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9. REUBEN3 BRAY (DAVID2, PETER1) was born 1777 in Surry County, North Carolina, and died May 26, 1850 in Lynnville, Giles County, Tennessee. He married (1) REBECCA LAFFOON 1807. He married (2) MELINDA BUTLER INGRAM 1809 in Warren County, Texas, daughter of IGANTIUS BUTLER and DELIA UNKNOWN. Notes for REUBEN BRAY: REUBEN BRAY: Edna Reece believes that Reuben was born about 1800. She says that Reuben and Rebecca Laffoon are listed on the 1830 Surry Co, NC Census. In the 1840 Census one amle is added, but age 15-20 years. Reuben is then missing in the 1850 Census, but shows again in the 1860. In the 1860 Census Reuben is living alone, age 60 years near a family named Butcher. Rebecca was the living with her family, the Laffoons, age 53. So, Reuben and Rebecca appear to have been separated or divorced by 1860. Edna B. Reece, THE BRAYS OF FISHER RIVER, page 14 Reubin Bray migrated to Giles County, TN. Listed in the 1800 Census of Burke County, NC as head of family with wife and daughter. Child of REUBEN BRAY and REBECCA LAFFOON is:
i. NICEY HENRIATTA4 BRAY, b. Abt. 1808.
Children of REUBEN BRAY and MELINDA INGRAM are:
ii. WILLIAM BUTLER4 BRAY, b. July 07, 1811, Kentucky; d. March 21, 1863, Linnville, Giles County, Tennessee; m. (1) ELLENDER TUCKER; m. (2) MARY MINERVA WINN, September 20, 1842, Marshall County, Tennessee.
iii. MARY PATTY BRAY, b. 1813; m. ABRAHAM CARTER.
iv. MELINDA BRAY, b. May 19, 1815; m. DAVID JOHNSON.
v. HENRY REUBEN BRAY, b. 1817.
vi. SARAH BRAY, b. 1819; m. JOSEPH CHAPMAN.
vii. SQUIRE DAVID BRAY, b. 1823; m. (1) MARY COGGIN; m. (2) CAROLINE WARDEN.
(6323.) OLIVER BENTON BITNER (4870.) (2794.) (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.)
b. 26-2mo-1902, Rush Co., Indiana; m. (1st). 25-11mo-1921, to MARY PARKER; b. ____; d. 17-10mo-1935; m. (2nd). 11-3mo-1944, to MARJORIE GRADY HARDING (a widow? ___ ed.)CH: (By first wife). (7409.) Yvonne.
(By second wife). (7410.) Sharron Sue. (R148).
Entered service at Richmond 15 Apr 1862 when he was 23 and was made Corporal then. Died at home in 1865 of fevr contracted in service...Family burial grand is Mt. Pleasant Ch. Cem. at Fries, VA, though it is not certain he was buried there. Cpl. CO B 37 BATT VA Cavalry