William Jackson McCray and Anna "Annie" McCray

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Husband William Jackson McCray ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Jun 1834 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1907 3
         Buried:  - Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William McCray, Jr. (1797/1799-1861) 1 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Story (      -1841) 5 6

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       Marriage: 17 Oct 1867 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 3 5

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Wife Anna "Annie" McCray ^{5 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

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         Father: John McCray (1806-1865) 5 8 9
         Mother: Mary "Polly" White (1815-1896) 10 11

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Children

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1 F Clara Emma McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 5 Aug 1869 10
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Irwin K. Thomas (Abt 1864-      ) 10
           Marr: 3 Oct 1894 - Petroleum Center, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

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2 M James B. McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 7 Dec 1871 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jan 1876 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Lora May McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 2 Apr 1875 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1877 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Earl C. McCray ¹⁰

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           Born: 8 Sep 1876 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1877 10
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Edna Gertrude McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1876 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1877 10
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Anna Mary McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 28 Oct 1878 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Stacy C. Jones, Jr. (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 3 Jan 1900 - ? Venango Co, PA 10

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7 M William L. McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 6 Oct 1880 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jul 1889 10
 Cause of Death: Boiler explosion
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M John McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 11 Apr 1882 10
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 F Martha Isabella McCray ¹⁰

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            AKA: Martha B. McCray 5
           Born: 26 Jun 1883 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: William C. Hamilton (      -      )
           Marr: 1908 - ? Venango Co, PA

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10 M George Ralph McCray ^{5 10 13}

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           Born: 4 Oct 1885 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Florence Beatty (      -      ) 10 13
           Marr: 1911 - ? Venango Co, PA

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11 M Robert S. McCray ^{5 10}

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           Born: 20 Dec 1887 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - William Jackson McCray

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Day of birth June 4. [CAB, 443]

He was born on the homestead in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, PA, and was reared there, acquiring his education in the public schools of the locality. His early practical training was mostly in the line of agriculture, which together with lumbering occupied him during young manhood. He fell in with the trend of the time and in the fall of 1860 ventured into oil production, striking a gusher on the well known Buchanan farm which opened the way to thorough development of that prolific field. Later he settled at Petroleum Center, purchasing the well known Milton Egbert farm, a tract of thirty-nine acres in Cornplanter Township first made famous by the discovery of the Hollister well, and in the immediate vicinity of the great Maple Shade well, of which his brother was part owner, on the adjoining Blood farm. This tract once sold for a million dollars, at the height of the oil excitement. Mr. McCray bought it in 1873, and though he had a number of good paying wells there he also engaged in farming, which he followed very successfully, in all his enterprises displaying marked business ability and a gift for good management. He once owned and operated a refinery at Petroleum Center, which he sold to the Standard Oil Company in 1876.
Long an earnest member of the United Presbyterian Church at Plumer, with which his wife also united, he served as trustee for over twenty years. Mr. Mc­Cray was not directly active in public affairs, though he always gave his encouragement and support to good objects and voted regularly, affiliating with the Democratic party. Fraternally he belonged to the Equitable Aid Union. [CAB, 443]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1094.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 443, 469.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 443.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 443, 468.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1095.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 468.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 444, 469.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 444, 468.

9 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 12.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 444.

11 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 13.

12 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2798
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13 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 23.