John Edwin Ruthven Ray

Birth Date

c1826

Death Date

1879-07

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Shelby County, Tennessee, attorney, farmer, and secretary of state. South Carolina native. Married to Mollie S. Ray. Father of Eddie Ray and Willie Ray. Attorney in Weakley County, Tennessee, in 1850. Attorney and farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Secretary of State of Tennessee from 1859 to 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Weakley County, Dresden, p. 483A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, District 14, p. 397.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, p. 433.
"Historical Listings of Constitutional Officers," Tennessee Blue Book, 2007-2008, Tennessee Department of State, p. 507.

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