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Show il fRaYIMoab fRaYIMoabneer I Ray , Moab MoabWeer Moabneer neer Weer of of7 7 , is Calledth Called Called'th 'th th ' claimed one of south southUtah s sy southn ou th thresidents th thUtah Utah Utahs Utahverone s verone Utah Utahs s very y firstou first IDQ . , EIO/residents EIO residents / resIdents FrIda Friday ) evenmg evening evenmgNeal eveningat eveningNeal residentsR residentsyrid yrid 87 87evening Neal R Ray 87 passed passedat at the home of his Jus daugh daughrs daughLrs ( rs Vern Bliss in m Castler Castley Castle Castle1e 1 y He 1e e had been in fallng fallngfor fail ngfor ng , for the past year About Aboutys Aboutys Aboutys ys a'o ao ago ' ' he Went went ent to visit hIs hIsrer hister hister , rer ter m In Castle Cae Valley to es esthe esthe esthe the intense heat at Moab Moabe Moabfee e grew gradually gradl.1ally gradl1ally . weaker weakerassed weakerassed weakerpassed assed quietly away Friday Fridayins FrIdaymg Fridaymg r insr ins mg mgtRay mgRay Bay tRay Ray was the last of the theal theal thehal al pIoneersho pioneers \ who \\ho ho \ came to tooab tooab toMoab oab section in m 1877 and andmed andmed andimed med here permanentlyyouth permanently permanentl permanentlyouth ; > youth ) \outh outh \ of 17 he accompans accompanMoab accompan is s parents torid to Moab and La Land Laind nd rid he made his home here hereabout hereabout hereabout about 1878 until his death deathlod deathmod deathnod lod mod of around 70 years yearsoyed yearsoyed yearsqoyed oyed a very wide frIend frIendthroughout friendthroughout friendthroughout Iern throughout all a11 of southi south southern I ern Utah TTtah and we western ern _ Col 10 io o who are to ton ton tn ( n of the passing passmg of this re red red red d cItIzenlUleral citizeniineral citizen citizenuneral uneral lUleral iineral services were held at atliDS atLDS atLDS liDS LDS chapel at Moab Sunafternoon Sunafternoon Sun Sunafternoon afternoon with BIshop BIshopard Bishopand Bishopard ard and Lance officiating offlclatmg The Thecation Thecation catIon was given by Wayne Wayne.rcConkle WaynefeConkie WaynefcConkie .rcConkle rcConkle feConkie . and the speakers speakersF F M 1M Shafer and W R Ron11e Ronkie Ronkie on11e onkie [ Mrs Tom T1)m T1m ) TaylorPhIlander TaylorPhilander Taylor TaylorPhilander Philander iMa Maxwell well and andJoseph andJoseph andJoseph Joseph Watts sang SomeWe SomeWell Some SomeWe Well We 11 Understand andiyer a ayer r Perfect accompaniedMrs Mrs Clarence Holyoak Holyoakmnce Holyoakvrence HolyoakOTnce mnce vrence C JDavis DavIs accompanby accompan HolyoakI I by / { Miss \ ' Merle l\1'erle l 1'erle 1erle Dalton san sanIy sang \ My \Iy Iy sangMy Father The benedic benedic-vas benedic vas , - Int ms was benedIclms by iby Eby Owen DcSpaint DeSpamt DeSpam benedIcl In t gravdedicated graydedicated the cemetery the grav gray gravI I dedIcated by Bert Daltorta Daltona Dalton a group of mixed voicesRock voices voicesRock Rock of Ages Ql1 ThP ' : T , IP " pall pallrs pallrs pallrs , rs were Scott WInbOurnNed Wmbourn WmbournNed WmbournNed Ned Dalton great WInbOurn/ WInbOurn grandPhIlIp grandPhilip grand grandPhilip / Raydsons Philip and Tom Tot Ray Raysons nephew\e\vell nephew e vell nephewNewell sons dsons : ! Vere Ra Rajr Ray ; > nephew nephewI t\eweU t eweU Newell \ \ Daltonrlong DaltonWong Dalton Daltonlong I long rlong Wong the relatives and andis ands is : from outside points pomts In Inlance inlance inance lance : at the funeral were weremd wereand wereind md and Mr Mra Mrs " Philip Ray Mr Mr'Irs MrIrs MrIrs 'Irs Irs ' Tom Ray Mrs Fanme Fannie Fannien 11 n Mrs IMrs : ( Margaret r.elfer relfer Keifer KeiferStella . Keiferstella .tella tella Stella : . Taylor and Miss EvTaylor EvTaylor Ev EvTaylor Taylor all of Grand Grandon Grandon on Claude N Taylor Taylori i . Mr .Wr Wr and Mrs 1\IarIon 1 IarIon Marion 1IarIonDelta MarionDelta \ MarionDelta Delta \ Mr l\'Ir l 'Ir Ir ' and Mrs WIl WIlRay WilRay WilRay Ray Montrose Mrs Hel Helalmer Helalmer Helaimer WIlI I almer Blanding Blandmg Mr and and'Iennel \'Iennel 'Iennel Iennel 'fennel fennel ' \ ) and"Mennel andMennel " DiegoMr ' ' Ra Rai ; > ) San Diego I IMr IMr Mr and Mrs 1\r.s 1r.s 1 r.s rs \ . Vern BlIss BlIssand Blissand Blissand and Mrs iMrs ( Newell Dalton DaltonhIldren Daltonhmldren Daltonhildren BlIssI I hIldren hmldren and Mr and Mrs MrsFears MrsFears MrsFears Fears Castle Valley MrsI Mrs Mrsa I a Ray NuclaI Nuclaal Nucia Nucla Nuciaal I al Ray was born June 17at 17at 17 17at at Livingston Overton Overtony Y Tenn the son of Thorn Thom Thomand Thomand Thornand MaxwellHe wellHe and Lee Ann M3- M3 Maxwell M3well " - well He was the oldest of a ay ay 1 y of 10 children Mr iMr Ray Rayed Rayed Rayed ed Luran < Lurana a Helen 'I\3.ylor I3.ylor 'I I 3.ylor 3ylor Taylor 'I3.yloroab Tayloroab ' \ . Tpyloroab oab Theyfive on De 25 1884 They fIve children three of ofn ofn 11 n are living lIvmg Mrs IlVlrs Ray died 24 1897 On March 30 he 30he married Susan Jane Janeson Janeson ( son on of Moab One son was to wasto them Mrs Ray dIed died27 27 7 1936Ray 1936 1936Ray Ray is survived by two twcliters twoters ters Mrs Laura BlIss Blisse BlissP e Valley Mrs Irma Doss Itt _ San _ Francisco CalIf CalIfI CalIfons CalifOils Califions _ I ons Oils Mennel Ray San DI Da DiCalif DICabf DaCalif Cabf Calif and A N ( Pudge Fudge ) Moab two .slsters slsters . sisters Mrs Mrse MrsLe Mrsie Le e Brown Grand Junct on onrs onrs onMrs rs Verna Mairfield MalrfIeld SanCalIf SanCalif San ' Calif three brothers brothersRay brothersRay brothersim Ray Montrose 'Montrose ' Marion Manon MarionDelta ManonDelta MarionDelta Delta RaySon and Philander Ray Ra Ra"son ; > "son son " Son Colo He is ms survIved survIvedseVen survivedseven survivediseven seVen grandchildren 17grandchIldren 17grandchildren 17 17grandchildren grandchildren a and n d 0 o one n e egreat egreat ' great grandchildal grandchild grandchildfal grandchildal fal al Ray lived laved the rugged ruggedfOt of ruggedlof ofa ruggedof a pioneer and ruggedl went wentgh wentgh andlers wen1PSh gh ghall all the privations and anders anders ers of the frontier HIs HIsstor Hisstory Hi ; story stor interwovth anterwovth > ; so closely interwov mterwov anterwov I th 1.h 1h . the development ofi of ofieastern ofeastern o : 'eastern eastern ' Utah is one of ex exInterest exinterest exe mtercst Interest On June 3 1937 ! 1937TImes Times Independent pub II " a _ \ " _ . L _ ' - , _ _ _ _ _ L of his lams life hfe writ I earlsWend earlyfriend y Frank Sllve Silver Silvey ; > an earl early ; > frIend IfrIend Thish and associate ThIs ThIswas Thiswas I ; h Rayit Ray1f RayIf was ' venf 'Venf veraf ed by Mr Ray 1f If it excerptsthe Following Followmg are excerpts ; bireal bereat heTeat the article which \ will wall \ III be he reat Teat interest mterest to the count"lends countlends count countrlends countWends ( " rlends Wends of this grand oldeal old 631 eal Ray Ra ; > s parents were pI pr rs " pi"of piof pIrs prrs thAt theAt of Tennessee and the pII ( , I CiviTom CIvIlTom CavilTom At the outset of the CIvIl Cavil [ fatherQ Tom Ray ( Neal Ncals s , father ) [ d the Confederate army arm : armywIth : With one 'brother brother Ibrother ' Twi Two , Unwny , brothers Ibrothers TwoIbrothers Twobrothers joined Jomed the Un UnAm .rmy rmy . During Durmg the absen absenRay " , l Am m Ray in inn innthe the the CIvIl war warnay and warand Ray nay ( the only < con on a at t that thatwere ) ' and his motheron mother were wi left tohe of stumpy01 on " land "no no , " a - . fOt with withone with r acre one mulrpto mule IIluh stump ti tinelgllbors to " he struggleexistence farmIng The struggle existence existence.as andneIghbors was " ' -.as .as - . rtreat i reat and nelgllbors neIghbors were as hard hardontinued ontinued ontinuedon on last page ) Neal Ray , Pioneer , Dies DiesContinued DiesContinued ( ( Continued from first page ) ) olife ofllfe oflife plessed pressed pagepiessed for the necessities of llfe life as they wereMrs wereMrs were wereMrs Mrs Ray did the best she shecould shecould shicould could She also learned to readand read readand realand and write from a neighbor wo woman woman woman man and in n . later years thiscrude thicrude this thiscrude crude learning learmng fitted her as the thefIrst thefirst thifirst fIrst postmistress of La Sal 111 in n1879 1879 this being bemg the first postoffice post postoffice postoffice office estabi establ shed in 111 San Jum Juan Juanounty Jumounty Juaiounty JuaiountyDirectb : ounty ountyI ountyDlrectl ountyDirectly I Dlrectl Directb Directly ) after th tlw the war TOJr Ton TOJrRay TonRay ' Ray and family hearing of thegreat thigreat the thegreat great opportunit opportunlt es in 111 CaIJfor Cahfor Cahforma CaIJforma California ma < started tarted etarted on a long tiek trek tI ek With Withteam \ witlteam \ Ith Ithteam team ind nd wagon from LlVmg Living LlVmgston Livingston Livingston ston Tenn to the Pacific coastarrnmg coast coasturn coastsirriiing arrnmg urn mg in m Cnaco Calif Cahi in 111 th th-o th o thofall th"fall thfall - " fall of 1867In 1867In 1867 1867In In the < summer ummer of 1876 1876hearmg 1876hearing 1876hearing hearmg hearing of a good country countr ) near nearMt nealMt J\1t J 1t Mt nearlJ1t \ Pleasant Pleasmt : Utah and re nearl e v vhg vrl hg . ? letters frpm relata relatives relatiies es the theMax theMaxwells th thMaxwells < Max Maxwells wells and the McCai McCaitvs/no McCaitvs no MCCaitVS tvs tvs"nlJ "nlJ nlJ / " , nu had hact has settled there Tom Toni Ray Raylnd Rayand Raind } lnd and family dec dee ded to move at at"f'e at"re anee ] "f'e fe "re re " ' to tl ) that district dlstnct arrlvmg arriving arrlvmgthere arrivingthere arrivingthere there in 111 tne the spnng pllng epiing < of 1877 1877From 1877From 1877From From Nevada and Calcra CJlcra Calera 0 0irespee cirospec irespee ) rospec 01rospec ors who had passed passedI1rough passednrogh passednrough 01 I1rough nrogh southeastern outheastern Utah Mr MrRay MrRay MrRay Ray leauied leai leal ned that n n'ar nar mar "ar ar ' " the Sier Sieri Sier12 1 i a s La Sals there w \ was \ as a vast v y r gin gm country yet unclaimed bythe by bythe bythe the white man where all kmds kinds kindsof kmdsof kindsof of game existed and where the thecountry thecountry thecountry country con contained tamed plenty of ofgrass ofgrass ofgrass grass that had never been graz grazed grazed grazed ed by cow cowsTom cows cowsTom < ; Tom Ray purchased about about60 60 head of fine fme Durham milk milkcows milkcows milk'cows milkcows ' cows and with team and wagon wagonstarted wagonstarted wagonstarted started for this district in m June June1877 1877 After many dlUlcultIes difficulties dlUlcultIesgettmg difficultiesgetting difficultiesgetting gettmg getting wagons down Moab Moabcanyon Moabcanyon Moabcanyon canyon and crossing crossmg the Grandriver Grand Grandriver Grandriver river the Rays found two set settlers settiers settiers tlers tiers cimped c'Unped cUnped camped ' on the east side of ofthe ofthe th the e rIVer-a rIVer a river - a Frenchman and a anegro anegro negro Nigger Bill who hadarrived had hadarrived hadarrived arrived . a few months prior to . NiggerBill the ; coming commg of the Rays Nigger I Bill stated h he had 40 head of ofhorned ofhorned horned stock ( meaning meanmg catIe cat cattle cattle tle ) and that they were afrald afraid afraidof afraldof afraidof of the Indians but had decided decidedto decidedo to take a chance a while longerDiscovering longer longerDiscovering Discovering Dlscovermg an old Indian Indiantrail Indiantrail Indianrail alonghe alongthe trail leading leadmg southeaster southeasterly ! ) along the , south end of the La Sal Salmountams Salmountains Salmountains mountams mountains the Rays aftermuch after aftermuch aftermuch much difficulty crossing crossmg can canyons canyons canyons yons and nmrocks rrmrocks finally fmally arrived ar arnved arrived nved rived near what is now calledOld called calledOld calledOld Old La Sal They settled onDeer on onDeer onDeer Deer creek ( ( so named because becauseof becauseof becauseof of the vast numbers of deer deerabout ) about October 1877 The Rayfamily Ray Rayfamily Rayfamily family were the f rst settlers m in mSan inSan mSan San Juan county A few weekslater weeks weekslater weekslater later came the Maxwells and andMcCartys andMcCartys andMcCartys McCartys who settled at whatwas what whatwas whatwas was called Coyote creek ( now nowknown nowknown nowknown known as La Sal ) Niels Olsen Olsensoon Olsensoon Olsensoon ' soon joined Jomed them and the fol following following lowmg lowing iear sear ) ear a number of othersettlers other othersettlers settlers arrived arnved in 111 La SalThe SalThe Sal SalThe McCartyshad 114cCartyshad The : Maxwells and McCartys 114cCartys had about 2000 head of cattle cattleand cattleand and in those days they kept fat fatthe fatthe the year round About the tIme tImeof timeof of the coming commg of the Maxwells Maxwellsand Maxwellsand Maxwellsand and th the McCartys the Taylors Taylorssettled Taylorssettled Taylorssettled settled m in Moab and later rang rangI ranged ranged I ed cattle in the La Sal moun mountams mountains mountains tams tains north and east s deSoon de deSoon Soon after a number of set settlers settiers settiers tlers tiers came to Modb Moab a postofflce postoffice postofflcewas postofficewas was established there and at atthe atthe atthe the same time a postoffice postofflce was wasestabll5hed wasestablished establl5hed established at La Sal with MrsE Mrs MrsE MrsE E L Ray ( Neal Neals s mother ) as aspostmistress aspostmistress aspostmistressThe postmistress postmistressThe The mail mall route ran from Sa SalIna Salina Salina lIna Utah to Ouray Colo Cola and andIt andit andit It took tool . about a month to make makethe makethe the round trip The riders had hadto hadto to ford rivers and contend 'Contend ' with withhostile withhostile hostile Indians It took bloodand blood and blOOdland sand to go through all blOOdl thisA this thisA thisA A Mr Howard was- was wasthe " - the first firstmall firstmail firstmail mall mail carrier then Fred Prewerwas Prewer Prewerwas prewerjwas prewerj was the rider nder for a short time timelater timelater timelater later Tom Brewster carried earned the themail themail mall mail thelmall for about two years thel yearsThe The Ray family famlly in 1882numebred 1882 1882numebred 1882numebred numebred 11 and as Mr Raywanted Ray Raywanted Raywanted wanted his h1S children to get at atleast a1least atleast least the rudiments of an edu education education cation he employed a schoolmaim school schoolmarm schoolmarm marm maim marmIISS ! \ Miss \IISS IISS Lula Ives lves of Mt MtPleasant I Pleasant to teach his chl1dren children chl1drenat childrenat childrenat at his home In the summer o oi1883 fl i 1883 Neal Ray having havmg learned learnedthe learnedthe learnedthe ofl the art of whip sawing salving lum bum lumber bumbey lumber ber bey from Tom Goshorn Gosliorn he hetaught hetaught hetaught taught Niels Olsen and Bill andFrank and andFrank andFrank : Frank Srlve Silver Silvey to whipsaw and andby andby andby by cooperationve cooperation \ we \ve ve built a log logschool logschool fls school house and had lumber to tof1111Sh tofinish tcfinish f1111Sh finish it A Miss Stair of Ph ladelphia ladelphia la ladelphla delphla delphia was employed as the theteacher theteacher theteacher teacher and she had about 14students 14 14students 14students 14studentsIn students studentsIn In 1884 Tom Ray sold I11S lv hi s - - - homesteads and cattle at La Sal to Salto the Pittsburgh Cattle com corn pany cornpany company and moved to Paradox valley Paradoxvalley homesteadedand where wJ:1ere wJ1ere : he homesteaded thereafter and lived hved for many years there after Neal Ray continued contmued 111 in flhe the intlhe 111flhe inthe cattle business busmess for many years manyyears Moab manyMoab Moaband Moab atMoab atMoabMr and made his home at atMr 1 I IMr Mr Ray |