Arden William RAY
Lucretia Elizabeth MAYBERRY


Husband:  Arden William RAY
Birth:   18 Apr 1833, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Death:  29 Nov 1905, Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Burial:  Dec 1905, Campbell / Ray Cemetery, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois     (pic)
Father:  John RAY
Mother:  Clarissa BIGGERSTAFF

Marriage-1:  25 Sep 1851, Hamilton Co., Illinois 

Wife-1:  Lucretia Elizabeth MAYBERRY
Birth:  6 Nov 1832, Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Death:  Jan 1874, McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Burial:  Jan 1874, Campbell / Ray Cemetery, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois      (pic)
Father:  Frederick Sylvester MAYBERRY III 
Mother:   Malissa GRIMES 

Children:
1. Isavilla Malissa RAY, b: 5 Dec 1852, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
2. Lucinda RAY, b: 17 Jun 1854, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
3. Jane RAY, b: 16 Aug 1856, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co, Illinois
                      d: 29 Jun 1890, Hamilton Co., Illinois
                   bur: County Farm Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Illinois
4. Rhoda Elmeta RAY, b: 7 Oct 1859, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
5. Eliza Louisa RAY, b: 27 Jun 1863, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
6. Alice Victory RAY, b: 13 Aug 1866, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
7. John Samuel RAY, b: 5 Jul 1869, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
8. Amanda Susan RAY, b: 1 Mar 1871, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
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Notes:
Arden was a veteran of the Civil War.  His service & Pension application records shows:
  Name:  Arden W. Ray
  Residence:  Hamilton Co., Illinois                 Occupation:
  Service Record:
  Enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862.
  Enlisted in Company I, 131st Infantry Regiment Illinois of 13 November 1862.
  Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 16 February 1863 effective 24 May 1863.
  Transferred Company I, 131st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 November 1863.
  Commission in Company I, 29th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 November 1863.

Pension Application:
  Name:  Arden W. Ray
  Widow:  Margaret J. Ray
  Minor:  James Ray  (Gdn)
  Service:  1Lt. I 29 Ill Inf; 2Lt B & I 131 Ill Inf
  Pension Type:            Invalid           Widow           Minor
  Application Date:   11 Oct 1886    11 Dec 1905   1 Nov 1909
  Application #:           587,005            839,467          929,805
  Certificate #:              752,313            612,655          696,238

1860 Federal Census Data (M653_183, Page 157),  T 5 / R 7E (Crook), Hamilton Co.,  Illinois,
                                                                                                                 Enumeration Date: 28-Jul-1860, Family #1004 

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0225, Page 601A), T 5 / R 7E (Crook), Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                     Enumeration Date: 20-Jul-1870, Family #173

For the 1870 census, Alice and John are listed with Arden's brother, Wesley, and his family.

After Lucretia died, Arden married two additional times and had six additional children.  He first married Sarah Jane Oliver, the widow of George W Wheeler.

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0210), Page 534B),  McLeansboro Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                    Enumeration Dist: 26, Enumeration Date: 22-Jun-1880, Family #337 

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0304, Page 338B), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 56, Enumeration Date: 9-Jul-1900, Family #460

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Sources:
1) Marriage:  Hamilton County Illinois Vital Statistics - Marriages, Book B, #1140
2) Death - Husband:  Hamilton County Illinois Vital Statistics - Deaths, Book A, #1674