Richard
Franklin
"Dick"
Ray
Born about in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Justice Ray
and Elizabeth Rhea
Brother of
George Ray [half], Kissiah Emeline (Ray) Miller, Elizabeth Maranda (Ray) Mickey and Waid Hampton Ray
Husband of
Eliza Jane (Price) Ray
— married
8 Aug 1852 in Joshua, Texas [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
George Thomas Ray and Sarah Ann (Ray) Souther
Died
at about age 64
in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Dec 2014
This page has been accessed 232 times.
He moved with his parents to MO in 1838, where his father died when he was seven years old. He enrolled in the 25th regiment of the MO Militia at St. Joseph MO the 9th of September 1862. Discharged 12 Jan. 1863. In just a few years the family moved to Elmwood, Nebraska. In 1874-1875 the family moved to TX and located south of Fort Worth near Richards sister Maranda Mickey. Eliza Jane died at the home of Maranda in Bosque Co, TX, 23 Feb 1878. Richard Franklin died 18 Jan 1897 near Fort Worth of Tetanus after being kicked by a horse. Buried in Caddo Cemetery near Joshua, TX. They had a set of triplets born and died august 19 1868, buried in a field on the Nebraska homestead. [1]
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9HJC-HLK : accessed 2014-12-15), entry for Richard Franklin (Dick) Ray, submitted by naiello2750324.
"International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MSLQ-CLS : accessed 2014-12-15), entry for Richard Franklin Ray.
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3SXG-C5M : accessed 2014-12-15), entry for RICHARD FRANKLIN /RAY/.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Harold Ray
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 64 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #711813
- Marshall Moss :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H24a, FTDNA kit #N57680
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~6.25%
Harold Ray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch cm6095741 [compare], Ancestry member dixoncrs
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~3.12%
Cathi (Ray) Stark :
23andMe, GEDmatch UZ8990333 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dixoncrs
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~1.56%
Robert Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_f_brown71
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B636614
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~1.56%
Kay Ensor :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695656 [compare], FTDNA kit #458297
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~0.78%
Jo McCaleb :
23andMe, yourDNAportal JMCb4852946
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jcrockett
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T413897 [compare], yourDNAportal JMCb4852946, FTDNA kit #549851
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~0.78%
Linda Ware :
23andMe, GEDmatch A986677 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A986677 [compare], Ancestry member lerweb
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A986677 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Darrell Smith :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Myrtle Mandane Ennis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Carl Maultsby :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cbslm
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Wadene Musgrave :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KS3525806 [compare]
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~0.78%
Barbara (Cargill) Easley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A043126 [compare], Ancestry member barbaraeasley
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