John Manners Wray and Anna Margaret Townsend

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Husband John Manners Wray ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1817 - near Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Wray (1784-1869) 1 3 4
         Mother: Abigail Manners (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 19 Jul 1839 2

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Wife Anna Margaret Townsend ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1819 5
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         Father: Robert Townsend (1796-1874) 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Hine (1797-Aft 1883) 5

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Children

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1 F Harriet M. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 9 Nov 1840 6
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           Died: Bef 1914
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         Spouse: B. H. Scott (      -      ) 1 6

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2 F Clara E. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1842 6
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         Spouse: T. M. Marshall (      -      ) 1 6

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3 F Abagail G. Wray ^{1 6 7}

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           Born: 14 Aug 1844 6
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         Spouse: David D. P. Alexander (1837-      ) 1 6 7
           Marr: 13 Jun 1865 7

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4 M Hiram Hultz Wray ^{8 9 10}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1848 - Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2 11
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           Died: 4 Mar 1919 10
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         Spouse: Alice M. Harrison (1855-      ) 6 11
           Marr: 7 Sep 1880 6 11

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5 F Anna M. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 18 Jun 1850 6
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           Died: Bef 1883
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6 M Robert T. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 4 May 1853 6
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7 F Mary A. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 15 May 1856 6
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8 F Emma E. Wray ^{1 6}

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           Born: 24 Dec 1859 6
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General Notes: Husband - John Manners Wray

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He was reared on the old homestead in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He, with his sons, John M., Daniel, William and Robert, cleared a trio of the finest farms in Western Pennsylvania.

He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, and in his chosen avocation was eminently successful; he gave special attention to the rearing of fine stock, especially English draft horses. During his eventful career he was three times engaged in mercantile pursuits, but his preference was always for the farm.

He was reared in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he attended school in the old log structures of the times. Soon after he grew to manhood he began to farm for himself, following this occupation for the greater part of his life. Between 1857 and 1860 he was in partnership with Henry Townsend in the store at Olivet, and again in 1865 with the same partner, finally transferring half the business to Hiram, his son, when the firm became J. M. Wray & Son. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at El-der's Ridge and in politics an adherent of the Republican party, filling a number of township offices.

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

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

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 592, 685.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 619.

5 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 392x.

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

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 388.

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

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

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

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