Was a salesman according to marriage record.
Death certificate states cause of death was Subacute and Chronic Endocarditis with Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease.
"New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK94-629 : 8 March 2021), John Pray in household of Henry Pray, Ogdensburg, Ward 04, E.D. 02, St. Lawrence, New York; citing p. , line 45, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 885,347.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJGW-8JR : 2 February 2021), John H Pray in entry for Henry Pray, 1920.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43J-LD6 : accessed 14 July 2022), John H Pray, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 343, sheet 12A, line 21, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1774; FHL microfilm 2,341,508.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZTF-SG9 : 8 March 2021), John Pray, 11 Feb 1944; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 9533; FHL microfilm 2,024,192.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QGT5-3HMM : 2 June 2022), Entry for John Henry Pray, ; Burial, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States of America, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; citing record ID 173889581, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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