My grandmother, Myrtle Mae Fray, was born in 1892. I have heard her tell that when she was a little girl she and her family came from Jackson County, Illinois to Butler County, Missouri. They came by covered wagon and they crossed the Mississippi River at Chester, Illinois. The Mississippi River was frozen solid enough that they walked across the river. Upon arriving in Missouri, they homesteaded land in Beaver Dam Township in Butler County.
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1 John W. FRAY 1803 - 1857
+Jemima TANNER 1807 - 1845
2 Elizabeth FRAY 1831 - 1926
+Granville PEARSON 1828 - 1908
3 Mae/Mary Jane PEARSON
3 George PEARSON
3 Milton P. PEARSON
3 Tabitha PEARSON
3 Ida PEARSON
3 Sophronia PEARSON
3 Henry PEARSON
3 John Robert PEARSON
+Clara Nevada CHUBICK
4 Lucy Helen PEARSON
+Dewayne BUTCHER
3 James PEARSON
3 Emiline PEARSON
2 Cornelia FRAY 1833 -
2 Moses J. FRAY 1834 -
2 Cassander D. FRAY 1837 -
2 William Henry FRAY 1839 - 1909
+Eliza Jane MORGAN 1847 - 1913
3 Albert FRAY 1868 - 1950
+Laura Isabelle ROBERTS 1865 - 1923
4 Mary Josephine FRAY 1889 - 1964
+Roy Lee NIXON 1884 - 1961
5 Fern Marie NIXON 1908 - 1986
+Terrell Allen PERRY, Jr. 1917 - 1990
5 Bernice Audrey NIXON 1910 - 1986
+Robert Lee "Bob" DICKEN 1907 - 1989
5 Ruth Lee NIXON 1914 - 1917
5 Raymond NIXON 1917 - 1923
5 Lora Lane NIXON 1919 - 1925
5 Pauline Josephine "Tommy" NIXON 1924 -
+Robert Leonard WOOD 1920 - 1958
*2nd Husband of Pauline Josephine "Tommy" NIXON:
+William Howard "Bill" CARMAN 1919 -
4 Johnny FRAY 1891 -
4 Myrtle Mae FRAY 1892 - 1975
+Rhea Robert COOPER 1890 - 1946
5 Gerald Elmer COOPER 1912 - 1976
+Opal Maxine HARRIS 1918 - 1991
5 James Noel COOPER 1915 - 1978
+Evelyn HOLDER 1920 -
5 Flora Evelyn COOPER 1917 - 1984
+Claude William HARRIS 1916 - 1976
*2nd Husband of Myrtle Mae FRAY:
+William W. REEVES 1891 -
5 William "Bill" Harvey REEVES 1926 - 1975
+Donna PEARSON
*2nd Wife of William "Bill" Harvey REEVES:
+Helen TIPTON 1930 -
*3rd Wife of William "Bill" Harvey REEVES:
+Sadie 1944 -
*3rd Husband of Myrtle Mae FRAY:
+Oscar Clinton BOTTOM 1894 - 1962
4 Stella FRAY 1893 -
4 Eva Emma Artamesa FRAY 1897 - 1971
+James Carl CLANAHAN 1893 - 1964
5 Leo CLANAHAN 1914 -
+Ada 1921 -
5 Alma M. CLANAHAN 1916 - 1991
+EASTWOOD
*2nd Husband of Alma M. CLANAHAN:
+J. Clyde WILLIAMS 1926 - 1975
5 Cecil L. CLANAHAN 1918 - 1987
+Lillian 1918 -
5 James Carl CLANAHAN, Jr 1930 - 1958
4 William Harvey FRAY 1902 - 1988
+Edna Ilene GOINS 1910 - 1998
5 William Dewayne "Pete" FRAY 1925 -
+JoAnn 1930 -
5 Laura Ilene FRAY 1928 -
+Chester H. QUALLS 1924 - 1993
5 Donald Eugene FRAY 1931 -
+Norma BROWN 1933 -
*2nd Wife of Donald Eugene FRAY:
+Jane
5 Larry Joe FRAY 1932 -
4 Elmer C. FRAY 1904 - 1910
*2nd Wife of Albert FRAY:
+Almeda POORE, Mrs. 1865 -
*3rd Wife of Albert FRAY:
+Tennessee "Tinnie" ROBERTSON
3 Hattie FRAY 1870 -
+BAGWELL
3 Mary Etta FRAY 1871 - 1911
+Abraham RICE 1862 - 1935
4 Mary RICE 1893 -
4 Bessie RICE 1894 -
4 William E. RICE 1899 -
4 Millie RICE 1901 -
4 Edith RICE 1906 -
4 Vivian RICE 1908 -
4 Albert Ralph RICE 1911 -
5 Robert RICE
3 Effie Belle FRAY 1879 -
+Robert BENSON
4 Riley BENSON 1899 -
3 Nettie M. FRAY 1883 -
*2nd Wife of John W. FRAY:
+Louisa PHANS 1815 -
2 Almedia B. FRAY 1850 - 1904
+Edward WARD 1845 - 1922
3 George Walker WARD 1868 - 1933
3 Mary WARD 1870 -
3 Rebecca "Becky" WARD 1872 - 1945
3 William Henry WARD 1874 - 1952
+Alcy Pearl COUNTS 1877 - 1969
4 Lillian Beatrice WARD 1901 - 1966
+Emanuel Andrew "Andy" TROSTEL 1898 - 1982
5 Katherine Ruth TROSTEL 1926 -
5 Dorothy Evelyn TROSTEL 1929 -
4 Aubrey Murial WARD 1902 - 1978
+Maragana LINBAUGH 1900 -
4 Mabel Fay WARD 1905 -
4 William Kenneth WARD 1916 -
+Catherine Cecelia WILLIAMS 1920 - 1985
5 Donna Lee HILL 1940 -
+Glen Dale VAUGHN 1938 - 1988
5 Kenneth Lee WARD 1946 -
+Cynthia Lynn ESSENPERIS 1952 -
3 Elverty WARD 1877 - 1968
3 Missouri Belle WARD 1879 - 1957
3 Nellie Mae WARD 1882 -
+Frederick Herman COUNTS 1881 - 1921
2 Mary A. FRAY 1852 -
+John C. WARD
2 Theresa Isabel FRAY 1855 -
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