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D645-1
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- 1936-02-12 (Creation)
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Johnny Wray, 92- year-old Civil War veteran seated beside a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Wray, a resident of the soldiers' home in Orting, recalls being rebuked by President Lincoln in Illinois for running away from home to join the Union Army in the Civil War. Seventeen years old when the war broke out, Mr. Wray served four months in the army, in his words "traipsing through the woods chasing bushwhackers" and never fired a shot. He has nine living children and three of his daughters live in Pierce County. He spends most of his time sitting in a chair smoking his pipe, but he also enjoys his daily walk. John Wray died October 18/1937 at the soldiers' home in Orting at the age of 94. (T. Times 2/12/1936, pg. 1; T. Times 10/19/1937, pg. 1)
Wray, John; Veterans; Civil War, U.S., 1861-1865--Veterans--Tacoma; Aged persons;