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Sim Thaxter McCray

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Sim Thaxter McCray

Birth
Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, USA
Death
Jun 1986 (aged 90)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Sim was the seventh of eight children born to Byron H. & Ella Armina (Whiting) McCray.

Sim was a lawyer; having earned his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University in 1924, after getting his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Wisconsin (1921). In college he was a member of the University of Wisconsin Glee Club – singing as a first tenor. This is also where he developed a reputation as a polished public speaker.

In 1926, Sim married Anna G. Braun; she was age 29, he was 30. Born 12 June 1897 in Wahpeton, ND; Anna was the sixth of eight children born to Mathias & Gertrude (Schmitt) Braun.

Sim died of old age in June 1986 in Chicago, IL at age 90.

CHILDREN:
-o- Barbara Ann (1930-2011)
-o- Robert W. (1934-___)
Sim was the seventh of eight children born to Byron H. & Ella Armina (Whiting) McCray.

Sim was a lawyer; having earned his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University in 1924, after getting his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Wisconsin (1921). In college he was a member of the University of Wisconsin Glee Club – singing as a first tenor. This is also where he developed a reputation as a polished public speaker.

In 1926, Sim married Anna G. Braun; she was age 29, he was 30. Born 12 June 1897 in Wahpeton, ND; Anna was the sixth of eight children born to Mathias & Gertrude (Schmitt) Braun.

Sim died of old age in June 1986 in Chicago, IL at age 90.

CHILDREN:
-o- Barbara Ann (1930-2011)
-o- Robert W. (1934-___)


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