Benjamin
Ira
(B. I.)
Ray
Jr.
Born in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Ira Ray
and Ann (Raymer) Skaggs
Brother of
Pendleton Q. Ray [half], Mary F. (Ray) Houchin [half], Harriet A. (Ray) Milligan [half], Harriet S Ray [half], Marsha Ann Ray [half], Margaret M. (Ray) Elkin [half], Henry Clay Ray [half], Sarah Sherman (Ray) Wingfield [half], Minnie Angelena (Ray) Vincent [half], James Benjamin Ray [half], Emily Jane (Ray) Simmons [half] and Arpa D. (Ray) Spinks [half]
Husband of
Margaret Mary (Raymer) Ray
— married
5 Jun 1875 in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (York) Ray
— married
2 May 1887 in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at age 77
in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2020
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Biography
- Burial: New Liberty Cemetery, Windyville, Edmonson County, Kentucky
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #132183500
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7B-GM1 : 29 May 2021), Benjamin J Ray in entry for B S Ray, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC6-TRK : 19 February 2021), Ree Ray, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 515C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,411.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9W1-PSY : accessed 19 July 2021), B Roy, Magisterial District 6, Bee Spring, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 18B, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,518.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28K-LCH : accessed 19 July 2021), Benjamin I Ray, Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 11A, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 469; FHL microfilm 1,374,482.
- "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCM-6MM8 : 11 February 2018), B J Ray Jr, 27 Jan 1934; citing Death, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with B. I. by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with B. I.:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with B. I. by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with B. I.:
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~12.50%
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~1.56%
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