NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11238 MARION CO – WILLIAM E. RAY – Ray, McElroy, Boone, Breckinridge, Logan, Froman #11238 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co. WILLIAM E. RAY was born in September, 1837, being the second in a family of seven children born to Samuel T. and Margaret (McElroy) Ray. His paternal grandfather, Nicholas Ray, of English descent, was a native of Maryland; his father, in turn, was one of three brothers who immigrated to America and the colonies; the latter was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Nicholas Ray, the first of the family to come to Kentucky, was a contemporary of Daniel Boone, and was one of the inmates of the fort at Boonesborough; some years later he removed to and settled in Washington County, where he continued to reside until his death; he lived an active highly respected and useful life, and left quite a competency at his death. William E. McElroy, maternal grandfather of William E. Ray, was a native of Virginia, whence he emigrated with his parents to Kentucky. He was one of the large and prosperous farmers of Marion County; reared a large family of children, some filling the highest positions in the State. He was an exemplary citizen and died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. Samuel T. Ray, father of William E., was born in 1804, at the Ray homestead in Marion County. He was three times married, and was the father of seventeen children. Upon the death of his parents he inherited the farm, and always with success continued in the vocation of farming. He died in 1884, in the eighty-first year of his age. William E. Ray was born and reared on the home farm, receiving a collegiate education at Georgetown College. At the age of twenty, he sought the broad fields of the West, where he remained until the opening of the civil war, when he returned and enlisted in the cause of the South, joining Gen. Breckinridge’s brigade. In 1863 he was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh and was paroled, and never again entered the service, but returned home and took charge of his father’s farm. September 5, 1868, his marriage with Miss Annie Logan, daughter of Dr. M. B. Logan, was solemnized; one child was born to their union, Katie L. Mrs. Ray died in 1873, and in July, 1875, his marriage with Miss Fannie Froman, daughter of Isaac Froman, was celebrated; by this union he is the father of the following named children: Tilden and Hendricks (twins), Lucy, Margie, Annie and Robert. Mr. Ray has been a very successful farmer, and makes a special feature of raising shorthorn Durham cattle. He owns 700 acres of well improved land; is a member of the Masonic and K. of H. fraternities, and an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx