Husband Robert Wray 1 2 3
Born: 8 Dec 1784 - near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 3 4
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Died: 15 Aug 1869 - ? Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 5
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Father: Daniel Wray (Abt 1754-1825) 1 3 5
Mother: Elizabeth McKibben ( - ) 3 4
Marriage: 1812 3 4
Wife Abigail Manners 1 3
Born: - Washington Co, PA
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Father: John Manners (1760- ) 3 4
Mother: Sallie Couch ( - ) 3 4
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1 F Sarah Wray 1 4
Born: 9 Jul 1814 4
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Died: 13 Jun 1860 4
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Spouse: Robert Smith ( - ) 4
2 M Daniel Wray 1 2
Born: 1 Apr 1816 - Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Sarah France ( - ) 4
3 M John Manners Wray 1 4
Born: 23 Nov 1817 - near Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Anna Margaret Townsend (1819- ) 1
Marr: 19 Jul 1839 4
4 F Elizabeth Wray 1 4 6
Born: 1 Jan 1820 4
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Spouse: John Alexander Ewing (1814- ) 4 6
Marr: 1839 6
5 M William H. Wray 1 4
Born: 2 Dec 1821 4
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Spouse: Susan Townsend ( - ) 4
6 F [Infant] Wray 4
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7 F Margaretta Wray 4
Born: 29 Feb 1824 4
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8 F Nancy Wray 7 8
Born: 11 Aug 1825 - Armstrong Co, PA 7 8
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Died: Aft 1913
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Spouse: James D. Wilson (1818-1895) 7 9
Marr: 24 Mar 1847 7
9 M Robert Wray 1 4
Born: 11 Feb 1827 4
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Spouse: Martha Gray ( - ) 3
10 F Anna J. Wray 1 4
Born: 16 Mar 1830 4
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11 F Abigail M. Wray 1 4
Born: 29 Jul 1832 4
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Died: Aft 1913
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Wray
His father had seriously involved himself in the purchase of property and was in danger of losing it, so Robert assumed the in-debtedness, took the claim, and by engaging in the manufacture of salt (an industry in which he was a pioneer), he paid for the farm. He was a Republi-can and a Presbyterian.
In 1800 he moved with his father to the site of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. After a time his father's health became poor and Robert had to assume entire charge of the farm. So well did he carry out the task that he succeeded in paying for the place and putting it into a fine state of cultivation. Part of the purchase money was raised by salt making, at a well he had bored.
He was a farmer, and came to Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, with his son in 1820.
He was born near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and came with his father to the site of Saltsburg in 1800. When his father's health began to fail he assumed the management of the farm, and finished paying for it, adding to what he made by farming by the manufacture of salt, which was one of the earliest industries in the Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas valley. In 1819 he settled in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, where he continued to reside until his death. He prospered in agricultural pursuits, and acquired six hundred acres of land which he divided among three of his sons, and another tract of 120 acres near Olivet which he gave to another son. Few men of his day were more respected, and he held the confidence of his fellow citizens to such an extent that he was a frequent neighborhood arbitrator. He was active in the public affairs of his locality, holding at one time or another most of the local offices, and he was an original and most valued member of the Presbyterian Church of Eldersridge, serving as a member of the first building committee of that congregation. In political conviction he was a Whig and Republican. [HIC 1913, 619]
General Notes: Wife - Abigail Manners
Her parents were of German extraction and among the early settlers of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.