Oh, this begs for more research !!
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Author: Adina_SDyer
Surnames: Ray
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Interesting article. I wonder how it all came out.
I am not related and have no other information on the family.
Source: The Stark County Democrat, pg 1
January 30, 1884
Canton, Ohio
MR. RAY'S UNEXPECTED REAPPEARANCE
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 29, -- JOHN RAY, a farmer of this vicinity, in the
year 1867 (now seventeen years ago) took a lot of cattle to Chicago, which
he sold, and was never heard of afterward. It was supposed he had been
killed for his money, and his body thrown in the lake. Years rolled on,
and no tidings of him coming, he was given up for dead. His estate, which
was considerable, was settled, and three entries stand upon the records of
Tippecanoe County, declaring John Ray dead, his wife a widow, and his
debts paid by order of court out of his property.
A day or two ago he put in an appearance. He had spent about seventeen
years of his life in Texas and New Mexico. His old farm occupied by a
strange man, who holds clear title-deed for it.
His wife is still living and married, and his children, some of whom he
left as infants, are now grown to manhood and womanhood. The lawyers are
endeavoring to ascertain the exact legal status of John Ray.
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