Third Generation

25. John H. Bray^3,36. Birth: 1835, Tennessee.

Missing from census: 1850,. At the age of 16 years old in 1850, John likely would have been living still at home with his parents. But he was not enumerated household of his parents.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Anderson County, Tennessee, 16 Jul 1860, Robertsville PO; page 36b, dwelling number 503, family number 503; Bray John 25 m farmer TN cannot R/W; Margaret 20 f TN.

Census: 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee, Dist. 2, Anderson County, Tennessee, 11 Jun 1870, Wallace Cross Roads PO; p.8a, dwelling number 4, family number 4; Bray John H. 35 m w farm laborer TN cannot R/W; Margaret 27 f w keeping house TN; John 6 m w TN attended school; James T. 4 m w TN; Joshua 2 m w TN; Longmire Marcelles 49 m w farmer $6000/$1250 TN; Leah 50 f w keeping house TN cannot R/W; Harriet O. 16 female widowed white without occupation TN; William H. 14 m w farm laborer TN attended school; Alvis 12 m w farm laborer TN attended school; Sarah M. 10 female widowed white without occupation TN attended school; Jordan E. 8 m w TN attended school; Nancy E. 6 f w TN.

Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Dist. 6, Knox County, Tennessee, 7 Jul 1870, Heiskell Station PO, page 143a, dwelling number 118, family number 118, Bray John H. 36 m w TN, Margaret 32 f w TN, John 7 m w TN, James 6 m w TN, Joshua 3 m w TN.

Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 11, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1 Jun 1880; p.20d, dwelling number 29, family number 30; Bray John 47 head male married white, farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN, cannot R/W; Margaret 40 wife female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN; John 17 son, male, single, white, farm laborer, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, cannot W; James 15 son, male, single, white, at home, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school; Joshua 13 son, male, single, white, at home, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school; Joseph 9 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, (had phthistia); Samuel 3 son, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Catherine C. 11/12 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, b. July, (had scrofulia)

Death: between 1881 and 1900, age 46,. John appears to have died before the 1900 census. (RGB) He was also known as John A. Bray. John appears to have died before the 1900 census. (RGB)

John H. Bray and Margaret Messamore Marriage: 3 July 1859, Anderson County, Tennessee.³⁷

Margaret Messamore, daughter of James Messamore and Sarah Heath,. Birth: about 1838, Tennessee.

Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee, Age 00-04, enumerated Household of her father James Messamore Census: 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee, Margaret 12 f w TN attended school Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Margaret 20 f TN Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Margaret 20 Census: 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee, Margaret 27 f w keeping house TN
Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Margaret 32 f w TN Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee. Margaret 40 wife female married white, keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN Death: between 1881 and 1900, age 43,. Margaret appears to have died before the 1900 census. (RGB) It is not totally proven that the Margaret Messamore who was the daughter of James Messamore and Sarah Heath and the Margaret Messamore who married John H. Bray were the same person. But there were only two Margaret Brays in Anderson County and they were the same age, so it's logical to conclude that they were probably the same person. (RGB)

John H. Bray and Margaret Messamore had the following children: