Yolo-Placer County CA Archives Biographies.....Bray, William 1850 - 1894
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Author: Tom Gregory

WILLIAM BRAY

    One of Yolo county's pioneers, now deceased, was William Bray, who was born
in Monroe county, Ky., February 23, 1832, and passed away in Woodland March 25,
1894. When he was in his nineteenth year, in 1850, Mr. Bray left his home in the
south for the great west and his journey across the plains with ox-teams, in
company with a number of other immigrants, was fraught great dangers from the
savage red men, who more than once attempted to overpower the travelers.
However, they made the trip in safety, after which they separated, Mr. Bray
mining a short time at Dutch Flats, after which he took up a quarter section of
land in Yolo county, two miles south of Woodland, on which he located and built
a cabin, and ever afterward he continued to make improvements. He carried on
general farming, making a specialty of raising grain, alfalfa and stock. Here he
made his home until his death. In front of the modest little home which he built
years ago stands a modern residence, and the great cottonwood trees which he
planted still surround the property which he labored so patiently to improve.
His wife, formerly Harriet Eakle, was born in Tennessee, and accompanied her
mother and sisters westward in the early '50s. Her death occurred on the home
place near Woodland in December, 1907. The following children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Bray: Alexander, deceased; John E., deceased; Sarah A. and Lucy Jane,
who share the eighty acres left by their parents; James B., whose wife before
her marriage was Ida Butterfield, and who has one son; William H., deceased; and
Mary C., who is now Mrs. William Gould, of Woodland.

    Mr. and Mrs. Bray were both devout members of the Christian Church in
Woodland and were mourned by a large number of friends who knew them well.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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