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Hiram Washington Ray 1784–1839 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1784

Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 1839

Death Location: Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States

Father: Thomas Rhea

Mother: Cecelia Arrington

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cox

Children(s): Lovada Ray

Hiram Washington Ray was born in 1784 in Virginia, United States of America, the child of Thomas Leander Lee Ray Rea Rhea And Cecelia Celia Arrington. Hiram Washington Ray married Elizabeth Cox, and had children including Lovada Lovey Ray. Hiram Washington Ray passed away in 1839 in Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Hiram Washington Ray was born in 1784 in Virginia, United States of America, the child of Thomas Leander Lee Ray Rea Rhea And Cecelia Celia Arrington.
  • Hiram Washington Ray married Elizabeth Cox, and had children including Lovada Lovey Ray.
  • Hiram Washington Ray passed away in 1839 in Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Rhea
1727–1815
Birth Location: Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA
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Cecelia Arrington
1756–1792
Birth Location: Madison County, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cox
1780–1880
Birth Location: Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Lovada Ray
1799–1890
Birth Location: Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
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Hiram Ray's Ancestors

Self
Hiram Ray
1784–1839
Birth Place: Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Thomas Leander (Lee) Ray \ Rea \ Rhea
1727–1815
Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA
Cecelia ("Celia") Arrington
1756–1792
Madison County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Archibald (John Henry) Rhea
1702–1750
Province of Connacht, County Roscommon, Roscommon, Connaught, Ireland
Hannah Hastie
1705–1818
Connacht, Roscommon, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Hastie
1680–1750
AGNES WICKETSHAW
1685–1774
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Haistie
1649–1721
Eupham kadie
1652–

Hiram Ray's Descendants

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Hiram (Washington) Ray (1784–1839) m. Elizabeth Cox (1780–Feb 1880)
  1. 1. Lovada ("Lovey") Ray 1799–1890
    1. 1. Temperance (Ann) Bailey 1834–1924 m. Jerry Hughes 1835–1900
      1. 1. Anna (Elizabeth) Hughes 1855–1942 m. William (A) Tomberlin 1851–1925
        1. 1. William (Henry) Tomberlin 1874–1952 m. Sarah (E. Baxter) Tomberlin 1874–1960

Hiram Ray's Timeline

3 Records

1784
1784
Birth of Hiram Washington Ray in Virginia, United States of America
Virginia, United States of America
1805
before 1805
Age 21
Hiram Washington Ray was married in Yancy, North Carolina, United States
Yancy, North Carolina, United States
1839
1839
Age 55
Death of Hiram Washington Ray in Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: before 1805
    Event Place: Yancy, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1839
    Event Place: Burnsville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
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