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Harris Bray

Birth	:	24 Dec 1798 Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	8 Apr 1885 Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Mooresville Cemetery, Mooresville, Morgan County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.6108055, -86.3671951
Description	:	Spouse: Rachel Moon (died 1876) Survived By: Sons, Brantley, Austin, Wesley, Riley, and Alfred; daughters, Nancy and Ellen; grandchildren. Other: Age 86 years, 3 months and 14 days. Born Dec. 24, 1798, in Chatham Co., N.C.; son of William and Peggy Brooks Bray. Married Rachel Moon on Sept. 1819; they moved to Morgan Co., Ind. in 1820. For 63 years, he lived and labored on the same tract of land. Father of ten children, eight of whom are still living. Gave one son as a sacrifice to his country. Member of M. E. Church. "He raised ten... Read More	Spouse: Rachel Moon (died 1876) Survived By: Sons, Brantley, Austin, Wesley, Riley, and Alfred; daughters, Nancy and Ellen; grandchildren. Other: Age 86 years, 3 months and 14 days. Born Dec. 24, 1798, in Chatham Co., N.C.; son of William and Peggy Brooks Bray. Married Rachel Moon on Sept. 1819; they moved to Morgan Co., Ind. in 1820. For 63 years, he lived and labored on the same tract of land. Father of ten children, eight of whom are still living. Gave one son as a sacrifice to his country. Member of M. E. Church. "He raised ten children, all still being alive, unless it be one son who was and is still missing in the South during the last War." -- Morgan Co. Republican, Sept. 14, 1871 Cemetery: Mooresville Cemetery Obituary Source: Martinsville Republican, April 16, 1885 Source Information: Cemetery index Mooresville Library Legacy Link --------------- HARRIS BRAY, a pioneer of Brown Township, Morgan County, Ind., a native of Chatham County, N. C, is the sixth child and fourth son of six sons and eight daughters of William and Peg (Brooks) Bray, natives of North Carolina, and of English descent, and was born December 24, 1798; came into Morgan County in the year 1822; entered from the Government a tract of land in the year 1823; settled upon it, and here as a farmer he has since lived. Until nearly twenty one years of age, he lived with his parents in North Carolina. His education was limited to that of reading, and something of penmanship was acquired at the subscription schools of his native place. In September, 1819, he was married in North Carolina to Rachel Moon, by whom he had born to him ten children, Brantley, now in Iowa; Austin, now in Iowa; Nancy, now in Iowa; Eli, now in Kansas; Wesley, now in Iowa; Riley, now in Morgan County, Ind.; Alfred, now in Kansas; William, died in the army at Buford, S. C.; Ellen, wife of David Sheets, in Morgan County, Ind.; and Younger, died at the age of thirty eight years. The mother of these children died in April, 1876, at the age of seventy eight years. Mr. Bray joined the Methodist Episcopal Church when about forty five years of age, and has since lived the life of a consistent Christian. His deceased wife was a member of the same church many years of her life, and was noted for her purity of life and Christian conduct. Together, these two people labored as only pioneers of a new country can appreciate. Their home was for many years the headquarters for all immigrants to the " new purchase," and what they had they gave freely. They inherited nothing but cheerful hearts and strong arms, and their worldly goods were acquired by their united industry. Mr. Bray entered from the Government from time to time in Indiana about 240 acres of land, and has put about 100 acres in cultivation. He owns now a fine farm, where he lives, of 108 acres, all in cultivation and well improved. He has upon this farm a magnificent quarry of blue sandstone of much value. About 1831, he erected a still house on the East Fork of White Lick, about one mile from where Mooresville now stands, and for twelve years ran it with a capacity of about thirty gallons per day. After his conversion, he abandoned the trade in liquor. About the year 1841, he put into operation a grist mill at the confluence of the East Fork and the main White Lick Creeks, and ran it about three years. As the mill was run mostly to supply meal for his distillery, he parted with it soon after going out of the liquor business. He is a Democrat. He has been a liberal giver to both church and school. Source: Geologytrails.com

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Harris Bray's memorial is located at: Mooresville Cemetery, Mooresville, Morgan County, USA.
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Harris Bray death on 8 Apr 1885 in Morgan County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 39.6108055
Longitude: -86.3671951

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Rachel Ellen Moon Bray

(1798 - 1876)

Siblings

Martha “Patsy” Bray York

(1804 - 1885)

Children

Rachel Ellen Bray Sheets

(1838 - 1910)

Younger Larence Bray

(1840 - 1880)

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