Daughter of William and Betty (Gamble)Ray.
Siblings were Sarah J(was enumberated on the 1880 census, but gone by the 1900 census), and Mary A, (who died before the 1880 census.
She married John Wm McLaughlin, in Bloomington, Monroe Co, Indiana, March 6, 1887.
She was the mother of William A, Charles M, Guy G, and George Oliver McLaughlin.
Dearly loved by her stepdaughter, Minnie Edna (McLaughlin)Cole.
Member of the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary of the G.A.R.(Grand Army of the Republic); as her father was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
She is resting in an unmarked grave; under a lane that was made over her; her son, William, died before he could place a gravestone for her and his wife.
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I was always told of Ma's personality, although a lovely lady, normally, she could take care of herself and was proactive in her community.
A little known fact of Ma - During prohibition, she was active in her duty to help close Tippecanoe Counties bars down.
On one such bar invasion, a drunk woman jumped on her back. Ma was a tall and stout lady, so she knocked her off and went on with her business. The woman jumped on her again. This time Ma admonished her to stop or she would take her out and dump her in the gutter where she belonged.
This did not deter the drunken woman. So, Ma did as she promised.
She was then summoned to court for assault and battery. When the judge heard both sides of the incident, he dismissed the case and commended Ma for doing the right thing.
This is recorded in the Tippecanoe County Historical records, of which I was very surprised to find.
Siblings were Sarah J(was enumberated on the 1880 census, but gone by the 1900 census), and Mary A, (who died before the 1880 census.
She married John Wm McLaughlin, in Bloomington, Monroe Co, Indiana, March 6, 1887.
She was the mother of William A, Charles M, Guy G, and George Oliver McLaughlin.
Dearly loved by her stepdaughter, Minnie Edna (McLaughlin)Cole.
Member of the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary of the G.A.R.(Grand Army of the Republic); as her father was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
She is resting in an unmarked grave; under a lane that was made over her; her son, William, died before he could place a gravestone for her and his wife.
********
I was always told of Ma's personality, although a lovely lady, normally, she could take care of herself and was proactive in her community.
A little known fact of Ma - During prohibition, she was active in her duty to help close Tippecanoe Counties bars down.
On one such bar invasion, a drunk woman jumped on her back. Ma was a tall and stout lady, so she knocked her off and went on with her business. The woman jumped on her again. This time Ma admonished her to stop or she would take her out and dump her in the gutter where she belonged.
This did not deter the drunken woman. So, Ma did as she promised.
She was then summoned to court for assault and battery. When the judge heard both sides of the incident, he dismissed the case and commended Ma for doing the right thing.
This is recorded in the Tippecanoe County Historical records, of which I was very surprised to find.
Daughter of William and Betty (Gamble)Ray.
Siblings were Sarah J(was enumberated on the 1880 census, but gone by the 1900 census), and Mary A, (who died before the 1880 census.
She married John Wm McLaughlin, in Bloomington, Monroe Co, Indiana, March 6, 1887.
She was the mother of William A, Charles M, Guy G, and George Oliver McLaughlin.
Dearly loved by her stepdaughter, Minnie Edna (McLaughlin)Cole.
Member of the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary of the G.A.R.(Grand Army of the Republic); as her father was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
She is resting in an unmarked grave; under a lane that was made over her; her son, William, died before he could place a gravestone for her and his wife.
********
I was always told of Ma's personality, although a lovely lady, normally, she could take care of herself and was proactive in her community.
A little known fact of Ma - During prohibition, she was active in her duty to help close Tippecanoe Counties bars down.
On one such bar invasion, a drunk woman jumped on her back. Ma was a tall and stout lady, so she knocked her off and went on with her business. The woman jumped on her again. This time Ma admonished her to stop or she would take her out and dump her in the gutter where she belonged.
This did not deter the drunken woman. So, Ma did as she promised.
She was then summoned to court for assault and battery. When the judge heard both sides of the incident, he dismissed the case and commended Ma for doing the right thing.
This is recorded in the Tippecanoe County Historical records, of which I was very surprised to find.
Siblings were Sarah J(was enumberated on the 1880 census, but gone by the 1900 census), and Mary A, (who died before the 1880 census.
She married John Wm McLaughlin, in Bloomington, Monroe Co, Indiana, March 6, 1887.
She was the mother of William A, Charles M, Guy G, and George Oliver McLaughlin.
Dearly loved by her stepdaughter, Minnie Edna (McLaughlin)Cole.
Member of the Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary of the G.A.R.(Grand Army of the Republic); as her father was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
She is resting in an unmarked grave; under a lane that was made over her; her son, William, died before he could place a gravestone for her and his wife.
********
I was always told of Ma's personality, although a lovely lady, normally, she could take care of herself and was proactive in her community.
A little known fact of Ma - During prohibition, she was active in her duty to help close Tippecanoe Counties bars down.
On one such bar invasion, a drunk woman jumped on her back. Ma was a tall and stout lady, so she knocked her off and went on with her business. The woman jumped on her again. This time Ma admonished her to stop or she would take her out and dump her in the gutter where she belonged.
This did not deter the drunken woman. So, Ma did as she promised.
She was then summoned to court for assault and battery. When the judge heard both sides of the incident, he dismissed the case and commended Ma for doing the right thing.
This is recorded in the Tippecanoe County Historical records, of which I was very surprised to find.
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