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CURRAN P. RAY (deceased) was born December 19, 1815, in Trigg County, Ky., was a son of Dr. John and Nancy (Chilton) Ray, and was reared on a farm. He was first married on April 30, 1840, to C. E. Chappell of Christian County, Ry. He had born to him by this union five children: Elizabeth (dead), Lysias C., John S., Curran H. and Benjamin (now dead). His second marriage was to Susan Johnson, a native of Henry County, Ky., who has borne him two children: Fannie (now Russell) and Richard. In September, 1855, he married Ellen P. Trewolla, of Ballard County, born in Truro, England, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bany) Trewolla. By this union there were born nine children: William W. (dead), James M. (dead), Elizabeth C. (dead), Belle E. (dead), George W., Lizzie C. (dead), Robert Lee, Jeff Davis and Sidney J. Mr. Ray was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; his widow is a member of the Reformed Church. He had been engaged in the mercantile business and farming; was in the Confederate Army and took part in the battle of Shiloh, but sickness compelled him to return home. His third wife came to the United States in 1836, and lived in New York City, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., and thence came to Christian County, Ky., and finally to Ballard County, in 1855, where she still lives on a good farm.