomas Curtis McNeill
(8) Lola Lee
Born Dec 10, 1900 Died: June 5, 1973
(M) Ruben D. Rumfield Jan. 9, 1916
(son
of Charlie Sherman Rumfield & Minnie Lee Hedges)
Children: Rumfield
(a) Bynum Born August 24, 1921
(M) Evonne Sutton Aug. 4, 1949
(b) Anne Born March 25, 1925 Anson, Texas
(c) Billie Jane Born October, 1927 (M) L. D. McGrew, Sept. 8, 1956
(d) Willie Evalin Born June 20, 1929
(e) Charlie Zack Born Dec. 29, 1936 (M) Mary Etta Evans, June 2, 1959
(f) Bertie Jean Born March 20, 1931-Died March 21, 1933
(9) Vada Born
Oct. 28, 1902 Died Nov. 25, 1902 Twin
South Elm Cem., Milam Co, Tx
(10) Vertna Born Oct. 28, 1902 Twin
(No marker for her in South Elm Cem)
(11) William Lloyd
Born February 23, 1904 Died: June 19, 1985
Buried: N. Belton Cem., Belton, Bell, Co, Tex
(M) March 21, 1923 Iva Jeannette Sikes (per children)
She was born March 16, 1907 & Died August 7, 1980
Children: RAY
(a) Monroe Zack Born Dec. 16, 1923 (M) Stell Jean Lay
(b) William Joseph Born Feb. 26, 1927 (M) Loyce Williams, Sept. 27, 1946
(c) Mary Nell Born Nov. 19, 1934 (M) Roger Dupes
(d) LaWanna Marie Born April 13, 1937 (M) Cecil Ellis
(12) Jesse Coleman
born February 13, 1907 Died:
(M) July 31, 1937 Senuda Inez Oliver
She was born April 26, 1911 & Died August 15, 1995
Buried: Forest Park East Cem., Houston, Texas
Children: Ray
(a) Allene Born Nov. 29, 1928 Milam Co., Tex.
(M) Royce Till, August 19, 1949, Houston, Texas
(b) Eulene Born Nov. 29, 1928 Milam Co., Texas
Died CA 1966 Houston, Harris Co, Texas
(M) Paul Vahldick March 21, 1948 Houston, Texas
(13) Bessie Estile
Born May 23, 1909 Died: 1990 Calvert, Texas
(M) Nov. 17, 1931 Robert Threadgille
Children: Threadgille
(a) Bobby
(b) Ray
(14) Thomas Elwood
Born March 21, 1911 Died: April 3, 1974
near Little River, Academy, Texas
(M) March 5, 1930 Nodina Hagler
Children: Ray
(a) Billie Joe born ____ Died: Nov. 28, 1966 (M) Marcello Holsher
(b) Mary Lynn (M) Hoy Richards
(c) Donald Lee Died Aug. 1, 1989
(d) Phylis (M) ___Palmer
(e) Beverly (M) Homer Northern
(f) Gloria Belle (M) Jack Moore
(15) Willie Bee Born
March 27, 1915 Anson, Jones Co., Tex. Died:
(M) Sept. 9, 1935 Rogers, Tex-James Clifford Ketchum
He was born Nov. 22, 1909 Died May 23, 1992 -Val Verde Cem.,
Val Verde, Texas, s/o James Calvin Ketchum & Rubie Alice Walker
Children: Ketchum
(a) Carolyn Bee Born April 19, 1941 (M) John Richard Hunter, May 28, 1960
(b) Darlene La Nett Born & Died Sept. 21, 1937
(c) Eleanor Jean Born April 27, 1939 (M) Howard Lee Whitis July 11, 1959
(d) Jimmy Craig Born Sept. 28, 1943 (M) Sheryl Welch, July 14, 1979
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(i) John Thomas Born Ca 1866 Heard Co, Ga. (Greathouse Cem., Bell Co, Texas-J. T. Ray Died Nov. 22, 1888, age 21 (beside Z. S. & M. J. Ray)
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(j) Bird (Bemar?) Born Ca 1869 Heard Co, Ga. (HH of parents, 1880 Bell Co., Tx
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(k) William L. Born Dec., 1870 Heard Co, Ga.-1900 Pct 4, Bell Co., Tx ; laborer, (M) 3 yrs. Had 1 child, 1 living)
(M) Jennie_________abt 1897 She was b. Sept., 1878
1. J. B (son) b. Jan., 1894 Bell Co., Tx
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(l) Joseph Born CA 1873 Texas
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m) Martha E. S.. Born Ca 1876 Texas