Third Generation


35. Elijah Walker Bray1,5. Birth: 21 November 1857, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Elijah Walker 2 m w TN.

Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Elijah W. 12 m w TN.

Census: 1920, Fresno County, California.

Death: 6 August 1936, age 78, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

In the 1860 census, he appears to have been enumerated as Elijah Walker, with Walker as his surname. But subsequent records seem to list him as Elijah Walker Bray. He moved first to Oklahoma, before moving to Bee County, Texas.

Elijah Walker Bray and Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Rideout Marriage: 10 January 1884, Howell County, Missouri.60 Elijah W. Bray to Mary J Rideout Jan 10 1884 by J. A. Vincent, MG, Marriage records of Howell Co, Mo, published by the South Central Missouri Genealogical Society of West Plains, Mo.

Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Rideout60,61,62, daughter of Henry Giles Rideout and Lucy Jane Polley,. Birth: 16 August 1866, Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky.62

Death: 4 January 1892, age 25, [Brandsville, Howell County, Missouri].62

Burial: about 5 January 1892, Union Hill Cemetery, Brandsville, Howell County, Missouri.62 Grave marker: Mary E. Bray, 16 Aug 1866 - 4 Jan 1892.

Elijah Walker Bray and Mary Elizabeth (Molly) Rideout had the following children:

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Bray. Birth: 18 January 1886, Myatt Twp, Howell County, Missouri. Howell County Mo Births book, 1883-1893, male Bray born Jan 18 1886, first child, Myatt Twp: Father, Eley W Bray 28, farmer b Anderson Co, Tenn: Mother, Mary Elizabeth Rideout,
19, born Webster Co, Ky. He apparently died young, because there is no further record.

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Jasper Green (Jack) Bray.

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Dow M. Bray.

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Alva Madison Bray.

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William Nathan Bray.

Elijah Walker Bray and Elizabeth V. Johnson Marriage: 11 November 1892, Howell County, Missouri. E W Bray to E V Johnston Nov 11 1892 by David W Epley, Min, Marriage records of Howell Co, Mo, published by the South Central Missouri Genealogical Society of West Plains, Mo.

Elizabeth Johnson died giving birth to William. Elijah took the 4 oys and moved to southeast Kansas for a period of time, then moved to Northeastern Oklahoma where he met and married Mary Louise Rideout.

Elizabeth V. Johnson63,64, daughter of Elihu Sherrils Johnson and Nancy McDaniel,. Birth: 1866, Republic, Greene County, Missouri.

Death: 1917, age 51,.

Elijah Walker Bray and Elizabeth V. Johnson had the following children:

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Berta (Birty) Bray.

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John Burnes Bray63. Birth: 6 September 1903, Bly, Missouri. Census: 1920, Fresno County, California. Death: 27 April 1972, age 68, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

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Lennord P. Bray.