JOHN W. RAY, a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, is a native of Cecil County, Maryland, born April 16, 1817, a son of Jonathan and Deborah Ray, also natives of Maryland. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, and ten years later to Harrison County, the same State. He is the third of ten children, but two beside himself now living - Levi and Mary.
He spent his youth and early manhood in Ohio, and in the fall of 1851 came to Adams County, Indiana, and settled on 160 acres of timber land in Monroe Township. He erected a log house, and began the work of clearing, and by hard work made of his land one of the finest farms in the township. He lived on his farm until 1884, when he moved to the village of Salem, where he now lives.
Mr. Ray was married October 27, 1842, to Mercy Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them were born nine children - Catherine, wife of Baldwin Clark; Mary, wife of Joshua Day; Levi W., deceased; James H., of Willshire, Ohio; David S., of Jay County, Indiana; Margaret, wife of Pinkney Gilpin, of Jay County; Martha, wife of David Tricker; Rosa, wife of David Hendricks, and Lemuel, of Monroe, Indiana.
Mrs. Ray died January 19, 1880, and January 24, 1884, Mr. Ray married Rebecca Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and daughter of Elijah and Etha Gilpin, early settlers of Adams County. She had seven children by her first marriage - Atha A., wife of John Beatty; Sarah J., deceased; William, George, Elijah; Cynthia, wife of Freeman Miller, and Roxana, deceased.
Mr. Ray is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
He spent his youth and early manhood in Ohio, and in the fall of 1851 came to Adams County, Indiana, and settled on 160 acres of timber land in Monroe Township. He erected a log house, and began the work of clearing, and by hard work made of his land one of the finest farms in the township. He lived on his farm until 1884, when he moved to the village of Salem, where he now lives.
Mr. Ray was married October 27, 1842, to Mercy Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them were born nine children - Catherine, wife of Baldwin Clark; Mary, wife of Joshua Day; Levi W., deceased; James H., of Willshire, Ohio; David S., of Jay County, Indiana; Margaret, wife of Pinkney Gilpin, of Jay County; Martha, wife of David Tricker; Rosa, wife of David Hendricks, and Lemuel, of Monroe, Indiana.
Mrs. Ray died January 19, 1880, and January 24, 1884, Mr. Ray married Rebecca Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and daughter of Elijah and Etha Gilpin, early settlers of Adams County. She had seven children by her first marriage - Atha A., wife of John Beatty; Sarah J., deceased; William, George, Elijah; Cynthia, wife of Freeman Miller, and Roxana, deceased.
Mr. Ray is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
JOHN W. RAY, a pioneer of Adams County, Indiana, is a native of Cecil County, Maryland, born April 16, 1817, a son of Jonathan and Deborah Ray, also natives of Maryland. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, and ten years later to Harrison County, the same State. He is the third of ten children, but two beside himself now living - Levi and Mary.
He spent his youth and early manhood in Ohio, and in the fall of 1851 came to Adams County, Indiana, and settled on 160 acres of timber land in Monroe Township. He erected a log house, and began the work of clearing, and by hard work made of his land one of the finest farms in the township. He lived on his farm until 1884, when he moved to the village of Salem, where he now lives.
Mr. Ray was married October 27, 1842, to Mercy Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them were born nine children - Catherine, wife of Baldwin Clark; Mary, wife of Joshua Day; Levi W., deceased; James H., of Willshire, Ohio; David S., of Jay County, Indiana; Margaret, wife of Pinkney Gilpin, of Jay County; Martha, wife of David Tricker; Rosa, wife of David Hendricks, and Lemuel, of Monroe, Indiana.
Mrs. Ray died January 19, 1880, and January 24, 1884, Mr. Ray married Rebecca Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and daughter of Elijah and Etha Gilpin, early settlers of Adams County. She had seven children by her first marriage - Atha A., wife of John Beatty; Sarah J., deceased; William, George, Elijah; Cynthia, wife of Freeman Miller, and Roxana, deceased.
Mr. Ray is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
He spent his youth and early manhood in Ohio, and in the fall of 1851 came to Adams County, Indiana, and settled on 160 acres of timber land in Monroe Township. He erected a log house, and began the work of clearing, and by hard work made of his land one of the finest farms in the township. He lived on his farm until 1884, when he moved to the village of Salem, where he now lives.
Mr. Ray was married October 27, 1842, to Mercy Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them were born nine children - Catherine, wife of Baldwin Clark; Mary, wife of Joshua Day; Levi W., deceased; James H., of Willshire, Ohio; David S., of Jay County, Indiana; Margaret, wife of Pinkney Gilpin, of Jay County; Martha, wife of David Tricker; Rosa, wife of David Hendricks, and Lemuel, of Monroe, Indiana.
Mrs. Ray died January 19, 1880, and January 24, 1884, Mr. Ray married Rebecca Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and daughter of Elijah and Etha Gilpin, early settlers of Adams County. She had seven children by her first marriage - Atha A., wife of John Beatty; Sarah J., deceased; William, George, Elijah; Cynthia, wife of Freeman Miller, and Roxana, deceased.
Mr. Ray is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.
Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
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