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George Augustus Ray (April 23, 1819 – February 23, 1893) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Delaware County, New York, he moved to Mukwonago, Wisconsin Territory, in 1837. In 1860, Ray moved to the Town of La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin. He served on the Walworth County Board of Supervisors for La Grange. In 1868, Ray served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. His brother,
Adam E. Ray Adam E. Ray (1808 - September 20, 1865) was an American farmer politician from Troy, Wisconsin who served several terms in the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, and a single term in 1851 as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assem ...
, also served in the Wisconsin Assembly. A nephew,
Patrick Henry Ray Patrick Henry Ray (May 8, 1842 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin – 1911), was a brigadier general in the United States Army. His father, Adam E. Ray, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. An uncle, George Augustus Ray, was also a member. O ...
, became a brigadier general in the United States Army. In 1870, Ray moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin, where he died in 1893.
The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin
'. 7th ed. Madison: Atwood & Rublee, 1868, p. 173.


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1819 births 1893 deaths People from Delaware County, New York People from La Grange, Wisconsin People from Whitewater, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin 19th-century American politicians People from Mukwonago, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1810s-stub