Fourth Generation

83. Wilson Washington Bray^35,90. Birth: 26 June 1879, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Wilson son 1 male single white, home, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 10, Anderson County, Tennessee, 20, 21 & 22 Jun 1900; page 146b, dwelling number 160, family number 163; Taylor Wilson 20 head male m(8/12) w farmer, born TN, father and mother born TN; Susana 17 wife female m(8/12) w, born TN, father and mother born TN, his surname was listed as Taylor rather than as Bray.

Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 10, Anderson County, Tennessee, 5 May 1910; page 138b, dwelling number 129, family number 129; Bray Wilson 30 head male m1-10 w, born TN, father and mother born TN; Susanah 27 wife female m1-10 w farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN; Allis 9 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Andy 7 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Ramsy 4 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Horris 1 0/12 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1920, Scott County, Tennessee. Dist. 1, Scott County, Tennessee, 27 & 28 Jun 1920; p.4b, dwelling number 74, family number 74; Bray Wilson W. 40 head male married white, coal operator, coal mine, born TN, father and mother born TN; Susanah 37 wife female married white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Andrew 16 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school; Horace 10 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school; Elsie 7 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school; Welder 5 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school.

Death: 17 August 1922, age 43, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.⁹²

Death Certificate -
1. Died - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, Fort Sanders Hospital #400
2. Name - W. W. Bray 3. Sex - Male
4. Race - White
5. Civil Status - Married
6. Date of birth - (blank)
7. Age - 44 years
8. Occupation - merchant
9. Born in - Tenn.
10/11. Father - don't know
12/13. Mother - don't know
14. Informant - Andrew Bray, Rosedale, Tenn.
15. Filed - 17 Aug 1922
16. Died - 16 Aug 1922
17. Resided - Rosedale, Tenn
19. Buried - Petros, Tenn., Aug 17
20. Undertaker, Manns, Knoxville

The informant Andrew Bray was his son.

Burial: 17 August 1922, at Brayton Cemetery Anderson County, Tennessee.⁹² His death certificate says that he was buried in Petros, which is in Morgan County. However, he has a stone in the Brayton Cemetery in Anderson County.

Wilson Washington Bray and Susanah Phillips Marriage: 6 October 1899, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁹⁰

Susanah Phillips⁹⁰. Birth: about 1883, Tennessee.

Census: 1900, Anderson County, Tennessee. Susana 17 wife female m(8/12) w, born TN, father and mother born TN, the surname of Susanah and her husband was listed as Taylor rather than as Bray.

Census: 1910, Anderson County, Tennessee. Susanah 27 wife female m1-10 w farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1920, Scott County, Tennessee. Susanah 37 wife female married white, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Census: 1930, Anderson County, Tennessee. Susanne 47 wife female m@17 w, born TN, father and mother born TN.

Wilson Washington Bray and Susanah Phillips had the following children: