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Husband: Simeon C. Ray (details)
Birth ABT 1828 SC   Aged <5 in 1830. Mary says AL, but John and Narcissa say SC with Telitha at home  
Marriage 14 MAR 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL Talitha Countiss (details)  
1850 AL Tuskaloosa 170b Countiss John
Marriage 1850 AL Tuscaloosa Ray Countiss
Death BET 1856 AND 1860 Calhoun Co., MS   bought land 1855, not on 1860 census  

Father: Joseph P Ray (details)
Mother: Sarah (details)


Wife: Talitha Countiss (details)
Birth 26 SEP 1830 Tuscaloosa Co., AL    
Cemetery AR Rover
Grave Ray Talitha C
Marriage 14 MAR 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL Simeon C. Ray (details)  
1850 AL Tuskaloosa 170b Countiss John
Marriage 1850 AL Tuscaloosa Ray Countiss
Death 11 NOV 1903 Rover, Yell Co., AR   Dr. T. L. Ballenger writes of his grandmother thus: "Grandmother Ray, mother's mother, made her home with us after the death of her husband. She attended school very little but was thoroughly self-edu... (more)
Cemetery AR Rover
Grave Ray Talitha C

Father: John Richard Countiss (details)
Mother: Nancy Grizzle (details)


Children


Mary Jane Ray (details)
Birth 19 APR 1847 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., AL    
Bible Bellenger Chalmers and Mary
Death 1922 TX Parker Bellenger Mary Jane
Marriage 21 AUG 1866 Banner, Calhoun Co., MS Chalmers Tarplin Bellenger (details)  
Bible Bellenger Chalmers and Mary
Death 23 FEB 1922 Millsap, Parker Co., TX   Chronic intersticial nephritis & influenza
Bible Bellenger Chalmers and Mary
Death 1922 TX Parker Bellenger Mary Jane


Narcissa Elizabeth Ray (details)
Birth 31 AUG 1853 Banner, Calhoun Co., MS    
Cemetery AR Rover
Marriage 18 JAN 1872 Pittsboro, Calhoun Co., MS Daniel Milton Ballenger (details) Daniel Milton Ballenger and Narcissia Elizabeth Ray were married at Pittsboro, Mississippi in 1872, and set out immediately, with a wagon train of immigrants - mostly relatives - on an overland trip t... (more)
1900 AR Yell 150-5a Ray Tabitha
Death 6 AUG 1904 Rover, Yell Co., AR    
Cemetery AR Rover


John O. Ray (details)
Birth 30 DEC 1855 Banner, Calhoun Co., MS    
Cemetery AR Rover
Marriage 1 AUG 1878 Yell Co., AR Mary E Cooper (details) B-411  
Death 1 FEB 1898 Yell Co., AR    
Cemetery AR Rover