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  6. Settlement, Jane Bray, Anderson County Will Book 1847-1852, pp.265-266.
  7. Ron Bartholomew, E-mail 20 Mar 2002.
  8. Historical Encylclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County Volume II - Biographical Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers 1912, Thomas Disney.
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  12. Anderson County Deed Book, Anderson County, Tennessee, film #31, Deed Book K, Nov 1837 - Nov 1842, pp. 301-304.
  13. FamilySearch, IGI Film number 1761066.
  14. David Frost - WorldConnect.
  15. FamilySearch, IGI Film Number 1903606.
  16. Ibid.
  17. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 13 Apr 2001.
  18. Ibid.
  19. FamilySearch, IGI Batch M519001.
  20. Ibid.
  21. James Wall, E-mail 13 Apr 2001.
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  25. Ron Bartholomew, E-mail 19 Mar 2002.
  26. John Crunk - WorldConnect.
  27. Death Certificate, John Jacob (Jake) Bray.
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  29. Obituary, Rachel E. Bray.
  30. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries.
  31. James Wall, E-mail 18 Apr 2001.
  32. FamilySearch, IGI Batch number M519001, IGI Film number 1761066.
  33. Ibid.
  34. Knox County Cemeteries, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/knox/cemeteries/bishop.txt.
  35. Knox County Cemetery Index, Knox County Public Library, George Bray.
  36. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 17 Spr 2001.
  37. Loudon County Tombstone Descriptions.
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  40. James Wall, E-mail 10 Jan 2008.
  41. Ibid.
  42. Ibid.
  43. Death Certificate, Ferriba Salina Bray.
  44. Nancy Moore - WorldConnect.
  45. Christine R. Brown, compiler, Hawkins Mortuary and Mausoleum death records,... Lenoir City, Tennessee (Lenoir City, Tennessee: Christine R. Brown,).
  46. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Joseph A. Bray to Selian Moore.
  47. Death Certificate, Joseph A. Bray.
  48. Ibid.
  49. Ibid.
  50. California Death Index (ancestry.com), Robert H Bray.
  51. Nancy Davis, phone call 15 Aug 2003.
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  53. Ibid.
  54. Wanda Adams - World Connect.
  55. James Wall, E-mail 23 May 2008.
  56. Ibid.
  57. FamilySearch, PRF 1417494-0814101164751.
  58. Ibid.
  59. California Death Index (ancestry.com).
  60. James H. Carroll - WorldConnect
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  61. FamilySearch, IGI Film number 537333.
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  63. Family Data Collection (ancestry.com).
  64. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com).
  65. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 3 Mar 2002.
  66. Knox County Marriage Index, rootsweb.com, Thomas P. Bray to Annie Crowder.
  67. Guy Merritt, dumplin-l E-mail 12 Oct 2004.
  68. Death Certificate, Thomas Bray.
  69. Knox County Marriage Index, rootsweb.com, Thomas Bray to Mary Cloninger.
  70. Doy Cloninger - WorldConnect.
  71. Knox County Marriage Index, rootsweb.com, Thomas Bray to Melinda A Pratt.
  72. Knox County Cemetery Index, Knox County Public Library, Annie Bray.
  73. Ibid.
  74. Obituary, Mrs. Margaret Bray.
  75. James Wall.
  76. Ibid.
  77. Death Certificate, Louisa E. Bray.
  78. Riverside Cemetery Transcription http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/sangamon/cemetery/riverside.html, DISNEY Mary Rose.
  79. Obituary, Ardell Neal.
  80. Janie Russell Lawson, E-mail 20 Aug 2007.
  81. MRSOLD@aol.com, TNANDERS E-mail 4 Sep 2003.
  82. Ibid.
  83. Knox County Cemeteries.
  84. Anderson County Tennessee Marriage Records 1885-1900, Edith Wilson Huttton, p.7.
  85. Ibid.
  86. Death Certificate, W. W. Bray.
  87. Anderson County Vital Statistics 1914-1925, p.15.
  88. WWI Draft Registration Cards.
  89. Anderson County Vital Statistics 1914-1925.
  90. Ron Bartholomew, compiler, Marriage Records of Anderson County Tennessee 1913-1925 (: Ron D. Bartholomew, 2003), p.4.
  91. Susie Bullock, tnanders E-mail 7 Mar 2007.
  92. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries, Jeff Seiber.
  93. Knox County Marriage Index, rootsweb.com.
  94. FamilySearch, IGI Film number 190606.
  95. Death Certificate, Joseph Daniel Bray.
  96. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 17 Apr 2001.
  97. Ibid.
  98. Ibid.
  99. Ibid.
  100. Sharlee Winn - WorldConnect.
  101. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 17 Sep 2001.
  102. Debbie Cossey Wasserburger - WorldConnect.
  103. Janice Mary Wood - WorldConnect.
  104. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Record (ancestry.com), Nancy M Curry.
  105. James Wall, E-mail 28 Mar 2004.
  106. Don and Jeanne Ross - WorldConnect.
  107. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Record (ancestry.com), William H Curry.
  108. Mary Cook, Mary Cook - E-mail 17 Nov 2006.
  109. Williamson Family Bible.
  110. Loudon County Marriages, Vol. 2, Jan 1875 - Jul 1911, p.210.
  111. Marriage Records, Loudon County, Tennessee, 1876-1910, copied and compiled by Christine R. Brown and Donald V. Brown

    , p.65.
  112. Obituary, Mrs. Mahala (J. W.) Williamson.
  113. Ruth Bryan.
  114. Marriage Records, Loudon County, Tennessee, 1876-1910, copied and compiled by Christine R. Brown and Donald V. Brown

    , p.197.
  115. WWI Draft Registration Cards, John William Williamson.
  116. Death Certificate, John William Williamson.
  117. David Moore - WorldConnect.
  118. Obituary, Mabel Bray Davis.
  119. Ibid.
  120. Ibid.
  121. Ibid.
  122. Marriage Records, Loudon County, Tennessee, 1876-1910, copied and compiled by Christine R. Brown and Donald V. Brown

    , p.18.
  123. Death Certificate, Mrs. Belle Bray.
  124. , compiler, Navarro County Cemetery Records, Volume IX (P. O. Box 2278, Corsicana, Texas, 75151: Navarro County Genealogical Society, 1989), p.47.
  125. FamilySearch, IGI, William Bray to Rhoda Amos.
  126. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Moses Green to Roda Amos.
  127. Death Certificate, Rohoda A. Green .
  128. Obituary, Mrs. Belle Bray.
  129. Pennie Cockrel, Hines forum at genforum.com, 15 May 2000.
  130. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Henry Bray to Olla Lewis.
  131. Obituary, Febry Ellen Hines Johnston.
  132. Pennie Cockrel, E-mail 06/04/2009 THinds.doc attachment.
  133. Death Certificate, Lila Bray Jenkins .
  134. Pennie Cockrel, E-mail 13 Jun 2009, 11:43 a.m.
  135. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Joseph Bray.
  136. California Death Index (ancestry.com), Joseph Henry Bray.
  137. Obituary, Miller, Mrs. Addie M.
  138. Marriage Records, Loudon County, Tennessee, 1876-1910, copied and compiled by Christine R. Brown and Donald V. Brown

    , p.174.
  139. Ibid.
  140. , Hawkins Mortuary and Mausoleum death records,... Lenoir City, Tennessee, Vol I, p.10.
  141. WWI Draft Registration Cards, Joseph Edward Bray.
  142. Marriage Records, Loudon County, Tennessee, 1876-1910, copied and compiled by Christine R. Brown and Donald V. Brown

    , p.
  143. Sherry Johnson, E-mail 4 Aug 2002.
  144. , Hawkins Mortuary and Mausoleum death records,... Lenoir City, Tennessee, Vol. I, p.8.
  145. Obituary, Miss Hazel Docia Bray.
  146. Ibid.
  147. Ibid.
  148. Ibid.
  149. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), J. W. Bray to Goldie Mae Voiles.
  150. WWI Draft Registration Cards, John Walter Bray.
  151. Obituary, William Edward Bray.
  152. Bob Gordon, E-mail 6 Jun 2004.
  153. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Goldie M. Bray.
  154. Death Certificate, John Walter Bray.
  155. Loudon County Vital Statistics 1914-1925.
  156. Tennessee Death Index.
  157. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Sam Bray.
  158. Ibid.
  159. Richard L. Chambers, E-mail 19 Mar 2002.
  160. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries, Mary E. Ault.
  161. Sheila Hooser, E-mail 20 Feb 2004.
  162. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries, Richard Ault.
  163. Ron D. Bartholomew, compiler, Marriage Records, Anderson County Tennessee, 1913-1925 (: self published, 2002).
  164. Death Certificate, Lewis Bray, #699.
  165. Ibid.
  166. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Alexander Brown to Mary Bray.
  167. Anderson County Tennessee Marriage Records 1885-1900, Edith Wilson Huttton, p.8.
  168. Ibid.
  169. James Wall, FTM File 25 Apr 2001; E-mail 11 Dec 2001.
  170. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Helen Benner.
  171. James Wall, 7 Feb 2007.
  172. Janie Russell Lawson, E-mail 14 Aug 2007.
  173. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Howard Russell.
  174. Ibid.
  175. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries, Mollie A Seeber.
  176. Obituary, Paul Edward Bray.
  177. Ibid.
  178. Mary S. Harris, Anderson County Cemeteries, Dorsie Seiber.
  179. Ibid.
  180. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Shadric Bunch.
  181. Ibid.
  182. Heather Patrick, E-mail 22 Aug 2007.
  183. Death Certificate, Imogene C. Hyder.
  184. www.findagrave.com, Imogene Hyder.
  185. California Birth Index (ancestry.com), Herbert Orville Wall.
  186. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Herbert O. Wall.
  187. Laura Morris - WorldConnect.
  188. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Etta Crowe.
  189. Ibid.
  190. Death Certificate, Charles Frederick Bray.
  191. WWI Draft Registration Cards, Charles Lee Bray.
  192. Death Certificate, Charles Lee Bray.
  193. Obituary, Mrs. Lola Ethel Williamson Peters.
  194. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), C. L. Bray to Kathleen Reed.
  195. Ibid.
  196. California Death Index (ancestry.com), Nora H Hughes.
  197. Lola Ethel Williamson Peters Scrapbook.
  198. California Death Index (ancestry.com), Leola Lucretia Popperwell.
  199. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Leola L. Popperwell.
  200. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005 (ancestry.com), Leola Hafley to Harold F Popperwell.
  201. Peters Family History (prepared by Ella Mae Peters Cole), p.4.
  202. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Lola Peters.
  203. Death Certificate, Lola Ethel Peters.
  204. Loudon County Marriages, E. L. Peters to Lola E. Williamson.
  205. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), E. L. Peters to Lola E. Williamson.
  206. Tombstone, Lola E. Peters.
  207. Lola Ethel Williamson Peters Scrapbook, Peters-Williamson.
  208. Lucille Wright.
  209. WWI Draft Registration Cards, Earnest Lester Peters.
  210. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Ernest Peters.
  211. Knox County Marriage Index, Knox County Library Web Site, Earnest L Peters to Amy E Buckner.
  212. Death Certificate, Ernest Lester Peters Sr.
  213. Obituary, Ernest Lester Peters.
  214. Peters Family History (prepared by Ella Mae Peters Cole), p.1.
  215. Ibid.
  216. Ibid.
  217. Tombstone, E. Lester Peters.
  218. Death Certificate, Mrs. Amy Etolye Peters.
  219. Knoxville City Directory, 1919.
  220. Ibid.
  221. Ibid.
  222. Ibid.
  223. Ibid.
  224. Ibid.
  225. Ibid.
  226. Ibid.
  227. Ibid.
  228. Ibid.
  229. Obituary, Sallie Jane Cole.
  230. Knoxville City Directory, 1955.
  231. Obituary, Lucille "Lucy" Wright.
  232. Ibid.
  233. Tombstone, Mary Aileen Peters.
  234. Ibid.
  235. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Howard Peters.
  236. Obituary, Howard R. Peters.
  237. Virginia June Clarkson.
  238. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), William Williamson.
  239. Obituary, Williamson, William Raymond.
  240. Ibid.
  241. Virginia June Clarkson, E-mail 30 Jun 2000.
  242. Ibid.
  243. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Robert D. Williamson.
  244. Burl Underwood, The Underwoods, From Roaring Gap (NC) To Dumplin Valley (TN) and Onward and Related Families, Revised Edition 1986, p.287.
  245. Obituary, Lela Mae Underwood.
  246. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Lela M. Underwood.
  247. Knox County Marriage Index, Knox County Library Web Site, Allen Underwood and Lela Williamson.
  248. Obituary, James R. "Jim" Underwood.
  249. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), James R. Underwood.
  250. Knox County Marriage Index, Knox County Library Web Site, William F Davis to Mabel A Bray.
  251. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), William F. Davis.
  252. WWII Army Enlistment Records (ancestry.com), Name: William F Davis Jr.
  253. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), John H. Clotfelter.
  254. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (ancestry.com), Barbara Jane Bray.
  255. Ibid.
  256. Texas Death Index (ancestry.com), Joseph Bray.
  257. Ibid.
  258. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (ancestry.com), Dixie Marie Bray.
  259. Ibid.
  260. Ibid.
  261. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~t42cemeteries/Texas/Tarrant/MountOlive/, Harold Temple Bray.
  262. WWI Draft Registration Cards, Harold Temple Bray.
  263. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Harold Brey (sic) to Fronie Cagley.
  264. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Fronia Ward.
  265. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Fronia Ward.
  266. Obituary, Ward, Mrs. Fronia Cagley .
  267. WWII Army Enlistment Records (ancestry.com)
    , Ralph C Bray.
  268. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (ancestry.com), Robert Michael Bray.
  269. Ibid.
  270. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Ralph C. Bray.
  271. Texas Death Index (ancestry.com), Luther Bray.
  272. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Luther L. Bray.
  273. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (ancestry.com), Patricia Diane Bray.
  274. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Eddie Bray.
  275. Knox County Marriage Index, Knox County Library Web Site, F H Miller to Addie Bray.
  276. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Addie Miller.
  277. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Addie M Miller.
  278. Obituary, Van Dyke, Mrs. Bernice E.
  279. Ibid.
  280. U.S. Public Records Index (ancestry.com), Frances M Loy.
  281. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Name: Frances M. Loy.
  282. Ibid.
  283. Ibid.
  284. Tennessee Divorce Index 1980-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Charles Van Dyke and Bernice V.
  285. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Earnest Johntson to Febry Bray.
  286. Pennie Cockrel, E-mail 06/18/2009, Ernest Febry Johnston.doc attachment.
  287. Obituary, Livingston, Anne.
  288. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Ernest Johnston.
  289. Donna Neal - WorldConnect.
  290. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Omer Jenkins to Lella Bray.
  291. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Omer Jenkins.
  292. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Omer W Jenkins.
  293. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Omer W. Jenkins to Pauline McKinney .
  294. Ibid.
  295. Lola Ethel Williamson Peters Scrapbook, Marriage Announcement, unknown newspaper.
  296. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Roy Spoons to Laura Stalcup.
  297. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Laura B Spoon.
  298. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Laura B. Spoon.
  299. Ibid.
  300. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2005, http://register.shelby.tn.us/, Roy Spoons.
  301. Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002 (ancestry.com), Robert Lee and Mary Edna Bray.
  302. Christine R. Brown, compiler, Click Funeral Home: Lenoir City, Tennessee, January 1, 1967-Dec. 31, 1999 (: Christine R. Brown,), p.280.
  303. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Edna B. Lee.
  304. , Click Funeral Home: Lenoir City, Tennessee, January 1, 1967-Dec. 31, 1999, p.282.
  305. Angela Chrisler - WorldConnect.
  306. , Click Funeral Home: Lenoir City, Tennessee, January 1, 1967-Dec. 31, 1999, p.43.
  307. WWII Army Enlistment Records (ancestry.com)
    , Elmer C Bray.
  308. Obituary, Bray, Clarence Edward.
  309. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Ruth P. Bray.
  310. Ibid.
  311. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (ancestry.com), Clarence Edward Bray.
  312. Kentucky Birth Collection, 1852-1999 (ancestry.com).
  313. Anniston Star, 17 Aug 1969, p.9A. William Edward Bray and Burma O. Hosch Wood.
  314. Obituary, Burma Wood Bray.
  315. Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 (ancestry.com), William E Bray and Burma O H Wood.
  316. Kentucky Birth Collection, 1852-1999 (ancestry.com), William E Bray.
  317. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Burma O. Bray.
  318. Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 (ancestry.com), Jewel J Bray to Virgil E Lux.
  319. U.S. Public Records Index (ancestry.com), Juanita B Lux.
  320. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Jewel J. Lux.
  321. rhyones3 family tree at ancestry.com.
  322. Sullivan County (Tenn.). County Court Clerk's Office, compiler, Marriage records of Sullivan County, Blountville, Tennessee: unbound records, 1861-1870 (Nashville, Tennessee: U.S. Works Progress Administration, 1937).
  323. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (ancestry.com), Virgil E Lux.
  324. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Virgil E. Lux.
  325. WWII Army Enlistment Records (ancestry.com)
    , Virgil E Lux.
  326. Obituary, Buford T. Bray.
  327. Social Security Death Index (ancestry.com), Buford Bray.
  328. Death Certificate, Margaret May Bray.
  329. Obituary, Thelma Wallace.