“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM J. BRAY,  FARMER, Sec. 11;  P.O. Palmyra; born in 
Cornwall, England, Aug. 15, 1846; came to America with his parents, 
Stephen and Ann Bray, in 1848, locating in Sullivan, where they resided 
three years; removed in 1852, to Palmyra, where Mr. Bray settled on the 
farm he now owns of 220 acres.  He married Miss Maria J. Dodge May 
13, 1869; they have three children – Lena J., Alvin J. and Luella.  Mr. 
Bray is a Republican, and has been several years an officer of School 
District No. 2.  He is in accord with the B. C. Church.  He is raising the 
usual stock and crops of Jefferson Co.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)