WILLIAM RILEY BRAY
25 h TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 4 January 1839 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 23 June 1916 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Howard Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Joseph and Cynthia Ann (Mills) Bray
Married: Letha Jane Bell about about 1868 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: about 1832 in Warren County, Kentucky
Died: 24 Mar 1912 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Howard Cemetery,Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Jeremiah and Mary "Polly" (Unknown) Bell
Children:
- Mary Ann Bray
- Elizabeth Bray
- Wamon L. Bray
- Cintha E. Bray
- Martha Bray
- Eliza J. Bray
- William Bray
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother-in-law: Joshua Sherrill - 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
MILITARY INFORMATION
25th Tennessee Infantry
Company E
ABSTRACT:
- Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
- Enlisted 18 Nov 1862 at McMinnville
- Nov 1862 - Apr 1863: Present
- May & Jun 1863: Sick in camp
- Jul - Oct 1863: Present
- Deserted 22 Nov 1863 at Knoxville
- On a list of deserters who took the oath in Morgan County, TN
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
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ABSTRACT:
- Filed August 9, 1909
- Rejected
- Resident of Baxter, TN
- Member of 25th Tennessee Infantry Company E
- Born in Putnam County in 1839
- Enlisted Dec 1864; General Johnson's command; Captain William Turner; Lieutenant Thos. Pistole, Jack Parker
- Wounds: run down; exposure caused WRB to lose hearing
- Married: Wife 70 years old; 2 sons and 4 daughters
- Attest: Joshua Sherrill and A. R. Massa
2nd Application
- Filed June 7, 1915
- Born: 4 January 1839
- Enlisted December 1863 under Captain Wm. Turner, Lt. Thos. Pistole
- Battles: Murfreesboro
- Diseases: affected hearing; had typhoid fever
- Wife: dead for 2 years
- Attest: Alta Stone and Casto Stone
Supporting Documents:
- E. W. Stone (5 May 1907) - requests status
- E. W. Stone (6 Apr 1915) - request status
- State Examiner (30 Jun 1915) - No pension
- Tennessee Bureau of Pension Examiners (21 Jul 1915) - Requests service records
- War Department (24 Jul 1915) - sends service records
- State Examiner (27 Jul 1915) - There is no proof that he is disabled
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: White County, TN, Page 72
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 18
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 117
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 145A
- 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 4A
- 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 190A
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1916) - #398 - Riley Bray
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1912) - #69694 - Letha Bray
William Riley and Letha Jane (Bell) Bray
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