Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Leonard L. Ray and Mary Etta Strohecker




Husband Leonard L. Ray 1

            AKA: S. S. Ray 2
           Born: 15 Dec 1852 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Ray (1825-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Puskey (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 26 Mar 1878 1 2



Wife Mary Etta Strohecker 3

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         Father: Col. Thomas Snyder Strohecker (1829-Aft 1909) 2 4
         Mother: Catharine Bachman (      -      ) 2 5




Children
1 F Emma Grace Ray 6

           Born: Abt 1880
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General Notes: Husband - Leonard L. Ray


He received his education at Cooperstown Academy and learned the blacksmith trade with his father and followed that business. He was an active member of the Democratic party, and in 1889 was elected sheriff of Venango county. He served as burgess and councilman of the borough of Cooperstown. May 29, 1885, he was elected captain of Company E, Sixteenth Regiment National Guards of Pennsylvania. He belonged to the A. O. U. W., the K. and L. of H., and the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1072.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 604.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1072, 1075.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1073, 1075.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1075.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1073.


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