Sixth Generation

944. Ida Lillian DURHAM was born on 6 Jan 1870 in North Carolina.^26,88,330 She died on 30 May 1896 in North Carolina.³³⁰ In the 1800 Census for Chatham County, North Carolina - Ida Durham, age 10, is listed in the household of A. J. (Atlas) Riggsbee and wife S. H., (Sarah Bennett). Ida Durham is listed as "grand-daugher". Ida L. Durham, age 10 is also listed as "daughter" in the household of T. Sidney Durham and wife Mary in the 1880 Census for Chatham County, North Carolina.

Ida Durham, age 5 months is also listed in the 1870 Census for Chatham County, North Carolina as a daughter of Thomas Durham, age 25 and wife Mary, age 21.

Ida Lillian DURHAM and Benjamin Franklin RAY were married about 1887 in North Carolina.⁶⁸ Benjamin Franklin RAY (son of Brantley Mangum RAY and Nancy Jane PARTEN) was born on 28 Feb 1865 in Chatham County, North Carolina.^{27,68,69,93,330} He died Mitral Insufficiency on 20 Dec 1932 in Orange County, North Carolina.^27,330 Buried in Lystra Church Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "Mrs. W. A. Cobb" of Chapel Hill Blvd., Durham, North Carolina. Occupation: Blacksmith Ida Lillian DURHAM and Benjamin Franklin RAY had the following children:

+1561	i.	Ada RAY.
1562	ii.	Charles "Charlie" Wesley RAY was born on 28 Dec 1889 in North Carolina.61,68,69 He died on 28 Jul 1976 in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.61 Charlie Wesley Ray <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FG7L-YFC> North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994 birth: 28 December 1889 N. C. death: 28 July 1976 Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina burial: 30 July 1976 Mebane, N. C. residence: 28 July 1976 Mebane, Alamance, North Carolina father: Benjamin Ray mother: Ida Durham Name: Charlie Wesley Ray Titles and Terms Event Type: Death Event Date: 28 Jul 1976 Event Place: Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina Birth Year: 1889 Birth Year (Estimated) Burial Date: 30 Jul 1976 Burial Place: Mebane, N. C. Cemetery: Oakwood Funeral Home Residence Place: Mebane, Alamance, North Carolina Address: 201 Wilba Rd. Gender: Male Age: 86 Marital Status: Widowed Race (Original): White Occupation: Retired-Dixie Yarns Inc. Birth Date: 28 Dec 1889 Birthplace N. C. Father's Name: Benjamin Ray Father's Titles and Terms Father's Birthplace Mother's Name: Ida Durham Mother's Titles and Terms Mother's Birthplace Spouse's Name Spouse's Titles and Terms Additional Relatives Informant's Name Reference ID: CN 23133 GS Film number: 1984215
1563	iii.	Atlas RAY was born on 2 Sep 1891 in North Carolina.27,68,69 He died Renal Shutdown with Uremia on 26 Sep 1974 in Randolph County, North Carolina.27 Buried in Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro, North Carolina. Informant at death listed as "Mr. Roy Ray" of Reidsville. (NOTE) The death certificate for Atlas Ray show his parents as "Benjamin Ray" and "Lilly Womble". But, Benjamin Franklin Ray didn't marry Lilly Womble til 1900. It is more likely that Atlas Ray was the son of "Benjamin Franklin Ray" and "Ida Lillian Durham". Ida Lillian (Durham) Ray died in 1896 according to her headstone at Lystra Baptist Church Cemetery in Chatham County, North Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rhonda2004&id=I10679
+1564	iv.	Nancy RAY.