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Silas Ransom Ray 1842–1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 May 1842

Birth Location: Georgia, USA

Death Date: abt. 1910

Death Location: Yell County, Arkansas, USA

Father: David Solomon

Mother: Catherine Whitton

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Ella Stephans, Mollie Ray, Melia Ray, Emma Ray, Anna Nahlett, Otto Ray

Silas Ransom Ray was born in 1842 in Georgia, USA, the child of David Ransom Ray Son Of Solomon And Catherine Jordon Whitton. Silas Ransom Ray had children including Anna Nahlett, Ella J Stephans, Emma Betty Ray, Melia Jane Ray, Mollie Sophia Ray, Otto Hobart Ray. Silas Ransom Ray passed away in 1910 in Yell County, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Silas Ransom Ray was born in 1842 in Georgia, USA, the child of David Ransom Ray Son Of Solomon And Catherine Jordon Whitton.
  • Silas Ransom Ray had children including Anna Nahlett, Ella J Stephans, Emma Betty Ray, Melia Jane Ray, Mollie Sophia Ray, Otto Hobart Ray.
  • Silas Ransom Ray passed away in 1910 in Yell County, Arkansas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Solomon
1808–1867
Birth Location: Georgia
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Catherine Whitton
1815–
Birth Location: Fauquier, Virginia, USA
CW

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ella Stephans
1874–1969
Birth Location: Alabama
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Mollie Ray
1866–1932
Birth Location: Arkansas
MR
Melia Ray
1866–1920
Birth Location: Alabama
MR
Emma Ray
1877–1920
Birth Location: Franklin, Tennessee
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Anna Nahlett
1885–1950
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
AN
Otto Ray
1898–1961
Birth Location: Gravelly, Yell, Arkansas
OR

Silas Ray's Ancestors

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Silas Ray
1842–1910
Birth Place: Georgia, USA
Parents
David Ransom Ray - son of Solomon
1808–1867
Georgia
Catherine (Jordon) Whitton
1815–
Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Solomon Lackes
1770–1813
North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Jane Wray
1779–1855
North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Silas Ray's Descendants

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Silas (Ransom) Ray (20 May 1842–abt. 1910)
  1. 1. Ella (J) Stephans 1874–1969
    1. 1. Marion (Frances) Stephens 1906–1963
      1. 1. Anna (Doris) Stephens 1933–1987
  2. 2. Mollie (Sophia) Ray 1866–1932
    1. 1. Ruth (Ann) Horn 1889–1969
      1. 1. Johnnie (Sue) Kitchens 1926–1993
        1. 1. Oscar (Wood) Stanley 1950–2014
  3. 3. Melia (Jane) Ray 1866–1920
    1. 1. Arthur (R) Walston 1907–1997 m. Agnes (A) Walston 1915–
  4. 4. Emma (Betty) Ray 1877–1920
    1. 1. Elizabeth Holt 1897–1990
      1. 1. Lee (Chester “Chet”) Robinson 1916–2002
        1. 1. Marcilyn Robinson 1936–2015
    2. 2. Hazel (Irene) Holt 1909–1986
  5. 5. Anna Nahlett 1885–1950 m. Monroe (J) Nahlett 1878–
    1. 1. Mennis (Miller) Noblett 1913–1997 m. Faye (O) Noblett 1918–
  6. 6. Otto (Hobart) Ray 1898–1961
    1. 1. Lois (Edna) Ray 1922–2018

Silas Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1842
20 May 1842
Birth of Silas Ransom Ray in Georgia, USA
Georgia, USA
1910
abt. 1910
Age 68
Death of Silas Ransom Ray in Yell County, Arkansas, USA
Yell County, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 May 1842
    Event Place: Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt. 1910
    Event Place: Yell County, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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