William McCray, Jr. and Mary Prather

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Husband William McCray, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1797 or 1799 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jun 1861 4
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: William McCray (Abt 1764-1836/1836) 2
         Mother: Nancy Miles (      -      ) 6

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Story (      -1841) 3 7

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Wife Mary Prather ^{7 8}

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           Born: 1801 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 1867 7 8
         Buried:  - Cherrytree Presbyterian Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Henry Prather (1778-1818) 10 11 12
         Mother: Lydia Ricketts (Abt 1780-1855) 13

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - William McCray, Jr.

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He was a lifelong member of the old U. P. Church at Plumer, Venango County, PA, and a Democrat in politics. An early settler in Cornplanter Township, he resided first on the Lamb farm near Plumer, thence removing to the famous McCray tract near Petroleum Center which later became renowned for its rich oil resources. He spent his days there engaged in farming, giving the better part of his life to its improvement and development. [CAB, 468]

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Notes: Marriage

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They had no children.

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, 468.

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

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 369, 468.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 369.

6 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 10.

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

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

9 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 4.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

12 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 3.

13 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 3.