Mathew Smith Ray and Euphema Campbell

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Husband Mathew Smith Ray ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Jun 1830 - Fairview Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Ray (1798-1876) 3 4
         Mother: Ann Smith (      -1850) 1 3

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       Marriage: 12 Jan 1854 1 2

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Wife Euphema Campbell ¹

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            AKA: Euphenia Campbell 2
           Born: 26 Mar 1828 2
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         Father: Archibald "Archie" Campbell (1785-      ) 2 5
         Mother: Esther Hutchison (1794-      ) 6

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Children

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1 F Ophelia Jane Ray ¹

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           Born: 21 Jan 1855
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           Died: 26 Feb 1935
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: William Fleming (1842-1902) 1 7

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2 F Anna M. Ray ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Mathew Smith Ray

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He was born on the family homestead farm in Fairview town­ship, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He assisted his father in clearing the land, and his mother in preparing the flax and wool from which she manufactured clothing for the family. His education consisted of a few weeks' attendance at the subscription schools during the winter season. When nineteen years of age he began an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, receiving two dollars per month during the first few months of his service, which lasted three years. He afterwards engaged in business for himself as a contractor and builder, and erected many of the houses and barns in that locality. In April, 1854, he removed to the village of Fairview, and forty years later was one of its oldest residents. The family belonged to the Presbyterian church, and he was an elder in the Fairview society. Politic­ally, he was always a stanch Republican, was elected a justice of the peace in 1855, and, with the exception of one term, served continuously for forty years. He also held various other positions in the township and borough. He was a charter member of Liberty Lodge, K. of H., of which he was reporter for many years. [HBC 1895, 990]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 990.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 296.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 370.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 989.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 990, 1019, 1025.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1019.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 370.