Sons death: "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39M-25L : 21 May 2019), Emma Perkins in entry for Lonnie Ray, 26 May 1954; citing Oakdale, Allen, Louisiana, certificate number 482, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,574,392.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX8-WPQ : 15 August 2017), Calvin Ray in household of Adams Ray, Calcasieu, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 570B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0466; FHL microfilm 1,254,466.
Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: