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Married James Lafayette Bray on March 12, 1867.
She was the daughter of Zachariah R. and Eliza M. (Adams) Sims. Her formal name as reported in the will of her father (probated in 1882) was Mary Ann Dryden Bray.
Her father was conveyed 160 acres in Greene County, MO on January 15, 1842.
Her husband, James Lafayette Bray was born in Christian County Missouri, June 26th 1848, the son of Calvin Duncan Bray and Harriet Primrose (Avent) Bray, and both natives of North Carolina.
He was brought up on a farm and was educated in the common schools. He spent his life mostly in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of mule breeding and also dealing heavily in these animals. At the St. Louis Exposition he took the premium on mules between fourteen and fifteen hands high and one-third of the premium on the six-mule show, his premiums aggregating more than five hundred dollars. Besides the premiums mentioned above, Mr. Bray took first and second premiums on his mules at the State Fair in 1906 and 1908. He was also much interested in fruit culture, and in 1906 took first premium at the State Fair on a plate of apples, and in 1908 the first premium on a bushel of apples and second premium on a plate of apples. He bought his farm in 1871.
On March 12th 1866 he married Mary Ann Dryden Sims, daughter of Zachariah Sims, an early settler of Green County who resided there until his death. From this union three children were born, Nora, Ida, and Fred. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church and supported it faithfully.
Married James Lafayette Bray on March 12, 1867.
She was the daughter of Zachariah R. and Eliza M. (Adams) Sims. Her formal name as reported in the will of her father (probated in 1882) was Mary Ann Dryden Bray.
Her father was conveyed 160 acres in Greene County, MO on January 15, 1842.
Her husband, James Lafayette Bray was born in Christian County Missouri, June 26th 1848, the son of Calvin Duncan Bray and Harriet Primrose (Avent) Bray, and both natives of North Carolina.
He was brought up on a farm and was educated in the common schools. He spent his life mostly in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of mule breeding and also dealing heavily in these animals. At the St. Louis Exposition he took the premium on mules between fourteen and fifteen hands high and one-third of the premium on the six-mule show, his premiums aggregating more than five hundred dollars. Besides the premiums mentioned above, Mr. Bray took first and second premiums on his mules at the State Fair in 1906 and 1908. He was also much interested in fruit culture, and in 1906 took first premium at the State Fair on a plate of apples, and in 1908 the first premium on a bushel of apples and second premium on a plate of apples. He bought his farm in 1871.
On March 12th 1866 he married Mary Ann Dryden Sims, daughter of Zachariah Sims, an early settler of Green County who resided there until his death. From this union three children were born, Nora, Ida, and Fred. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church and supported it faithfully.
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Married James Lafayette Bray on March 12, 1867.
She was the daughter of Zachariah R. and Eliza M. (Adams) Sims. Her formal name as reported in the will of her father (probated in 1882) was Mary Ann Dryden Bray.
Her father was conveyed 160 acres in Greene County, MO on January 15, 1842.
Her husband, James Lafayette Bray was born in Christian County Missouri, June 26th 1848, the son of Calvin Duncan Bray and Harriet Primrose (Avent) Bray, and both natives of North Carolina.
He was brought up on a farm and was educated in the common schools. He spent his life mostly in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of mule breeding and also dealing heavily in these animals. At the St. Louis Exposition he took the premium on mules between fourteen and fifteen hands high and one-third of the premium on the six-mule show, his premiums aggregating more than five hundred dollars. Besides the premiums mentioned above, Mr. Bray took first and second premiums on his mules at the State Fair in 1906 and 1908. He was also much interested in fruit culture, and in 1906 took first premium at the State Fair on a plate of apples, and in 1908 the first premium on a bushel of apples and second premium on a plate of apples. He bought his farm in 1871.
On March 12th 1866 he married Mary Ann Dryden Sims, daughter of Zachariah Sims, an early settler of Green County who resided there until his death. From this union three children were born, Nora, Ida, and Fred. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church and supported it faithfully.
Married James Lafayette Bray on March 12, 1867.
She was the daughter of Zachariah R. and Eliza M. (Adams) Sims. Her formal name as reported in the will of her father (probated in 1882) was Mary Ann Dryden Bray.
Her father was conveyed 160 acres in Greene County, MO on January 15, 1842.
Her husband, James Lafayette Bray was born in Christian County Missouri, June 26th 1848, the son of Calvin Duncan Bray and Harriet Primrose (Avent) Bray, and both natives of North Carolina.
He was brought up on a farm and was educated in the common schools. He spent his life mostly in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of mule breeding and also dealing heavily in these animals. At the St. Louis Exposition he took the premium on mules between fourteen and fifteen hands high and one-third of the premium on the six-mule show, his premiums aggregating more than five hundred dollars. Besides the premiums mentioned above, Mr. Bray took first and second premiums on his mules at the State Fair in 1906 and 1908. He was also much interested in fruit culture, and in 1906 took first premium at the State Fair on a plate of apples, and in 1908 the first premium on a bushel of apples and second premium on a plate of apples. He bought his farm in 1871.
On March 12th 1866 he married Mary Ann Dryden Sims, daughter of Zachariah Sims, an early settler of Green County who resided there until his death. From this union three children were born, Nora, Ida, and Fred. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Church and supported it faithfully.
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