Joseph
Ray
Born in Pike, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Ray
and Mary (Maynard) Ray
Brother of
Sarah (Ray) Williamson, Nancy Ray, Edward Ray, Jeremiah Ray, William Ray, Anna Ray, Thomas R Ray, Cynthia (Ray) Keesee and Victoria Ray
Husband of
Kizziah (Scott) Ray
— married
22 Mar 1866 (to about 1887) in Pike, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Margaret (Maynard) Ray
— married
24 Dec 1890 in Pike, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca Ray, James R Ray, Alexander Ray, Vicy Louise Ray, John Ray, Thomas Ray, Elizabeth Ray, George Harvey Ray, Joseph Robert Ray and Marion Ray
Died
at age 75
in Piso, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Sep 2021
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Biography
Joseph was born 3 May 1844. He is the son of James Ray and Mary Maynard. Burial in Piso, Pike County Kentucky.
Joseph was a private in the 39th KY Vol Infantry (Mtd), Union Army, and participated in a number of actions in Kentucky.
Sources
- Kentucky deaths
- Kentucky marriages
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY1-P4G : 23 February 2021), Joseph Ray, 1866.
- Mormon Genealogy
- "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W9RM-61T2 : 23 October 2019), Joseph Ray, 15 Sep 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph 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:
- Dwight Ray
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FT366860, FTDNA kit #269531, MitoYDNA ID T18261 [compare]
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~6.25%
Dwight Ray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZC5186181 [compare], Ancestry member Ray_Dwight
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~1.56%
Tessa (Stuck) Walters :
23andMe, GEDmatch M662571 [compare]
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~1.56%
Patti (Stroud) German :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZQ1491574 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Sonja Ratliff :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Brenda Mullins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member geminibrenda
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~0.39%
Clyde Edmond Maynard :
23andMe
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