↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-CJR : accessed 9 May 2016), Joseph A Ray in household of Fountain Ray, Texas, United States; citing p. 25, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,082.
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MR-14L : accessed 9 May 2016), Joseph Osgood Ray, 25 Aug 1932; citing certificate number 33891, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,921.
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