Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Stanley Manners Wray and Pauline Orr




Husband Stanley Manners Wray 1 2

           Born: 9 Jan 1893 - Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO 2
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         Father: Hiram Hultz Wray (1848-1919) 2 3 4
         Mother: Alice M. Harrison (1855-      ) 1 5


       Marriage: 12 Sep 1919 2



Wife Pauline Orr 2

           Born: 20 Jun 1893 - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Dr. Joseph D. Orr (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Belle McFarland (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Joseph Harrison Wray 2

           Born: 30 Sep 1922 - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - Stanley Manners Wray


He received his public and high school education in the schools of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, and then matriculated at Gettysburg College, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1916. He immediately became associated wtih his father's business, and continued until October, 1918, when he enlisted in the United States Army. He was stationed at Newport News, Virginia, and was honorably discharged, as a first sergeant, in February, 1919. He then returned to his duties with "The Leechburg Advance," and upon the death of his father, purchased complete control of the newspaper, and directed its policies thereafter. During Governor Pinchot's term of office he was connected with the Tax Investigation Division of the Department of Revenue, and he served in this capacity for four years.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and an active Republican, and served for ten years or more as director of the poor in Leechburg. He was a member of the National and Pennsylvania Editorial associations, and was past commander of the local American Legion Post. He was affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Free and Accepted Masons in which he held the thirty-second degree of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member of the Hillcrest Country Club.

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Sources


1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 593.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 281.

3 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 284x, 614.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 592, 593.

5 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 614.


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