Ancestor Stories - Ray Family

John Milton Ray

John Milton Ray was born to James Carroll Ray and Lucinda Attilla Wade Ray.

Timeline:

  • 11 Mar 1861 - born to James Carroll Ray and Lucinda Attilla Wade Ray, Cottage Grove, TN
  • 1870 - Enumerated in Brewer's Mill, Marshall County, KY with parents and siblings
  • Oct 22, 1884 - married Eliza Adaline Kershner in Craighead, Arkansas
  • 24 March 1886 - son, Lionel Ray, born in Arkansas
  • 1900 - Enumerated in Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, MO
  • 1910 - Enumerated in Memphis Shelby Co, TN
  • 1920 - Enumerated in Memphis Shelby Co, TN
  • 1930 - Enumerated in Memphis Shelby Co, TN
  • 27 Aug 1944 - Wife Eliza died in Memphis, Shelby Co, TN
  • July 20, 1951 - Died Memphis, Shelby Co, TN, buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Shelby Co, TN

Four Generations - John Milton Ray

1870 Census Record - Brewer's Mill, Marshall County, Kentucky

James C. Ray, age 48, male, white, farmer, born TN
Lucinda, age , female, white, born TN
Susan L, age 25, born KY
Wilburn W., age 21, born KY
Malisa E, age 19, born KY
Willie, age 11, farmer, born TN
John M, age 9, born TN
Willie, age 7, born KY
Rosie, age 3, born KY

1880 Corning, Clay, MO

Thomas F. Ray, age 26, born TN, brother, father born TN, mother born TN, newspaper editor
John M. Ray, born 1861, TN, brother, father born TN, mother born TN printer's devil
Malinda C. Ivey, F, age 36, widowed, born KY, father born TN, mother born TN
James S. Rhodes, M, age 18, other, born MO, father born OH, mother born IN, printer

1900 Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, MO

John M Ray, age 34, born Mar 1866, KY, father born TN, mother born TN, bartender
Eliza A Ray, age 34 married 1886, born IL, father born OH, mother born OH
Lionel, son, age 14, born Arkansas, father born KY, mother born OH

1910 Memphis, Shelby County, TN

John M Ray, age 49, born 1861, Kentucky, father born VA, mother born TN, traveling salesman Sash and Doors
Eliza A Ray, age 46, born 1864, Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Lionel Ray, age 24, son, born 1886, Arkansas, father born KY, mother born IL, bookkeeper lumber

1920 Memphis, Shelby County, TN

J M Ray, born ca 1862, age 58, born KY, father born KY, mother born TN, own home
Eliza A Ray, wife, born ca 1865, age 55, born IL, father born OH, mother born OH
Cushner, L Mary, mother, born ca 1841, wd, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

1930 Memphis, Shelby Co, TN 1493 East Moreland Street

John M Ray, age 67, born KY, father born KY, mother born TN, salesman millwork
Eliza A Ray, age 66, born IL, father born OH, mother born OH

Occupational Information

A printer's devil was an apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type. A number of famous men served as printer's devils in their youth, including Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Fuller, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Warren Harding, John Kellogg, Lyndon Johnson, Hoodoo Brown, James Hogg, Joseph Lyons, Albert Parsons, and Lázaro Cárdenas.

Documents

John Milton Ray Marriage

John Milton Ray Death Certificate

Eliza Adaline Kershner Ray Death Certificate

Eliza Adaline Kershner Ray
Eliza Adaline Kershner Ray
Special thanks to Sherrill Ray for providing these documents!