H.H. Ray

Homer Harris Ray

Full Name: Homer Harris Ray
Date of birth: February 20, 1876
Date of death: December 15, 1959

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 95 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Troy / Bell   Bell
H 95 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Troy / Bell   Bell
H 95 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Troy / Bell   Bell

(1) Farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 95
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Troy / Bell
Counties in district: Bell
House District 95
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Troy / Bell
Counties in district: Bell
House District 95
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Troy / Bell
Counties in district: Bell

(1) Farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/6/1929, p. 9. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

  • Private, Company L, 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War. Military grave marker, Homer Harris Ray, birth date 2/20/1876, death date 12/15/1959, burial in Roberts Cemetery, Troy, Bell County. Includes photographs. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - Homer H. Ray, Salado, Bell County, age 4, born circa 1876 in Texas, son of Davia Ray, grandson of H.C. Crukmore.
    Census of 1900 - Homer H. Ray, Bell County, age 24, born February 1876 in Texas, farmer, stepson of Jon Bruster, son of Dovie A. Bruster.
    Census of 1910 - Homer H. Ray, Bell County, age 33, born circa 1877 in Texas, farmer, wife Hattie E. Ray.
    Census of 1920 - Homer H. Ray, Bell County, age 43, born circa 1877 in Texas, farm manager, wife Fannie E. Ray.
    Census of 1930 - Homer H. Ray, Bell County, age 54, born circa 1876 in Texas, farmer, wife Fannie E. Ray FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930
  • Homer Harris Ray, birth date 2/20/1876 in Texas; death date 12/15/1959 in Temple , Bell County; farming; served in Spanish-American War; burial in Troy, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Homer Harris Ray family group sheet: born about 1876 in Bell County, Texas; father Francis Marion Ray; mother Dovie Alice Creekmore; wife Frances E. Hamilton. [Ryan/Creekmore family group sheets].

Photographs

  • Photograph. H.H. Ray, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. H.H. Ray, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. H.H. Ray, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Agriculture  
Common Carriers  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Liquor Traffic  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Agriculture  
Claims and Accounts  
Contingent Expense (Vice Chair) 
Counties  
41st R.S. - 1929
Agriculture  
Claims and Accounts  
Congressional Districts  
Highways and Motor Traffic  

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