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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Violenta Ray: Birth: 17 JAN 1823 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 18 MAR 1884 in Albia, Monroe Co., IA

  2. Daniel Ray: Birth: 11 JUL 1824 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: ABT 1890 in Wapello Co., IA

  3. Sylvester Ray: Birth: 12 JUL 1826 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 10 DEC 1826

  4. Eleanor Ray: Birth: 10 OCT 1827 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH.

  5. James A. Ray: Birth: 17 Apr 1828-1809 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 30 NOV 1908 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA

  6. Martha Anne * Ray: Birth: 28 OCT 1830 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 11 MAY 1923 in Spring Valley Twp., Turner Co., SD

  7. Jacob Sylvester Ray: Birth: 19 MAY 1833 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 12 JUN 1863

  8. Francis Hampton Ray: Birth: 2 AUG 1836 in Hiram, Portage Co., OH. Death: 21 APR 1916


Sources
1. Title:   Wiard Elderton Family Tree
Author:   Laurence Overmire
Publication:   RootsWeb World Connect Project, © 2004-2019
Text:   Wiard Elderton Family Tree, by Laurence Overmire, RootsWeb World Connect Project, © 2004-2019

Notes
a. Note:   N275 IMMIGRANT
  Andrew must have been one of the early settlers of Hiram, Ohio.
  HIRAM, OHIO
 “The original proprietors were all Freemasons, and on the suggestion of Colonel Daniel TILDEN, named the town that was to be Hiram in honor of the King of Tyre... There is some doubt concerning the first settlers. It is thought that Abraham S. HONEY made a small clearing and built a cabin and went away in the fall. This is said to be the first sign of civilization in the town. In 1802 Elijah MASON, Mason TILDON, from Connecticut, and Elieha HUTCHINSON, from New York, came to the township and located lands, leaving their families in the East, then returned home. John FLEMING came the same year, cleared the timber from sixteen acres of land, built a cabin, and planted the first crop of corn and potatoes in the town. MASON returned and put in the first crop of wheat in the town, which he harvested in 1804.” --US GenWeb Project
  WARNING: Some show Andrew born in Hiram, but the town did not exist in 1794.
  Sources:
 1) Elderton/Buchanan Family Files of Michelle Elderton, E-mail 5 Jan 2005, [email protected]@yahoo.com
 2) LDS Ancestral File of MARION GATTON, 2233 NASH STREET, SIOUX CITY IA USA 51109 Microfilm: 1394349 Submission: AF83-084727
 3) Allyn Campbell Database, 10 Jan 2004
 http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=allie&id=I6780
 4) Hiram, 1800-1850, Portage Co., OH, US GenWeb Project, 2005
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohportag/hist007.htm
 5) Genealogy of Stephen R. Moore - Family Page of Andrew Ray and Priscilla Hampton. c 2000 Stephen R. Moore, 8504 Enochs Dr., Lorton, VA 22079
 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~smoore/88.htm


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