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BRAY-SHELTON-JAMESON: History and Lineage Record of
Descendants of Edward Bray, who came to the American colonies from
Source: Reminiscent History Of The
Ozark Region, pub. Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers,
Chicago 1894
Bray,
Released 03 August 2005
Reminiscent History Of The Ozark
Region, pub. Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers, Chicago
1894
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A Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Region
ARREN BRAY
Among the
families who have been residents of
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Volume 32, Number 4, Summer 1993
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Brays’ Settlement and Civil War (Part I)
by Robert Bray
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The
In the first United States census (1790) for Chatham County,
North Carolina there was a William Bray family consisting of one free white
male over 16, and one free white female; presumably he and his wife. There was
also a Henry Bray, head of another family consisting of one free white male and
two free white females. That Henry may have been William’s father.
There was a son named William in nearly all generations of
Brays that have been traced. The earliest was one of the eleven children of
Henry B. Bray and was the father of Mark and his twelve siblings.
The Bray Family and Bray Settlement
The first William Bray, son of Henry Bray, Junior, was a
second generation American. He lived near
One of William’s sons, Mark (1796-1868), married Margaret
Patterson in their home state. In 1841, Mark, his wife and six children,
together with a company of their friends, including the McDaniel and Marley
families, emigrated to Greene (later, to become Christian) County,
Mark entered land about half way between Ozark and
My grandfather, my father and I were all born on that farm
within 175 yards of the same spot. The place was 2 miles due south of
Mark, like his father William, became a slave holder.
Whether he acquired all his slaves in
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David Bray, Sr. Family
David Bray, Sr. was born in
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First Generation:
Children of David Bray, Sr. and Amy Pace
William Bray (1772-1850) m. Leticia M. Hamlin (1773-1859),
d/o Peter Hamlin
Nathan Bray (1773-bef. 1850) m. Judith Horne (1781-?)
Amy Bray (abt. 1774-abt. 1855) m. Arthinarious Bray (1770-abt. 1825), s/o Edward Bray and
Sarah Maynard
Hanon Bray (1775-1843) m.
Reuben Bray (1777) m. Melinda
Martha Bray (abt.
1778) m. Jesse Alberty (abt.
1778), s/o
David Bray (1779-1850) m. 1) Eleander
(Nellie) Wheelas; 2) Sarah Bledsoe (1805-bef. 1870)
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Second Generation
Children of William Bray and Leticia M. Hamlin
Thomas Hamlin Bray (abt.
1793-1838) m. Nancy Briggs
Amy Bray (1796-1879) m. Thomas Pearson Coe (1797-abt. 1866)
Leander Bray (abt. 1798)
Sally Bray (abt. 1800)
Tyre Bray (abt. 1800-1844) m. unknown
(1812-?) (died in Carroll Co., IN)
Matilda Bray (abt. 1805) m. Samuel
Barnes
Benjamin Franklin Bray (abt. 1807)
Henry Clinton Bray (1810-1866) m. Martha Milner Poindexter
(1816-1872)
William Robert Bray (abt.
1812-1894) m. Evalaine Savage
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Children of Nathan Bray and Judith Horne
Martha (Mattie) Bray (abt. 1813)
m. John Wood (abt. 1810)
Mary Bray (1826-1894) m. George Washington Crockett
(1828-1896)
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Children of Amy Bray and Arthinarious
Bray
Moses Bray (1795-18730 m. Lucy A. Walker
Sarah Bray (abt. 1796) m. Richard
Hill
Artha Bray (abt.
1798-1835) m. Mary E. Whitaker (abt. 1800-1867)
Millie Bray (abt. 1800) m. Alfred
Pace (1793), s/o Edmund Marion Pace and Sarah Elizabeth Walker
Reubin Bray (abt.
1802-abt. 1875) m. Rebecca Laffon (1809),
d/o James Warde
Laffoon and Thankful Frances Gulaspy
Female Bray (abt. 1804)
Female Bray (abt. 1806)
Jemima Bray (abt. 1808) m. Robert
Craig
Son Bray (abt. 1809)
Female Bray (abt. 1814)
Son Bray (abt. 1817)
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Children of David Bray and 1) Eleander
(Nellie) Wheelas
Brittania Bray (1806-1860) m. John
Bowles (abt. 1800-1865) (died in Howell Co., MO)
Mary Amelia (Millie) Bray (1808-1886) m. James Bowles (abt. 1803-abt. 1853)
Hanon Bray (1813-1896) m. Polly Durhan Snow
Lewis Wheelas Bray (1818-1998) m.
1) Clarissa Jane Roberts (1819-1879), d/o Pleasant B. Roberts
and Mary (Polly) Bowles; 2) Mary S.
Poindexter (1847-1901)
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David Bray and 2) Sarah Bledsoe
Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray (1839-1905) m. Anna
Victoria Bray (abt. 1843-1874)
Reuben Bray (abt. 1847)
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Third Generation
Children of Tyre Bray and his wife
John T. Bray (abt. 1821) m. Sarah Cond (born in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Mahala H. Bray (abt. 1829) m. George Frazier (married in St. Joseph Co.,
IN)
Martha Ann Bray (abt. 1832) m.
Benjamin Ruch Bronson (married in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Emma Bray (abt. 1835) m. Daniel
Thomas (married in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Sarah A. Bray (abt. 1839)
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Children of Henry Clinton Bray and Martha Milner Poindexter
William Alexander Bray (abt.
1834-1863)
Robert Franklin Bray (1836-aft. 1910) m. 1) Louiza (Ludie) Poindexter
(1840-1893);
2) Sally J. Williams (1863-?)
Permelia Ellen Bray (abt. 1838-bef. 1850)
Josephine Bray (abt. 1840-bef.
1850)
Anna Victoria Bray (abt.
1843-1874) m. Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray (1839-1905)
Martha Frances (Fannie) Bray (abt.
1846)
Mary Wentworth Bray (abt.
1853-1907) m. Mr.
Henry Poindexter (Deck) Bray (1853-1930) m. Margaret (Magaline)
2) Lisa Jane White (1854-1921)
Letitia Elizabeth (Lettie) Bray (abt. 1850-abt.
1884) m. Robert Henderson (Hen) White (abt. 1852-abt.
1895)
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Children of Mary Bray and George Washington Crockett
David Jesse Crockett (1848-1848)
Richard M. Crockett (abt. 1849)
Finley M. Crockett (1850-1887) m. Mary
Ellen Cooper (abt. 1856-?)
Elnora (Ella) Crockett (1858-1917) m. 1) Richard H. Newton;
2) James Ceirtes McCann
Alice Bray (1862) (born in IN)
George Bray (1867)
Fannie Bray (1868) m. Roe Wilson (Fannie born in MO)
Anna Bray (?-1927) m. Dick Newton
Eddie Franklin Bray
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Children of Artha Bray and Mary E.
Whitaker
Oliver Bray (1824-1891) m. 1) Mary (Polly) Butcher
(1829-1884); 2) Nancy Reavis (1851-1915)
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Children of Hanon Bray and Polly Durhan Snow
Sarah Bray m. Mr. Pierce
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Children of Lewis Wheelas Bray and
1) Clarissa Jane Roberts
Leonard Hambleton Bray m. Rebecca
Chaney
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Children of Lewis Wheelas Bray and
2) Mary S. (Polly) Poindexter
Fannie Belle Bray (1880-1952)
Fourth Generation
Children of Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray and Anna
Victoria Bray
Hulda Bray (abt.
1868)
William McHenry (Will) Bray
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Children of Robert Franklin Bray and Louiza
(Ludie) Poindexter
Hery C. Bray (abt.
1860-bef. 1900)
Robert William (Will) Bray (1863)
Melton Frank Bray (1865)
Lee (Harden) Bray (abt. 1868-bef.
1900)
Mary (Ellen) Bray (1870-1892)
Thomas (
Rev. Martha Milner Bray (1874)
John W. Bray (abt. 1876)
Lillie Mae Bray (abt. 1878-1880)
Albert R. Bray (1880-bef. 1907)
Samuel F. Bray (1885)
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Children of Oliver Bray and 1) Mary (Polly) Butcher
William Hiram (Hi) Bray (abt.
1849-1861)
Sion (Si)
Bray (abt. 1852-1861)
Martha Ellen Bray (1856-1937)
Lacy Jasper (Lace) Bray (1859-1930)
Matilda (Tilda) Bray (abt. 1860-abt. 1861)
Nancy E. Bray (1861-1919)
Cornelia (Nealey) (1864-1947)
John Clarendon Columbus Bray (1866-1919)
Mollie Kapp Bray (1870-1933)
Richard Oliver Bray (1873-?)
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David Bray, Sr. Family
David Bray, Sr. was born in
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First Generation:
Children of David Bray, Sr. and Amy Pace
William Bray (1772-1850) m. Leticia M. Hamlin (1773-1859),
d/o Peter Hamlin
Nathan Bray (1773-bef. 1850) m. Judith Horne (1781-?)
Amy Bray (abt. 1774-abt. 1855) m. Arthinarious Bray (1770-abt. 1825), s/o Edward Bray and
Sarah Maynard
Hanon Bray (1775-1843) m.
Reuben Bray (1777) m. Melinda
Martha Bray (abt.
1778) m. Jesse Alberty (abt.
1778), s/o
David Bray (1779-1850) m. 1) Eleander
(Nellie) Wheelas; 2) Sarah Bledsoe (1805-bef. 1870)
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Second Generation
Children of William Bray and Leticia M. Hamlin
Thomas Hamlin Bray (abt.
1793-1838) m. Nancy Briggs
Amy Bray (1796-1879) m. Thomas Pearson Coe (1797-abt. 1866)
Leander Bray (abt. 1798)
Sally Bray (abt. 1800)
Tyre Bray (abt. 1800-1844) m. unknown
(1812-?) (died in Carroll Co., IN)
Matilda Bray (abt. 1805) m. Samuel
Barnes
Benjamin Franklin Bray (abt. 1807)
Henry Clinton Bray (1810-1866) m. Martha Milner Poindexter
(1816-1872)
William Robert Bray (abt.
1812-1894) m. Evalaine Savage
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Children of Nathan Bray and Judith Horne
Martha (Mattie) Bray (abt. 1813)
m. John Wood (abt. 1810)
Mary Bray (1826-1894) m. George Washington Crockett
(1828-1896)
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Children of Amy Bray and Arthinarious
Bray
Moses Bray (1795-18730 m. Lucy A. Walker
Sarah Bray (abt. 1796) m. Richard
Hill
Artha Bray (abt.
1798-1835) m. Mary E. Whitaker (abt. 1800-1867)
Millie Bray (abt. 1800) m. Alfred
Pace (1793), s/o Edmund Marion Pace and Sarah Elizabeth Walker
Reubin Bray (abt.
1802-abt. 1875) m. Rebecca Laffon (1809),
d/o James Warde
Laffoon and Thankful Frances Gulaspy
Female Bray (abt. 1804)
Female Bray (abt. 1806)
Jemima Bray (abt. 1808) m. Robert
Craig
Son Bray (abt. 1809)
Female Bray (abt. 1814)
Son Bray (abt. 1817)
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Children of David Bray and 1) Eleander
(Nellie) Wheelas
Brittania Bray (1806-1860) m. John
Bowles (abt. 1800-1865) (died in Howell Co., MO)
Mary Amelia (Millie) Bray (1808-1886) m. James Bowles (abt. 1803-abt. 1853)
Hanon Bray (1813-1896) m. Polly Durhan Snow
Lewis Wheelas Bray (1818-1998) m.
1) Clarissa Jane Roberts (1819-1879), d/o Pleasant B. Roberts
and Mary (Polly) Bowles; 2) Mary S.
Poindexter (1847-1901)
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David Bray and 2) Sarah Bledsoe
Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray (1839-1905) m. Anna
Victoria Bray (abt. 1843-1874)
Reuben Bray (abt. 1847)
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Third Generation
Children of Tyre Bray and his wife
John T. Bray (abt. 1821) m. Sarah Cond (born in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Mahala H. Bray (abt. 1829) m. George Frazier (married in St. Joseph Co.,
IN)
Martha Ann Bray (abt. 1832) m.
Benjamin Ruch Bronson (married in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Emma Bray (abt. 1835) m. Daniel
Thomas (married in St. Joseph Co., IN)
Sarah A. Bray (abt. 1839)
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Children of Henry Clinton Bray and Martha Milner Poindexter
William Alexander Bray (abt.
1834-1863)
Robert Franklin Bray (1836-aft. 1910) m. 1) Louiza (Ludie) Poindexter
(1840-1893);
2) Sally J. Williams (1863-?)
Permelia Ellen Bray (abt. 1838-bef. 1850)
Josephine Bray (abt. 1840-bef. 1850)
Anna Victoria Bray (abt.
1843-1874) m. Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray (1839-1905)
Martha Frances (Fannie) Bray (abt.
1846)
Mary Wentworth Bray (abt.
1853-1907) m. Mr.
Henry Poindexter (Deck) Bray (1853-1930) m. Margaret (Magaline)
2) Lisa Jane White (1854-1921)
Letitia Elizabeth (Lettie) Bray (abt. 1850-abt.
1884) m. Robert Henderson (Hen) White (abt. 1852-abt.
1895)
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Children of Mary Bray and George Washington Crockett
David Jesse Crockett (1848-1848)
Richard M. Crockett (abt. 1849)
Finley M. Crockett (1850-1887) m. Mary
Ellen Cooper (abt. 1856-?)
Elnora (Ella) Crockett (1858-1917) m. 1) Richard H. Newton;
2) James Ceirtes McCann
Alice Bray (1862) (born in IN)
George Bray (1867)
Fannie Bray (1868) m. Roe Wilson (Fannie born in MO)
Anna Bray (?-1927) m. Dick Newton
Eddie Franklin Bray
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Children of Artha Bray and Mary E.
Whitaker
Oliver Bray (1824-1891) m. 1) Mary (Polly) Butcher
(1829-1884); 2) Nancy Reavis (1851-1915)
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Children of Hanon Bray and Polly Durhan Snow
Sarah Bray m. Mr. Pierce
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Children of Lewis Wheelas Bray and
1) Clarissa Jane Roberts
Leonard Hambleton Bray m. Rebecca
Chaney
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Children of Lewis Wheelas Bray and
2) Mary S. (Polly) Poindexter
Fannie Belle Bray (1880-1952)
Fourth Generation
Children of Christopher Columbus (Chris) Bray and Anna
Victoria Bray
Hulda Bray (abt.
1868)
William McHenry (Will) Bray
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Children of Robert Franklin Bray and Louiza
(Ludie) Poindexter
Hery C. Bray (abt.
1860-bef. 1900)
Robert William (Will) Bray (1863)
Melton Frank Bray (1865)
Lee (Harden) Bray (abt. 1868-bef.
1900)
Mary (Ellen) Bray (1870-1892)
Thomas (
Rev. Martha Milner Bray (1874)
John W. Bray (abt. 1876)
Lillie Mae Bray (abt. 1878-1880)
Albert R. Bray (1880-bef. 1907)
Samuel F. Bray (1885)
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Children of Oliver Bray and 1) Mary (Polly) Butcher
William Hiram (Hi) Bray (abt.
1849-1861)
Sion (Si)
Bray (abt. 1852-1861)
Martha Ellen Bray (1856-1937)
Lacy Jasper (Lace) Bray (1859-1930)
Matilda (Tilda) Bray (abt. 1860-abt. 1861)
Nancy E. Bray (1861-1919)
Cornelia (Nealey) (1864-1947)
John Clarendon Columbus Bray (1866-1919)
Mollie Kapp Bray (1870-1933)
Richard Oliver Bray (1873-?)
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