Ross County, Ohio Marriages

The county of Ross : a history of Ross County, Ohio, 1902

Lorenzo D Ray, M.D., of Gillespieville, was born in Jackson county, August 3, 1848. His parents were John G. and Louisa (Dixon) Ray, both natives of Vinton county, Ohio. John G was the son of Teague and Amy (Graves) Ray, the former of North Carolina and the latter born in Kentucky, while her parnets were on the way to Ohio in 1805. Teague was a son of Thomas and Charity (Teague) Ray, botn North Carolinians who came to Ross county in 1805, and settled in Jefferson township on a farm now owned by George Rittenour, but soon went on Middle fork of Salt Creek, two miles west of Ray, where they spent the balance of their days, and left a family of seven children. Teague and Amy (Graves) Ray spent their lives on the same farm and there reared a family of eight children. Their son Jonathan lives on the home farm at the age of seventy-one years; Joseph and Nancy live in Illinois, and Charity at Wellston, Ohio. John G Ray was a farmer by occupation, held the office of justice of the peace about thirty years and died in Jackson county in 1896, his wife having passed away in the preceding year. All of their seven children are living, four of them being doctors and one a lawyer. Dr. Lorenzo D. Ray was reared on the farm and education at the National Normal university in Lebanon, O. Thereafter, until the year 1883, he was engaged in teaching. In 1887 he was graduated from the Rush Medical college of Chicago, and shortly thereafter he entered upon the practice of his profession in Wapello county, Iowa. In 1897 he came to Londonderry, O., at which place he resumed the active practice of medicine. April 13, 1871, he was married to Francis M., daughter of George W. and Euphama (Milner) Brooks, who came to Jackson county, Ohio, about the year 1849. By this marriage Dr. Ray had three children. Of these, Minnie V. is the wife of Tilson Gallagher, of Jackson, O.; Nettie V. is married to N. C. Manlove, of Dayton, O.; and Victor L. is a telegraph operator at Byer, O. The mother of these children died January 20, 1898. On December 31, 1901, Dr. Ray was married to Mrs. Maria Benson, of Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Ray is a member of Mineral lodge, No. 259, A. F. & A. M. of Hamden Junction, O.; of Clinton chapter and council at Ottumwa, Iowa; Malta commandery, Knights Templar, No. 31, at Ottumwa; Benedict lodge, No. 586, I. O. O. F., of Blakesburg, Iowa; and Camp, No. 62, W. O. W., of Blakesburg. The doctor has never been an office-seeker, although in early life he held the place of justice of the peace in Jackson county, and in the spring of 1902 he was elected justice of the peace of Liberty township.

(Submitted by Karen Hammer)