Third Generation

46. Joseph D. Bray^1,3,5. Birth: May 1837, Tennessee.

Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee, Age 00-04, enumerated Household of his father Joshua J. Bray.

Missing from census: 1850,.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Anderson County, Tennessee, 16 Jul 1860, Robertsville PO, page 36b, dwelling number 505, family number 505, Bray Joseph 23 m farmer TN cannot R/W, Eliz 31 f TN.

Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Dist. 6, Knox County, Tennessee, 7 Jul 1870, Heiskell Station PO, page 143a, dwelling number 116, family number 116, Bray Joseph D. 36 m w TN cannot R/W, Eliza 32 f w TN, John 6 m w TN, Sarah E. 5 f w TN, Mary E. 3 f w TN.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 11, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1 Jun 1880, p.21a, dwelling number 40, family number 41, Bray Joseph D. 43 male married white, farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN, cannot W, Louisa 52 female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN, John 18 male single white, farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, Sarah 15 female single white, at home, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, Mary E. 12 female single white, at home, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, cannot W.

Census: 1900, St. Francois County, Missouri. St. Francois Twp, St. Francois County, Missouri, 12 Jun 1900, p.206a, dwelling number 237, family number 254, Bray Joseph 63 head male m42 w May 1837 farmer, born TN, father and mother born TN, Louisa 72 wife female m42 w Sep 1827, born TN, father and mother born TN, 4 children, 2 living.

Joseph D. Bray and Eliza Louisa (Louisa) Messamore Marriage: 2 June 1859, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁹

Eliza Louisa (Louisa) Messamore^3,5, daughter of James Messamore and Sarah Heath,. Birth: September 1827, [Knox County], Tennessee.

Census: 1830, Knox County, Tennessee, Age 00-04, enumerated Household of her father James Messamore.

Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee, Age 10-14, enumerated Household of her father James Messamore.

Census: 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee, Louisa 21 f w TN.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Eliz 31 f TN.

Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Eliza 32 f w TN.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Louisa 52 female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1900, St. Francois County, Missouri. Louisa 72 wife female m42 w Sep 1827, born TN, father and mother born TN, 4 children, 2 living.

Joseph D. Bray and Eliza Louisa (Louisa) Messamore had the following children: