Dan BRAY, Veteran Nebraska Trapshooter, Dies at Columbus
Columbus, April 24 -- Dan D Bray, pioneer, veteran buffalo hunter, and the last remaining charter member of the Nebraska state Sportsmen's Association which he helped to organize in Plattsmouth in 1876, died at his home here yesterday following an illness of several months with heart trouble, complicated with influenza.
Dan Bray was probably the best known of all Nebraska Trapshooters. He was the only man who can claim the distinction of having participated in every one of the state shoots held by the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association since it's founding 48 years ago. At least a dozen different times he had served as president of the state association and was president of the Columbus Gun club and vice president of the Columbus chapter of the Izaac Walton league at the time of his death.
Born in New York in 1858, he was brought to Nebraska by his parents in 1861, the family locating at Syracuse, where he made his home as a farmer until he moved to a farm near Columbus in 1903. As a young man in the late 70s he served as a professional buffalo hunter, supplying meat for the construction camps during the building of the Burlington railroad between Culbertson and Denver.
Funeral services will be held at the family home in Columbus Sunday at 2:30 PM with burial in Columbus cemetery. Rev. Rider, pastor of the Nazarene church of Council Bluffs, will officiate.
Columbus, April 24 -- Dan D Bray, pioneer, veteran buffalo hunter, and the last remaining charter member of the Nebraska state Sportsmen's Association which he helped to organize in Plattsmouth in 1876, died at his home here yesterday following an illness of several months with heart trouble, complicated with influenza.
Dan Bray was probably the best known of all Nebraska Trapshooters. He was the only man who can claim the distinction of having participated in every one of the state shoots held by the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association since it's founding 48 years ago. At least a dozen different times he had served as president of the state association and was president of the Columbus Gun club and vice president of the Columbus chapter of the Izaac Walton league at the time of his death.
Born in New York in 1858, he was brought to Nebraska by his parents in 1861, the family locating at Syracuse, where he made his home as a farmer until he moved to a farm near Columbus in 1903. As a young man in the late 70s he served as a professional buffalo hunter, supplying meat for the construction camps during the building of the Burlington railroad between Culbertson and Denver.
Funeral services will be held at the family home in Columbus Sunday at 2:30 PM with burial in Columbus cemetery. Rev. Rider, pastor of the Nazarene church of Council Bluffs, will officiate.
Dan BRAY, Veteran Nebraska Trapshooter, Dies at Columbus
Columbus, April 24 -- Dan D Bray, pioneer, veteran buffalo hunter, and the last remaining charter member of the Nebraska state Sportsmen's Association which he helped to organize in Plattsmouth in 1876, died at his home here yesterday following an illness of several months with heart trouble, complicated with influenza.
Dan Bray was probably the best known of all Nebraska Trapshooters. He was the only man who can claim the distinction of having participated in every one of the state shoots held by the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association since it's founding 48 years ago. At least a dozen different times he had served as president of the state association and was president of the Columbus Gun club and vice president of the Columbus chapter of the Izaac Walton league at the time of his death.
Born in New York in 1858, he was brought to Nebraska by his parents in 1861, the family locating at Syracuse, where he made his home as a farmer until he moved to a farm near Columbus in 1903. As a young man in the late 70s he served as a professional buffalo hunter, supplying meat for the construction camps during the building of the Burlington railroad between Culbertson and Denver.
Funeral services will be held at the family home in Columbus Sunday at 2:30 PM with burial in Columbus cemetery. Rev. Rider, pastor of the Nazarene church of Council Bluffs, will officiate.
Columbus, April 24 -- Dan D Bray, pioneer, veteran buffalo hunter, and the last remaining charter member of the Nebraska state Sportsmen's Association which he helped to organize in Plattsmouth in 1876, died at his home here yesterday following an illness of several months with heart trouble, complicated with influenza.
Dan Bray was probably the best known of all Nebraska Trapshooters. He was the only man who can claim the distinction of having participated in every one of the state shoots held by the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association since it's founding 48 years ago. At least a dozen different times he had served as president of the state association and was president of the Columbus Gun club and vice president of the Columbus chapter of the Izaac Walton league at the time of his death.
Born in New York in 1858, he was brought to Nebraska by his parents in 1861, the family locating at Syracuse, where he made his home as a farmer until he moved to a farm near Columbus in 1903. As a young man in the late 70s he served as a professional buffalo hunter, supplying meat for the construction camps during the building of the Burlington railroad between Culbertson and Denver.
Funeral services will be held at the family home in Columbus Sunday at 2:30 PM with burial in Columbus cemetery. Rev. Rider, pastor of the Nazarene church of Council Bluffs, will officiate.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
