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Philip Northern & Ella Victoria (Frost) Bray Family

                                                              Philip Northern Bray

                                                                Ella Victoria Frost

Front Row: Elinor Wilkinson; Kathleen Bray; unidentified
Middle Row: Katie (Bray) Flora; unidentified; Ella (Frost) Bray; William Cowell Flora holding son, Billy
Back Row: Tycho Nissen; Sarah (Bray) Nissen; Ella (Bray) Wilkinson; next 2 women and man unidentified; Philip N. Bray; John Benjamin Bray; and Dudley Bagley


Back Row: Philip N. Bray; granddaughter Elinor Wilkinson; and  Ella (Frost) Bray
Front Row: grandson, Philip Nissen; granddaughter Frances Flora; and grandson William "Billy" Flora
Philip Northern Bray, son of Benjamin N. Bray and Elizabeth Humphries, was born October 8, 1858 and died February 10, 1938.  He married Ella Victoria Frost, daughter of John F. Frost and Sarah Matilda Stephenson, on Christmas Day 1883.  Ella was born February 24, 1866 and died July 11, 1932.  Both are buried in Moyock Memorial Cemetery.  Philip's tombstone picture can be seen here and Ella's can be seen here.

Philip and Ella had seven children:
     1. Bessie Bray - born October 17, 1884 and died August 7, 1886.
     2. John Benjamin Bray - born May 13, 1887 and died September 14, 1946.  He married Mamie DeCormis on June 22, 1912.  John's obituary and photo can be seen here.  Other photos can be seen here.
     3. Katie Baxter Bray - born February 5, 1890 and died August 3, 1980.  She married William Cowell Flora on December 15, 1916.  See their photos here.
     4. Ella Victoria Bray - born December 4, 1893 and died November 27, 1986.  She married Charles Reed Wilkinson on July 11, 1916.  See their photos here.
     5. Ida Frost Bray - born March 14, 1896 and died December 10, 1977.  She married Dudley Bagley in 1917.  See their photos here.
     6. Mary Hughes Bray - born June 14, 1900 at Sligo and died June 30, 1910.  She was accidentally shot.  See her photo here.
     7. Sarah Edna Bray - born November 14, 1905 and died June 20, 1997.  She married Tycho Norris Nissen on August 6, 1924.  Tycho was born March 23, 1898 and died in June 1982 in Greenville, S.C.  He was the son of Samuel J. Nissen and Dora E. Clodfelter.  See their photos here.

Photographs and information from the private collection of William C. & Katie B. Flora which was kindly shared with us by their daughter, Frances Flora Casey of Old Hickory, TN.  No part of this document may be used for any commercial purposes. However, please feel free to copy any of this material for your own personal use and family research.  Images are for personal use only, not for redistribution.