Benjamin Henry Ray^{[1, 2]}

1892 - 1972  (80 years)

• Name	Benjamin Henry Ray
  Born	1 Jan 1892	Ashville, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	1910	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Census	1930	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Census	1940	District 6, Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Died	1 Feb 1972
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [7]
  Person ID	I38031	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Ray,   b. North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1911
  Mother	Cordelia,   b. Abt 1859, Tennessee
  Family ID	F133090	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Emma Ona Trotter,   b. 28 Aug 1897, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Apr 1951  (Age 53 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1916	Cocke County, Tennessee   [8]
  Children	1. Joe Trotter Ray,   b. 9 Oct 1917, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Nov 1925, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 8 years) + 2. Alice L. Ray,   b. 7 Jun 1919, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Feb 2004  (Age 84 years)   3. Loretta Ray,   d. Bef 20 Feb 2004
  Family ID	F13916	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Nelle Elizabeth Gray,   b. 29 Sep 1897, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jan 1973  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F30958	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1910 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Married - 3 Dec 1916 - Cocke County, Tennessee Draft Registration - 5 Jun 1917 - Cocke County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 49.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 20 Feb 2004. Mrs. Alice Ray Long obituary [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 113, 385. [S112] Census, 1910. name: Benjamin Ray birthplace: North Carolina relationship to head of household: Son residence: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee marital status: Single race : White gender: Male immigration year: father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: Tennessee family number: 245 page number: 12 Household Gender Age Birthplace self Cordelia Ray F 51y Tennessee dau Mollie Ray F 21y North Carolina son Benjamin Ray M 18y North Carolina dau Gertrude Ray F 16y North Carolina son Robert Ray M 11y Tennessee [S121] Draft Registration. name: Benjamin Henry Ray event: Draft Registration registration date year range: 1917-1918 event place: Cocke County, Tennessee, United States gender: Male birth date: 01 Jan 1892 birthplace: Ashville, North Carolina, United States country of citizenship: United States nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards nara publication number: M1509 film number: 1852930 digital folder number: 005152389 image number: 01079 [S112] Census, 1930. name: Benjamin H Ray event: Census event date: 1930 event place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee gender: Male age: 38 marital status: Married race: White birthplace: North Carolina estimated birth year: 1892 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Head father's birthplace: North Carolina mother's birthplace: North Carolina enumeration district number: 0012 family number: 114 sheet number and letter: 5A line number: 37 nara publication: T626, roll 2238 film number: 2341972 digital folder number: 4548152 image number: 00237 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Benjamin H Ray M 38 North Carolina wife Emma O Ray F 32 Tennessee daughter Alice L Ray F 10 Tennessee lodger Rufe M Webb M 43 Tennessee lodger Anna P Webb F 40 Tennessee lodger Aurelia Proffitt F 21 Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. name: Ben Ray titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Newport, Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 48 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1892 residence in 1935: Same House enumeration district number: 15-14 family number: 212 sheet number and letter: 11A line number: 8 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3881 digital folder number: 005461287 image number: 00394 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Ben Ray M 48 Tennessee wife Ana Ray F 42 Tennessee daughter Alice Ray F 20 Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 50331386). [S58] Marriage Certificate. groom's name: Ben H. Ray groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Ona Trotter bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 03 Dec 1916 marriage place: Cocke, Tennessee groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: I03651-9 system origin: Tennessee-EASy source film number: 1928644 reference number: pg 460