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THOMAS RAY, a prominent farmer of Hammond Township, reared at home, receiving a common school education. He worked on the farm for his father until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, for the term of three years. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga, and numerous lesser engagements. He was mustered out July 4, 1865. September 27, 1870, he married Mary Ludwick, a native of Nelson County, Ky., to whom were born three children. Two, Mertie and Perlie, are living. After marriage he rented the old homestead and continued to do so until 1872, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres, to which he has since added sixty acres. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Ray was born in Spencer County, Ind., October 18, 1842, being the first son in a family of four sons and seven daughters born to A. and Maria (Hackleman) Ray, natives of Spencer County. The father, who was a farmer and speculator, lived in Hammond Township, where he became the possessor of upward of seven hundred acres of land. He traded principally in corn, hay, pork, potatoes, etc., flat-boating it to the southern States. He died in the autumn of 1865. His widow died in March, 1868.