Descendants of Samuel Ray, Sr.

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Generation No. 1

1.  SAMUEL² RAY, SR.  (GEORGE¹) was born April 10, 1775 in Albermarle, VA, and died December 09, 1856 in Coopers, Autauga Co. AL¹.  He married RACHEL EVANS 1797 in GA, daughter of WILLIAM EVANS and TABITHA THOMPSON.  She was born July 20, 1781 in Green Co. GA, and died November 05, 1859 in Autauga Co. AL².

More About SAMUEL RAY, SR.:

Address : 1820, Moved from GA to Alabama

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

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Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: 1797, GA

Children of SAMUEL RAY and RACHEL EVANS are:

2.                i.       ALLEN³ RAY, b. 1798, GA; d. July 1870, Chilton Co. AL.

                  ii.       JOHN HUFF RAY, REV., b. March 03, 1807, Green Co. GA; d. October 03, 1888, Deatsville, AL³; m. MARY ANN SMITH; b. June 03, 1811, GA; d. March 07, 1904, Deatsville, AL⁴.

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Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #832, age 44, farmer, value $600, born in GA⁵

Military: between 1862 - 1865, CSA, Pvt, Co ?, 10th Ga. Inf⁶

More About MARY ANN SMITH:

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #832, age 39, born in SC⁷

Obituary: February 25, 1904, 'Banner'

3.              iii.       MARY ELIZABETH TABITHA RAY, b. 1808, GA; d. before June 1849.

4.              iv.       PARTHENIA 'SENA' RAY, b. 1810; d. 1887.

5.               v.       MARY ANN 'POLLY' RAY, b. April 30, 1814, Autauga Co. AL; d. August 19, 1886.

6.              vi.       WILLIAM EVANS RAY, b. June 22, 1818; d. August 17, 1891.

7.             vii.       JOSEPH F. RAY, b. 1820, AL; d. Unknown.

               viii.       THOMAS RAY⁸, b. Unknown.

Generation No. 2

2.  ALLEN³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1798 in GA, and died July 1870 in Chilton Co. AL⁹.  He married LAODECIA 'DICY' MOORE, daughter of OBEDIAH MOORE and WINNIE UNKNOWN.  She was born 1796 in SC/GA, and died May 1880¹⁰.

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Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Census: 1850, Autauga Co. AL, Household #767/784, Allen Ray, age 52, m, Blacksmith, value $300, born in GA¹¹

Occupation 1: 1840, Postmaster of Barberville, now Cooper, AL. For a time he was jailor for Autauga Co. AL¹²

Occupation 2: 1850, Blacksmith

More About LAODECIA 'DICY' MOORE:

Address : 1880, Chilton Co. AL Census, Dicy is living in the home of her son-in-law, John Miller and shown as 89 years old

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Information: The name Laodicea is from Revelations 3:14

Children of ALLEN RAY and LAODECIA MOORE are:

8.                i.       SARAH E.⁴ RAY, b. November 14, 1821, GA; d. October 08, 1894, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL.

9.               ii.       REBECCA RAY, b. 1824, GA; d. Unknown.

10.            iii.       LOUISA T. RAY, b. November 12, 1829, Autauga Co. AL; d. June 1864, Chilton Co. AL.

11.            iv.       GEORGE WESLEY RAY, b. 1831, Autauga Co. AL; d. May 1869.

3.  MARY ELIZABETH TABITHA³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1808 in GA, and died before June 1849¹³.  She married JAMES L. PRICE, son of JAMES PRICE.  He was born 1808 in SC, and died 1866 in Autauga Co. now Chilton Co. AL.

More About MARY ELIZABETH TABITHA RAY:

Name 2: Tabitha Martha Ray

Date born 2: 1808, VA

Died 2: 1848

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

More About JAMES L. PRICE:

Date born 2: 1808

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL¹⁴

Children of MARY RAY and JAMES PRICE are:

12.              i.       GEORGE W.⁴ PRICE, b. 1829; d. Unknown.

13.             ii.       MARTHA PRICE, b. 1832; d. 1865.

14.            iii.       MARY SUSAN A. PRICE, b. September 30, 1834, Autauga Co. AL; d. August 12, 1918, Verbena, Chilton Co. AL.

15.            iv.       ANDREW J. PRICE, b. 1837, AL; d. 1861, Killed in Civil War.

16.             v.       NANCY ELLAFAIR PRICE, b. March 1838, AL; d. 1900.

                 vi.       NICY D. PRICE, b. 1842; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS L. DUPREE; d. Unknown.

17.           vii.       TABITHA JANE PRICE, b. March 01, 1844; d. March 17, 1929.

               viii.       LUZARDELIA C. PRICE, b. 1846; d. Unknown; m. P. GRAHAM; d. Unknown.

                  ix.       INFANT SON PRICE, b. 1848; d. 1848.

                   x.       JAMES R. P. PRICE, b. 1848.

                  xi.       ARABIA PRICE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN WELLS; d. Unknown.

                 xii.       GATSY PRICE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN VINSON; d. Unknown.

                xiii.       KENYON PRICE, b. Unknown.

18.           xiv.       SARAH ANN PRICE, b. July 16, 1830, AL; d. March 12, 1918, Chilton Co. AL.

4.  PARTHENIA 'SENA'³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1810, and died 1887.  She married ELIJAH G. MIEARS.  He was born 1808 in GA, and died 1906.

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Name 2: Elija Miears

Date born 2: December 1809, GA¹⁵

Children of PARTHENIA RAY and ELIJAH MIEARS are:

19.              i.       RANSOM ADKINS⁴ MIEARS, REV., b. March 08, 1839, AL; d. August 23, 1885.

                  ii.       RICHARD J. MIEARS, b. 1837; d. September 19, 1863; m. SARAH J. SMITH, November 26, 1856, Autauga Co. AL; d. Unknown.

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Information: Claim filed by Sarah J. Miears.  He was a brother of Ransom.¹⁶

Military 1: August 22, 1861, CSA, Pvt, Co C, 18th Ala. Inf. Enlisted at Auburn Aug. 22, 1861¹⁶

Military 2: November 16, 1861, Promoted to 4th Sgt. Nov 16, 1861. Killed at Chicamauga.¹⁶

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Marriage: November 26, 1856, Autauga Co. AL

20.            iii.       THOMAS A. MIEARS/MYERS, b. 1836; d. Unknown.

21.            iv.       MARY JANE MIEARS/MYERS, b. December 26, 1830, GA; d. April 05, 1923.

                  v.       RANDOLPH A. MIEARS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

5.  MARY ANN 'POLLY'³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born April 30, 1814 in Autauga Co. AL, and died August 19, 1886¹⁷.  She married WILLIAM C. GRAY December 01, 1832 in Autauga Co. AL, son of SAMUEL GRAY.  He was born March 16, 1809 in Baker Co. AL, and died June 19, 1880¹⁸.

More About MARY ANN 'POLLY' RAY:

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

More About WILLIAM C. GRAY:

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: December 01, 1832, Autauga Co. AL

Children of MARY RAY and WILLIAM GRAY are:

22.              i.       TABITHA AMANDA⁴ GRAY, b. May 30, 1833, Autauga Co. AL; d. 1880.

23.             ii.       PARTHENIA JANE GRAY, b. February 02, 1836, Autauga Co. AL; d. November 05, 1902, Burnsville, Dallas Co. AL.

24.            iii.       JOHN H. GRAY, b. July 01, 1837, AL; d. 1912.

                 iv.       PRISCILLA GRAY, b. December 07, 1838, AL; d. Unknown; m. LUTHER C. JONES; d. Unknown.

                  v.       JOSEPH GRAY, b. February 02, 1840, AL; d. Unknown.

25.            vi.       RACHEL GRAY, b. January 25, 1841, AL; d. Unknown.

26.           vii.       WILLIAM ALLEN GRAY, b. January 18, 1843; d. July 25, 1925.

27.          viii.       FRANCES J. 'FANNIE' GRAY, b. March 10, 1845; d. 1886.

28.             ix.       ALLEN FLEMING GRAY, b. August 04, 1848, AL; d. Unknown.

                   x.       SOLOMON GRAY, b. April 30, 1850, AL; d. Unknown.

29.             xi.       SARAH ANN GRAY, b. March 01, 1853; d. Unknown.

6.  WILLIAM EVANS³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born June 22, 1818, and died August 17, 1891.  He married SARAH SMITH March 14, 1837 in Autauga Co. AL.  She was born September 27, 1820, and died February 21, 1897.

More About WILLIAM EVANS RAY:

Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Military: between 1862 - 1865, CSA, Pvt, Co. C, 3rd Bn Ala. Reserves. AL so listed in 63rd Ala. but without company designation¹⁹

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Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: March 14, 1837, Autauga Co. AL

Children of WILLIAM RAY and SARAH SMITH are:

30.              i.       MARY ANN⁴ RAY, b. September 08, 1840, AL; d. August 09, 1900.

31.             ii.       LUCINDA J. RAY, b. 1851, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL; d. January 31, 1913.

32.            iii.       PARMENTHIA HASSELTINE RAY, b. January 25, 1849; d. December 04, 1929.

33.            iv.       MARTHA ARTUM RAY, b. July 12, 1842, AL; d. April 13, 1916.

                  v.       JAMES K. P. RAY, b. 1845; d. Unknown.

                 vi.       SARAH DIACHESSA RAY, b. 1847; d. Unknown; m. SEWELL HOWARD, April 16, 1867, Autauga Co. AL; d. Unknown.

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Marriage: April 16, 1867, Autauga Co. AL

34.           vii.       AMANDA CLINTON RAY, b. 1854; d. 1924.

7.  JOSEPH F.³ RAY (SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1820 in AL, and died Unknown.  He married MARTHA JANE HONEYCUTT, daughter of WILLIAM HONEYCUTT and MARTHA SMITH.  She was born 1827 in AL, and died Unknown.

More About JOSEPH F. RAY:

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #833, age 30, farmer, value $1600, born in AL²⁰

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Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #833, age 23, born in AL²⁰

Children of JOSEPH RAY and MARTHA HONEYCUTT are:

                   i.       FRANCES J.⁴ RAY²⁰, b. 1843, AL; d. Unknown.

More About FRANCES J. RAY:

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #833, age 7, born in AL, attended school within the year²⁰

35.             ii.       MARY ANN RAY, b. 1845, AL; d. Unknown.

                 iii.       SAMUEL F. RAY²⁰, b. 1847, AL; d. Unknown.

More About SAMUEL F. RAY:

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #833, age 3, born in AL²⁰

                 iv.       JOHN W. F. RAY²⁰, b. 1850, AL; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN W. F. RAY:

Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #833, age 4/12, born in AL²⁰

Generation No. 3

8.  SARAH E.⁴ RAY (ALLEN³, SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born November 14, 1821 in GA, and died October 08, 1894 in Coopers, Chilton Co. AL.  She married JAMES L. WEBB March 08, 1843 in Autauga Co. AL.  He was born 1820 in GA, and died about 1865.

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Burial: Coopers Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: March 08, 1843, Autauga Co. AL

Children of SARAH RAY and JAMES WEBB are:

                   i.       ELIZABETH⁵ WEBB, b. 1844.

                  ii.       ELIZA WEBB, b. 1845; d. Unknown.

                 iii.       MARTHA TOBITHA WEBB, b. 1847.

                 iv.       GEORGE W. WEBB, b. 1850; d. 1925; m. SARAH JANE YATES; b. 1850; d. about 1926.

                  v.       ANDREW JACKSON WEBB, b. January 31, 1852, Marble Valley, Coosa Co. AL; d. March 16, 1927, Coosa Co. AL; m. (1) SUSAN E. RAYFIELD; b. 1856; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY ANN COOPER, December 25, 1872; b. July 13, 1845, Marble Valley, Coosa Co. AL; d. November 26, 1904.

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Burial: Cooper Cemetery, Coosa Co. AL

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Marriage: December 25, 1872

                 vi.       LOUISA WEBB, b. 1853.

                vii.       MARY E. WEBB, b. June 28, 1853; d. November 25, 1925; m. WILLIAM M. 'WILLY' MOORE, 1889, Chilton Co. AL; b. February 22, 1834, AL; d. March 17, 1909.

More About MARY E. WEBB:

Date born 2: about 1855

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Burial: Moore Family Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

Information: 5'9", hazel eyes, fair complexion, brown hair.²¹

Military 1: March 10, 1862, CSA, Pvt, Co B/E, 59th Ala. Inf. Enlisted at Montgomery March 10, 1862.²¹

Military 2: June 19, 1865, POW at Hatchers Run.  Discharged at Point Lookout, Maryland June 19, 1865.²¹

Obituary: July 21, 1910, 'Union' July 21, 1910²¹

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Marriage: 1889, Chilton Co. AL

               viii.       JAMES MONROE WEBB, b. August 29, 1856; d. February 25, 1929, Coosa Co. AL; m. (1) ABBIE CARTER; b. 1859; m. (2) JEMIMA MORRIS; b. 1851; d. 1911.

                  ix.       NANCY WEBB, b. 1859.

                   x.       DICEY ADELINE WEBB, b. 1861; d. 1946; m. JOSEPH BENJAMIN GUY; b. 1860; d. 1946.

9.  REBECCA⁴ RAY (ALLEN³, SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1824 in GA, and died Unknown.  She married JOHN MILLER May 05, 1842 in Autauga Co. AL.  He was born 1819 in AL, and died after 1860.

More About JOHN MILLER:

Census: 1850, Autauga Co. AL, Household #770/787, John Miller, age 33, m, farmer, value $40, born in AL, cannot read or write²²

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Marriage: May 05, 1842, Autauga Co. AL

Children of REBECCA RAY and JOHN MILLER are:

                   i.       DARCUS MARY ELIZABETH⁵ MILLER²³, b. 1842.

                  ii.       SARAH MILLER²⁴, b. 1843, AL.

                 iii.       ADALINE MILLER²⁴, b. 1845, AL.

                 iv.       GEORGE MILLER²⁴, b. 1847, AL.

                  v.       ZACHARIAH MILLER²⁴, b. 1850.

                 vi.       JOSEPH JASPER MILLER²⁵, b. 1851.

                vii.       CORDELIA MILLER²⁵, b. 1858.

               viii.       AMANDA MILLER²⁵, b. 1860.

                  ix.       JOSEPHINE MILLER²⁵, b. 1862.

                   x.       REBECCA MILLER²⁵, b. 1867.

10.  LOUISA T.⁴ RAY (ALLEN³, SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born November 12, 1829 in Autauga Co. AL, and died June 1864 in Chilton Co. AL.  She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEASON February 19, 1846 in Autauga Co. AL, son of ISAAC DEASON and FRANCIS MOORE.  He was born February 12, 1822 in Lancaster Co. SC, and died March 23, 1877 in Chilton Co. AL.

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Date born 2: February 12, 1829

Information: 1845, Came to Selma, Dallas Co. AL when he was about 16.

Military: between 1861 - 1865, CSA, Muster Roll, 1st Chapter Western Bibb Co. AL under Capt O.C.C. Brown

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Marriage: February 19, 1846, Autauga Co. AL

Children of LOUISA RAY and BENJAMIN DEASON are:

                   i.       JOSIAH W. 'JOE'⁵ DEASON, b. January 10, 1847; d. June 1853.

                  ii.       SAMUEL A. DEASON, b. May 28, 1848; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH J. WEBB, July 16, 1868, Montgomery, Montgomery Co. AL; b. 1844; d. Unknown.

More About SAMUEL A. DEASON:

Information: Nickname was 'Uncle Sam'

Military: CSA, Muster Roll, 1st Chapter Western Bibb Co. AL under Capt O.C.C. Brown

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Marriage: July 16, 1868, Montgomery, Montgomery Co. AL

                 iii.       MARY E. DEASON, b. August 27, 1849; d. June 1888; m. BURRELL TEMPLE PATRICK, about 1871; b. 1852; d. Unknown.

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Marriage: about 1871

                 iv.       M.D. DEASON, b. March 06, 1851; d. June 1852.

                  v.       WILLIAM ALFONSA DEASON, b. July 19, 1852, Bibb Co. AL; d. Unknown; m. (1) EMMALINE WHEAT; m. (2) ROSANNAH F. 'ROSE ANN' VAUGHN, September 24, 1874, Tuscaloosa Co. AL; b. April 16, 1854, Tuscaloosa Co. AL; d. 1892.

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Burial: Bethany Cemetery, Pickens Co. AL

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Marriage: September 24, 1874, Tuscaloosa Co. AL

                 vi.    I.G. DEASON, b. July 10, 1854; d. March 1855.

                vii.       SARAH ANN FRANCES 'FANNIE' DEASON, b. April 1856; d. after 1919; m. R.H. BICE, December 20, 1919; d. Unknown.

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Died 2: 1890

Burial: Sardis Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

Information: Was 65 years old when she married

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Marriage: December 20, 1919

               viii.       ISAAC MONROE DEASON, b. December 16, 1857; d. 1934; m. MARY FRANCES JEFALONA RUTHIANA CHERRY; b. 1862; d. 1939.

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Burial: Big Springs Cemetery, Autauga Co. AL

                  ix.       THOMAS JEFFERSON DEASON, b. June 30, 1859, Tallassee, Elmore Co. AL; d. December 07, 1890; m. (1) MARY E. SCOTT, January 13, 1881, Deatsville, Elmore Co. AL; b. 1860; d. 1881; m. (2) MARTHA ADA 'MATTIE' SHORT, December 21, 1882, Elmore Co. AL; b. June 26, 1857, Tallassee, Elmore Co. AL; d. December 25, 1934.

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Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: January 13, 1881, Deatsville, Elmore Co. AL

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Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: December 21, 1882, Elmore Co. AL

                   x.       JEFFERSON DAVIS DEASON, REV., b. November 04, 1860, AL; d. January 17, 1947²⁶; m. LOUISA LENVIZA RACHEL PATRICK; b. October 04, 1865; d. March 23, 1959²⁷.

More About JEFFERSON DAVIS DEASON, REV.:

Burial: Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Burial: Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

                  xi.       TILLMAN JACKSON DEASON, REV., b. May 05, 1862, Chilton Co. AL; d. April 02, 1933²⁸; m. (1) EMMA MASON SCOTT, January 13, 1881; b. October 18, 1861; d. February 13, 1894; m. (2) NANCY VIRGINIA 'JENNIE' BILLINGSLEY, May 06, 1895; b. July 04, 1867, Autauga Co. AL; d. January 09, 1925²⁹.

More About TILLMAN JACKSON DEASON, REV.:

Burial: Shiloh/Kincheon Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Burial: Shiloh/Kincheon Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: January 13, 1881

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Burial: Shiloh/Kincheon Cemetery, Chilton Co. AL

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Marriage: May 06, 1895

11.  GEORGE WESLEY⁴ RAY (ALLEN³, SAMUEL², GEORGE¹) was born 1831 in Autauga Co. AL, and died May 1869^30,31.  He married MARY ANN POPWELL August 13, 1851 in Autauga Co. AL, daughter of REUBEN POPWELL and SARAH MOORE.  She was born September 18, 1832 in Autauga Co. AL, and died June 07, 1913 in Prattville, Autauga Co. AL³².

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Burial: Chestnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coopers, Chilton Co. AL

Census: 1860, Autauga Co. AL, Household #185, age 28, farmer, value $800, born in AL³³