Third Generation


32. Joseph A. (Joe) Bray10,49,50,51,52,53,54,55. Birth: 11 December 1849, Anderson County, Tennessee.10,49 Michael Carroll lists his name as Joseph A. (Arch) Bray. Perhaps his middle name was Archibald.

He appeared in the household of his father Edward Payne Bray in the census in 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee.10 Joseph A. 6/12, born TN, enumerated Household of his father Edward Payne Bray.

He appeared in the household of his father Edward Payne Bray in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Joseph 13 m w TN.

Joe appeared in the household of his brother-in-law John Daniel Wall who married his sister Emilia (Emily) Bray in the census in 1870 in Knox County, Tennessee. Bray Joseph A. 21 m w TN.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 9, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1 Jun 1880; p.93a, dwelling number 11, family number 11; Bray Joseph 30 head male married white, farmer, born TN, father and mother born TN; Selina 31 wife female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN; Mahala 8 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; George 6 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; William 4 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Henry 1 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1900, Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 9, Loudon County, Tennessee, 6 Jun 1900; p.85a, dwelling number 136, family number 152; Bray A. Joseph 50 head male m30 w Dec 1849, born TN, father and mother born TN; A. Francis 51 wife female m30 w Jan 1849, born TN, father and mother born TN, 9 children, 8 living; Henry 21 son, male, single, white, Mar 1879, born TN, father and mother born TN; L. Anna 17 daughter, female, single, white, Mar 1881, born TN, father and mother born TN; J. Edward 13 son, male, single, white, Aug 1886, born TN, father and mother born TN; J. Walter 10 son, male, single, white, Jan 1890, born TN, father and mother born TN; M. Lilly 7 daughter, female, single, white, Apr 1893, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1910, Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Enumeration District 136, Loudon County, Tennessee, 8 May 1910; page 121b, dwelling number 290, family number 326; Bray Joe R. 61 head male m1-40 w, born TN, father and mother born TN; Carolina 62 wife female m1 w, born TN, father and mother born TN, 9 children, 8 living; Walter 20 son, male, single, white, laborer/car shop, born TN, father and mother born TN; Lillie 18 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; page 121b, dwelling number 290, family number 327; Bray Edward 23 head male m1-3 w laborer/car shop, born TN, father and mother born TN; Doca 26 wife female m1-3 w, born TN, father and mother born TN, 1 child, 1 living; Edna 1 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1920, Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Enumeration District 147, Loudon County, Tennessee, 20 Jan 1920; page 161b, Harriman Road, dwelling number 283, family number 286; Bray Joseph 70 head male w w, born TN, father and mother born TN; Paula Lillie 30 daughter female widowed white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Robert 4 11/12 Gson, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Death: 26 October 1926, age 76, Loudon County, Tennessee.49

No obituary has been found, neither in Loudon County newspapers nor in Knoxville newspapers.

Death Certificate #24767.
1. Place of death - Loudon County, Dist. 2, Lenoir City
2. Name - Joseph A. Bray
3. Sex - Male
4. Race - w
5. Status - widowed
6. Born - Sept 11, 1849
7. Age - 76 years, 10 months, 15 days
8. Occupation - Carpenter
9. Birthplace - Tenn
10. Father - Edward Bray
11. Father born - not known
12. Mother - not known
13. Mother born -
14. Informant - J.E. Bray, Lenoir City, Tenn
15. Filed 10/26, 1926 J.B. Porter
16. Date of death - Oct 26, 1926
19. Buried - City Cemetery, Date of burial Oct 29, 1926
20. Undertaker - Sterchi Bros. & Thomas, Lenoir City, Tenn.
The informant was his son John Edward (Edward) Bray.

No will or settlement records have been found at the Loudon County courthouse.

Burial: 29 October 1926, at Lenoir City Cemetery Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.49 There is no tombstone. An enumeration of the cemetery by the W.P.A. identified a stone for his wife Salina, but not for Joseph himself.

Joseph A. (Joe) Bray and Ferriba Salina (Salina) Moore Marriage: 17 November 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee.54

State of Tennessee, Anderson County, page 62, alternate page 109, Nov 1870 17th, Joseph A. Bray to Selian Moore. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on the 17th day of Nov 1870. Oliver Hoskins, J.P.

Ferriba Salina (Salina) Moore43,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57, daughter of Joseph Elvin Moore and Elizabeth Braden,. Birth: 28 January 1849, [Anderson County], Tennessee.43,53,57 Her death certificate gives her date of birth as Jan 9, 1850. One family record gives her name as Febry Salina. Her marriage record gives her name as Selian. The 1850 census gives her name as Pherita S.

She appeared in the household of her father Joseph Elvin Moore in the census in 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee.57 Pheriba S. 1 f w TN, enumerated Household of her father Joseph A. Bray.

She appeared in the household of her father Joseph Elvin Moore in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Salina 11 f w TN.

Salina appeared in the household of her father Joseph Elvin Moore in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Salina 21 female widowed white without occupation TN cannot W.

She appeared in the household of her husband Joseph A. (Joe) Bray in the census in 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Selina 31 wife female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN.

She appeared in the household of her husband Joseph A. (Joe) Bray in the census in 1900 in Loudon County, Tennessee. A. Francis 51 wife female m30 w Jan 1849, born TN, father and mother born TN, 9 children, 8 living.

Salina appeared in the household of her husband Joseph A. (Joe) Bray in the census in 1910 in Loudon County, Tennessee. Carolina 62 wife female m1 w, born TN, father and mother born TN, 9 children, 8 living.

Death: 16 February 1918, age 69, Loudon County, Tennessee.43,53

Death Certificate #26.
1. Died - Loudon County, Dist. 2, Lenoir City
2. Name - Ferriba Salina Bray
3. Sex - Female
4. Race - White
5. Status - Married
6. Born - Jan 9, 1852
7. Age - 68 yrs, 1 mos. 7 ds.
8. Occupation - In the House
9. Birth place - Tennessee
10. Father - Jos Moore
11. Father born - don't know
12. Mother - Elizabeth Breed
13. Mother born - don't know
14. Informant - J E Bray, Lenoir City, Tenn
15. Filed - Feb 16, 1918 M.D. Carter
16. Died - Feb 16, 1918
19. Buried - Lenoir City Cem., Feb 17, 1918
20. Undertaker - Campbell & Porter, Lenoir City
The informant was her son, Joseph Edward (Edward) Bray.

Burial: 17 February 1918, at Lenoir City Cemetery Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.43 Grave marker: Salina, wife of J.A. Bray, Jan 28, 1849, Feb 16, 1918.

Joseph A. (Joe) Bray and Ferriba Salina (Salina) Moore had the following children:

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Mary Mahala Jane (Mahala, Haley) Bray.

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George Samuel Bray.

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William Webster (Billy) Bray.

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Robert Henry (Henry) Bray.

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Anna E. (Annie) Bray.

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Minnie Bell Bray58. Birth: 25 December 1883,.58 She died before 1900 in [Loudon County], [Tennessee].58 Burial: before 1900, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.58 No tombstone has been located. All information about Minnie is based on secondary sources. If the secondary sources are correct, she was born after the 1880 census, she died before the 1900 census, she never married, and she had no children.

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Joseph Edward (Ed) Bray.

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John Walter (Walter) Bray.

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Martha Lillie Mae (Lillie) Bray.