The History of Ray Farm |
| The Ray farm was bought Sept. 15, 1899 by
Will and Callie Ray. Will and Callie and their six sons (Ed, Ernest, Louis, James,
Iley and Totty) worked on the farm. Mr. Will Ray died in 1903 of tuberculosis. Baby
Totty died when he was six years old. Ed, Ernest, and James married and left the
farm. Iley married Wilma in 1920 and they began farming. They were the parents of four
children: Arla, born 1921; Doris, born 1923; Carl, born 1927; Curtis, born 1929. |