Mark Lee Crays

1884 - 1965  (80 years)

• Name	Mark Lee Crays  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Oct 1884	Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Apr 1965	Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDG3-Z5J Name: Mark Lee Crays Event Date: 08 Apr 1965 Event Place: Stockdale, Wilson, Texas Gender: Male Race (Original): White Age (Formatted): 80 years Birth Year (Estimated): Birth Date: 21 Oct 1884 Birthplace: Illinois Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Father's Name: John Crays Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mary Jane Tosh Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Retired (Show Business) Residence Place: Pandora, Wilson, Texas Cemetery (Original): Pleasant Valley Cemetery Burial Place: Wilson County, Texas Burial Date: 10 Apr 1965 Informant's Name (Original): X GS Film number: 2117826 Digital Folder Number: 4028302 Image Number: 1266 Reference ID: cn 34034 Collection: Mark Lee Crays, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
  Person ID	I42903	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	John Crays,   b. 16 Sep 1828, Indiana d. 23 Feb 1905, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Tosh,   b. 1 Sep 1838, Illinois d. 22 Apr 1924, Nebraska (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1853	Macon County, Illinois   [3, 4, 5]
  	Their Illinois Marriage record can be found at the Macon County Court Records, Film # 0983125 - 0983126. They had a total of three sons and seven daughters: Charles, a farmer of Tobias, Wilburn, an auctioneer from Bruning, Mark, showed free movies in neighboring towns and in Texas, Laura (Mrs. Will Fisher), Tobias, Belle (Mrs. W.F. Nevins), Fairfield, Marie (Mrs. Chas. Harding), Cambridge, Ida (Mrs. Frank Osborne), Crete, Ann (Mrs. G.M. Dougherty), Bruning, Alice (Mrs. Chas. Pike), Bruning, Angeline (Mrs. Thayer), of Colorado. (Milligan, p 255). Posting from GenForum: John J. CRAYS and his wife, Mary Jane TOSH came from Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL about 1885 settling in Tobias. All of their children were born in Palmyra. The entire family came to Nebraska. Also, Mary Jane's nephew, William Riley TOSH also accompanied them from Palmyra, IL to Saline Co., IL. Their children: Mary Jane CRAYS b. 1855, Gertie Maude CRAYS b. 1856 d. 1858, Anna Melvina CRAYS b. 1858, Lydia Angeline CRAYS b. 1860, Alice CRAYS b. 1863, Marie(a) b. 1865, Ida (Manly) CRAYS b. 1867, Charles Wesley CRAYS b. 1868, Laura E. CRAYS b. 1876, J. Wilburn CRAYS b. 1879, a child b. & d. before 1883 and Mark L. CRAYS b. 1883. Any information on these families is appreciated. Desire contact with descendants. Have been working on the CRAYS and TOSH Families over 25 years. Will exchange. Posted by Linda Arnold on 21 Aug 1999
  Family ID	F1808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Census Place: Atlanta, Saline, Nebraska; Roll: 938; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0104; FHL microfilm: 1240938. (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 254 (Reliability: 3). [S1550] Ancestry.com - Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 87135709 (Reliability: 3).