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Of Scotch-Irish descent, Calvin, a native of North Carolina, saw our nation at a time of great progress and turmoil, one would have benefitted by the experiences and stories told to him by the people whom he would meet as a freight hauler through Cumberland Gap (Virginia to Tennessee) with a wagon and three-mule team.
Calvin married first on July 23 1835 in Chatham County, North Carolina to Mahala Tyson Womble [Birth: 16 May 1819. Death: 30 Aug 1837], daughter of Jesse Womble. 2) Married on March 3 1842, Chatham County North Carolina to Harriet Primrose Avent, whom was born on December 5, 1821 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Harriet died on August 18, 1888 in Waverly, Missouri, the daughter of William Avent and Esther Watts Clegg.
He moved to Missouri in 1844 with Harriet and his cousins, they lived in Ozark and Sparta Christian County. There is a Bray family farm in the Sparta area, which is still owned by his cousin's descendants. He was a singing master and a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church.
He served in the Civil War as a Confederate Captain, with his son Fletcher who was a drummer boy, under several commanders, among them General Sterling Price. He and his wife moved to Lafayette County in 1865. He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, with blue eyes. His mother's name was Margaret "Peggy" Brooks, she was short and heavyset. His father was William Bray.
The Confederate Bray's from Ozark and Sparta.
Taylor, Charles Cadmus and Lynn Bray, sons of Mark Bray, missed the battle at Wilson's Creek, as did Captain Calvin Duncan Bray and his son, Fletcher Harris Bray. Following the Wilson Creek battle of August 10, 1861, General Price and his victorious Missouri State Guard retired to northern Missouri where they overwhelmed the Union defenders of Lexington at the Battle of the Hemp Bales in late September. At that time, Missouri had neither seceded nor had been admitted to the Confederacy. Following Lexington, General Price sent Colonel Thomas J. Snead, his acting adjutant general, to Richmond to discuss a formal alliance with Confederate officials there. The treaty was concluded and Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy in November. Meanwhile, General Price left Lexington and moved to Osceola, on the Sac River, where he began to build winter quarters. Before that effort was completed, the army was on the move again, this time toward Springfield. Recruiting for the regular Confederate Army began at Osceola.
In mid-December, the main body of Price's army arrived in Springfield, and that part of it that, later, became the First Missouri Confederate Brigade, commanded by Colonel Little, went out about a mile to Fullbright spring near which they began to build winter quarters. Recruiters set up shop in Ozark, County Seat of the recently organized Christian County, and it was there that the Bray's joined the Confederacy. Cadmus Bray on the 16th, Lynn Bray and Fletcher Harris Bray joined the 4th Missouri infantry, Company F, on December 14, 1861. Fletcher had just turned 16 in July and was designated as a drummer boy. F Company was commanded by Captain Greene.
Emilett, his first daughter, shared in the summer of 1980 the details of her father, "He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, blue eyes and by occupation a farmer and miner. My mother died at the age of 18 years (2) on account of exposure too soon after confinement."
NEXT GENERATION
Children of CALVIN DUNCAN BRAY and MAHALA TYSON WOMBLE
EMILETT MAHALA BRAY, recorded as [Emilett M. Allred b. July 7, 1837 d. September 2 1911 Missouri m. 1) June 10 1857 Moore County North Carolina to WILLIAM C. ALLRED m. 2) March 9 1865 Christian County Missouri to JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN m. 3) November 12 1873 to WILLIAM ROBERTS
Notes for EMILETTE MAHALA BRAY: As per Bray Nostalgia
She moved to Kenton, Greene County, Missouri in 1857 with Dr. William C. Allred (then called Linden, Christian County). She lived in Walnut Grove, MO. 1869-1871. After each divorce she returned to the Allred name.
Following the death of Dr. Allred she married Joseph Wrightsman on March 9, 1865 in Christian County, Missouri. They moved to Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1869 where they lived until July 1871, until she left him for a divorce. She then returned to the old home in Christian County, Missouri.
She then married William Roberts on 12 November 1873. This marriage lasted 20 years and ended in divorce in March 1893.
Notes for WILLIAM C. ALLRED:
William Allred was a Doctor.
Notes for JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN:
Joseph Wrightsman was listed in the 1850 Sangamon County census as a Baptist preacher, but where he was ordained, or if he was, is not known. His assets were stated as $25,000, which was a good deal of money in those days.
The Wrightsman family moved from Sangamon County, Illinois to Christian County, Missouri in about 1860. Joseph Wrightsmand was a widower with eight children. He came with his mother-in-law, Mary Beckner. His wife, Keziah Beckner, had died in 1863 in Springfield, Illinois. His brother, Finley, is listed in the 1860 census of Finley township, so it is assumed that Joseph followed his brother to Missouri. They were born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in the 1810's. Another of the brothers, Christian stayed in Sangamon County.
Among the children who moved with Joseph were, Timothy, who married Mildred Chestnut in 1870; Ann who married Aaren Bray; William Christopher, who married Barbara Lawing, and who owned a hotel in Ozark for a time; Abigail, who married Steve Lawing in 1875. All married in Christian County.Died at the age of 72 from drowning.
Mr. Wrightsman and his wife Keziah moved from Virginia to Illinois and resided there until 1856, when they came to Christian County, Mo., and located near Linden, on a farm where they remained a number of years. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother died in 1863.
Of Scotch-Irish descent, Calvin, a native of North Carolina, saw our nation at a time of great progress and turmoil, one would have benefitted by the experiences and stories told to him by the people whom he would meet as a freight hauler through Cumberland Gap (Virginia to Tennessee) with a wagon and three-mule team.
Calvin married first on July 23 1835 in Chatham County, North Carolina to Mahala Tyson Womble [Birth: 16 May 1819. Death: 30 Aug 1837], daughter of Jesse Womble. 2) Married on March 3 1842, Chatham County North Carolina to Harriet Primrose Avent, whom was born on December 5, 1821 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Harriet died on August 18, 1888 in Waverly, Missouri, the daughter of William Avent and Esther Watts Clegg.
He moved to Missouri in 1844 with Harriet and his cousins, they lived in Ozark and Sparta Christian County. There is a Bray family farm in the Sparta area, which is still owned by his cousin's descendants. He was a singing master and a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church.
He served in the Civil War as a Confederate Captain, with his son Fletcher who was a drummer boy, under several commanders, among them General Sterling Price. He and his wife moved to Lafayette County in 1865. He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, with blue eyes. His mother's name was Margaret "Peggy" Brooks, she was short and heavyset. His father was William Bray.
The Confederate Bray's from Ozark and Sparta.
Taylor, Charles Cadmus and Lynn Bray, sons of Mark Bray, missed the battle at Wilson's Creek, as did Captain Calvin Duncan Bray and his son, Fletcher Harris Bray. Following the Wilson Creek battle of August 10, 1861, General Price and his victorious Missouri State Guard retired to northern Missouri where they overwhelmed the Union defenders of Lexington at the Battle of the Hemp Bales in late September. At that time, Missouri had neither seceded nor had been admitted to the Confederacy. Following Lexington, General Price sent Colonel Thomas J. Snead, his acting adjutant general, to Richmond to discuss a formal alliance with Confederate officials there. The treaty was concluded and Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy in November. Meanwhile, General Price left Lexington and moved to Osceola, on the Sac River, where he began to build winter quarters. Before that effort was completed, the army was on the move again, this time toward Springfield. Recruiting for the regular Confederate Army began at Osceola.
In mid-December, the main body of Price's army arrived in Springfield, and that part of it that, later, became the First Missouri Confederate Brigade, commanded by Colonel Little, went out about a mile to Fullbright spring near which they began to build winter quarters. Recruiters set up shop in Ozark, County Seat of the recently organized Christian County, and it was there that the Bray's joined the Confederacy. Cadmus Bray on the 16th, Lynn Bray and Fletcher Harris Bray joined the 4th Missouri infantry, Company F, on December 14, 1861. Fletcher had just turned 16 in July and was designated as a drummer boy. F Company was commanded by Captain Greene.
Emilett, his first daughter, shared in the summer of 1980 the details of her father, "He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, blue eyes and by occupation a farmer and miner. My mother died at the age of 18 years (2) on account of exposure too soon after confinement."
NEXT GENERATION
Children of CALVIN DUNCAN BRAY and MAHALA TYSON WOMBLE
EMILETT MAHALA BRAY, recorded as [Emilett M. Allred b. July 7, 1837 d. September 2 1911 Missouri m. 1) June 10 1857 Moore County North Carolina to WILLIAM C. ALLRED m. 2) March 9 1865 Christian County Missouri to JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN m. 3) November 12 1873 to WILLIAM ROBERTS
Notes for EMILETTE MAHALA BRAY: As per Bray Nostalgia
She moved to Kenton, Greene County, Missouri in 1857 with Dr. William C. Allred (then called Linden, Christian County). She lived in Walnut Grove, MO. 1869-1871. After each divorce she returned to the Allred name.
Following the death of Dr. Allred she married Joseph Wrightsman on March 9, 1865 in Christian County, Missouri. They moved to Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1869 where they lived until July 1871, until she left him for a divorce. She then returned to the old home in Christian County, Missouri.
She then married William Roberts on 12 November 1873. This marriage lasted 20 years and ended in divorce in March 1893.
Notes for WILLIAM C. ALLRED:
William Allred was a Doctor.
Notes for JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN:
Joseph Wrightsman was listed in the 1850 Sangamon County census as a Baptist preacher, but where he was ordained, or if he was, is not known. His assets were stated as $25,000, which was a good deal of money in those days.
The Wrightsman family moved from Sangamon County, Illinois to Christian County, Missouri in about 1860. Joseph Wrightsmand was a widower with eight children. He came with his mother-in-law, Mary Beckner. His wife, Keziah Beckner, had died in 1863 in Springfield, Illinois. His brother, Finley, is listed in the 1860 census of Finley township, so it is assumed that Joseph followed his brother to Missouri. They were born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in the 1810's. Another of the brothers, Christian stayed in Sangamon County.
Among the children who moved with Joseph were, Timothy, who married Mildred Chestnut in 1870; Ann who married Aaren Bray; William Christopher, who married Barbara Lawing, and who owned a hotel in Ozark for a time; Abigail, who married Steve Lawing in 1875. All married in Christian County.Died at the age of 72 from drowning.
Mr. Wrightsman and his wife Keziah moved from Virginia to Illinois and resided there until 1856, when they came to Christian County, Mo., and located near Linden, on a farm where they remained a number of years. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother died in 1863.
Memorial available for transfer.
Of Scotch-Irish descent, Calvin, a native of North Carolina, saw our nation at a time of great progress and turmoil, one would have benefitted by the experiences and stories told to him by the people whom he would meet as a freight hauler through Cumberland Gap (Virginia to Tennessee) with a wagon and three-mule team.
Calvin married first on July 23 1835 in Chatham County, North Carolina to Mahala Tyson Womble [Birth: 16 May 1819. Death: 30 Aug 1837], daughter of Jesse Womble. 2) Married on March 3 1842, Chatham County North Carolina to Harriet Primrose Avent, whom was born on December 5, 1821 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Harriet died on August 18, 1888 in Waverly, Missouri, the daughter of William Avent and Esther Watts Clegg.
He moved to Missouri in 1844 with Harriet and his cousins, they lived in Ozark and Sparta Christian County. There is a Bray family farm in the Sparta area, which is still owned by his cousin's descendants. He was a singing master and a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church.
He served in the Civil War as a Confederate Captain, with his son Fletcher who was a drummer boy, under several commanders, among them General Sterling Price. He and his wife moved to Lafayette County in 1865. He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, with blue eyes. His mother's name was Margaret "Peggy" Brooks, she was short and heavyset. His father was William Bray.
The Confederate Bray's from Ozark and Sparta.
Taylor, Charles Cadmus and Lynn Bray, sons of Mark Bray, missed the battle at Wilson's Creek, as did Captain Calvin Duncan Bray and his son, Fletcher Harris Bray. Following the Wilson Creek battle of August 10, 1861, General Price and his victorious Missouri State Guard retired to northern Missouri where they overwhelmed the Union defenders of Lexington at the Battle of the Hemp Bales in late September. At that time, Missouri had neither seceded nor had been admitted to the Confederacy. Following Lexington, General Price sent Colonel Thomas J. Snead, his acting adjutant general, to Richmond to discuss a formal alliance with Confederate officials there. The treaty was concluded and Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy in November. Meanwhile, General Price left Lexington and moved to Osceola, on the Sac River, where he began to build winter quarters. Before that effort was completed, the army was on the move again, this time toward Springfield. Recruiting for the regular Confederate Army began at Osceola.
In mid-December, the main body of Price's army arrived in Springfield, and that part of it that, later, became the First Missouri Confederate Brigade, commanded by Colonel Little, went out about a mile to Fullbright spring near which they began to build winter quarters. Recruiters set up shop in Ozark, County Seat of the recently organized Christian County, and it was there that the Bray's joined the Confederacy. Cadmus Bray on the 16th, Lynn Bray and Fletcher Harris Bray joined the 4th Missouri infantry, Company F, on December 14, 1861. Fletcher had just turned 16 in July and was designated as a drummer boy. F Company was commanded by Captain Greene.
Emilett, his first daughter, shared in the summer of 1980 the details of her father, "He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, blue eyes and by occupation a farmer and miner. My mother died at the age of 18 years (2) on account of exposure too soon after confinement."
NEXT GENERATION
Children of CALVIN DUNCAN BRAY and MAHALA TYSON WOMBLE
EMILETT MAHALA BRAY, recorded as [Emilett M. Allred b. July 7, 1837 d. September 2 1911 Missouri m. 1) June 10 1857 Moore County North Carolina to WILLIAM C. ALLRED m. 2) March 9 1865 Christian County Missouri to JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN m. 3) November 12 1873 to WILLIAM ROBERTS
Notes for EMILETTE MAHALA BRAY: As per Bray Nostalgia
She moved to Kenton, Greene County, Missouri in 1857 with Dr. William C. Allred (then called Linden, Christian County). She lived in Walnut Grove, MO. 1869-1871. After each divorce she returned to the Allred name.
Following the death of Dr. Allred she married Joseph Wrightsman on March 9, 1865 in Christian County, Missouri. They moved to Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1869 where they lived until July 1871, until she left him for a divorce. She then returned to the old home in Christian County, Missouri.
She then married William Roberts on 12 November 1873. This marriage lasted 20 years and ended in divorce in March 1893.
Notes for WILLIAM C. ALLRED:
William Allred was a Doctor.
Notes for JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN:
Joseph Wrightsman was listed in the 1850 Sangamon County census as a Baptist preacher, but where he was ordained, or if he was, is not known. His assets were stated as $25,000, which was a good deal of money in those days.
The Wrightsman family moved from Sangamon County, Illinois to Christian County, Missouri in about 1860. Joseph Wrightsmand was a widower with eight children. He came with his mother-in-law, Mary Beckner. His wife, Keziah Beckner, had died in 1863 in Springfield, Illinois. His brother, Finley, is listed in the 1860 census of Finley township, so it is assumed that Joseph followed his brother to Missouri. They were born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in the 1810's. Another of the brothers, Christian stayed in Sangamon County.
Among the children who moved with Joseph were, Timothy, who married Mildred Chestnut in 1870; Ann who married Aaren Bray; William Christopher, who married Barbara Lawing, and who owned a hotel in Ozark for a time; Abigail, who married Steve Lawing in 1875. All married in Christian County.Died at the age of 72 from drowning.
Mr. Wrightsman and his wife Keziah moved from Virginia to Illinois and resided there until 1856, when they came to Christian County, Mo., and located near Linden, on a farm where they remained a number of years. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother died in 1863.
Of Scotch-Irish descent, Calvin, a native of North Carolina, saw our nation at a time of great progress and turmoil, one would have benefitted by the experiences and stories told to him by the people whom he would meet as a freight hauler through Cumberland Gap (Virginia to Tennessee) with a wagon and three-mule team.
Calvin married first on July 23 1835 in Chatham County, North Carolina to Mahala Tyson Womble [Birth: 16 May 1819. Death: 30 Aug 1837], daughter of Jesse Womble. 2) Married on March 3 1842, Chatham County North Carolina to Harriet Primrose Avent, whom was born on December 5, 1821 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Harriet died on August 18, 1888 in Waverly, Missouri, the daughter of William Avent and Esther Watts Clegg.
He moved to Missouri in 1844 with Harriet and his cousins, they lived in Ozark and Sparta Christian County. There is a Bray family farm in the Sparta area, which is still owned by his cousin's descendants. He was a singing master and a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church.
He served in the Civil War as a Confederate Captain, with his son Fletcher who was a drummer boy, under several commanders, among them General Sterling Price. He and his wife moved to Lafayette County in 1865. He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, with blue eyes. His mother's name was Margaret "Peggy" Brooks, she was short and heavyset. His father was William Bray.
The Confederate Bray's from Ozark and Sparta.
Taylor, Charles Cadmus and Lynn Bray, sons of Mark Bray, missed the battle at Wilson's Creek, as did Captain Calvin Duncan Bray and his son, Fletcher Harris Bray. Following the Wilson Creek battle of August 10, 1861, General Price and his victorious Missouri State Guard retired to northern Missouri where they overwhelmed the Union defenders of Lexington at the Battle of the Hemp Bales in late September. At that time, Missouri had neither seceded nor had been admitted to the Confederacy. Following Lexington, General Price sent Colonel Thomas J. Snead, his acting adjutant general, to Richmond to discuss a formal alliance with Confederate officials there. The treaty was concluded and Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy in November. Meanwhile, General Price left Lexington and moved to Osceola, on the Sac River, where he began to build winter quarters. Before that effort was completed, the army was on the move again, this time toward Springfield. Recruiting for the regular Confederate Army began at Osceola.
In mid-December, the main body of Price's army arrived in Springfield, and that part of it that, later, became the First Missouri Confederate Brigade, commanded by Colonel Little, went out about a mile to Fullbright spring near which they began to build winter quarters. Recruiters set up shop in Ozark, County Seat of the recently organized Christian County, and it was there that the Bray's joined the Confederacy. Cadmus Bray on the 16th, Lynn Bray and Fletcher Harris Bray joined the 4th Missouri infantry, Company F, on December 14, 1861. Fletcher had just turned 16 in July and was designated as a drummer boy. F Company was commanded by Captain Greene.
Emilett, his first daughter, shared in the summer of 1980 the details of her father, "He was a large fleshy man, light complexion, blue eyes and by occupation a farmer and miner. My mother died at the age of 18 years (2) on account of exposure too soon after confinement."
NEXT GENERATION
Children of CALVIN DUNCAN BRAY and MAHALA TYSON WOMBLE
EMILETT MAHALA BRAY, recorded as [Emilett M. Allred b. July 7, 1837 d. September 2 1911 Missouri m. 1) June 10 1857 Moore County North Carolina to WILLIAM C. ALLRED m. 2) March 9 1865 Christian County Missouri to JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN m. 3) November 12 1873 to WILLIAM ROBERTS
Notes for EMILETTE MAHALA BRAY: As per Bray Nostalgia
She moved to Kenton, Greene County, Missouri in 1857 with Dr. William C. Allred (then called Linden, Christian County). She lived in Walnut Grove, MO. 1869-1871. After each divorce she returned to the Allred name.
Following the death of Dr. Allred she married Joseph Wrightsman on March 9, 1865 in Christian County, Missouri. They moved to Walnut Grove, Missouri in 1869 where they lived until July 1871, until she left him for a divorce. She then returned to the old home in Christian County, Missouri.
She then married William Roberts on 12 November 1873. This marriage lasted 20 years and ended in divorce in March 1893.
Notes for WILLIAM C. ALLRED:
William Allred was a Doctor.
Notes for JOSEPH WRIGHTSMAN:
Joseph Wrightsman was listed in the 1850 Sangamon County census as a Baptist preacher, but where he was ordained, or if he was, is not known. His assets were stated as $25,000, which was a good deal of money in those days.
The Wrightsman family moved from Sangamon County, Illinois to Christian County, Missouri in about 1860. Joseph Wrightsmand was a widower with eight children. He came with his mother-in-law, Mary Beckner. His wife, Keziah Beckner, had died in 1863 in Springfield, Illinois. His brother, Finley, is listed in the 1860 census of Finley township, so it is assumed that Joseph followed his brother to Missouri. They were born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in the 1810's. Another of the brothers, Christian stayed in Sangamon County.
Among the children who moved with Joseph were, Timothy, who married Mildred Chestnut in 1870; Ann who married Aaren Bray; William Christopher, who married Barbara Lawing, and who owned a hotel in Ozark for a time; Abigail, who married Steve Lawing in 1875. All married in Christian County.Died at the age of 72 from drowning.
Mr. Wrightsman and his wife Keziah moved from Virginia to Illinois and resided there until 1856, when they came to Christian County, Mo., and located near Linden, on a farm where they remained a number of years. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother died in 1863.
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