Name: Nathan Hunt Bray
Sex: M
Birth: 20 APR 1803 in Petersboro, Northhamptonshire, England
Death: 18 FEB 1875 in Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana
Burial: Old Anacoco Cem., Anacoco, Vernon, Louisiana
Marriage: Elizabeth Cavil b: 6 JUN 1801 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Children
Cavil Bray b: 29 JUN 1834 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Bray b: 1836 in England
David Bray b: 16 NOV 1837 in England
Alice Bray b: 1838 in England
Sarah Ann Bray b: 1847 in Louisiana
ELDER NATHAN H. BRAY - The Apostle of the Sabine" — was born in Peterborough, Eng., April 29th, 1809. In 1840 he emigrated to the United States and landed at New Orleans. Providence directed his steps to Sabine Parish. At this time he made no profession of religion. Not long after, however, he joined the Baptists, and in 1847 he was licensed to preach. Although a man of limited education, he developed rare gifts as a preacher. Laboring under the appointment of the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, he became the father of the Sabine Association ; and at a later day of the Calcasieu and Vernon Associations, which have sprung from it. He was Moderator of the Sabine Association from its organization up to 1871. He was an active Mason, and was often elected to important offices in the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. After the war he filled the office of Parish Judge for several years. His labors were incessant, and he traversed that immense region lying between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers and extending north as far as Spanish Lake and the southern parts of DeSoto Parish. Few men in the State have exerted a wider influence and left such visible results of their labors. He died at his home, near Leesville, February 18th, 1876.
Sex: M
Birth: 20 APR 1803 in Petersboro, Northhamptonshire, England
Death: 18 FEB 1875 in Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana
Burial: Old Anacoco Cem., Anacoco, Vernon, Louisiana
Marriage: Elizabeth Cavil b: 6 JUN 1801 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Children
Cavil Bray b: 29 JUN 1834 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Bray b: 1836 in England
David Bray b: 16 NOV 1837 in England
Alice Bray b: 1838 in England
Sarah Ann Bray b: 1847 in Louisiana
ELDER NATHAN H. BRAY - The Apostle of the Sabine" — was born in Peterborough, Eng., April 29th, 1809. In 1840 he emigrated to the United States and landed at New Orleans. Providence directed his steps to Sabine Parish. At this time he made no profession of religion. Not long after, however, he joined the Baptists, and in 1847 he was licensed to preach. Although a man of limited education, he developed rare gifts as a preacher. Laboring under the appointment of the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, he became the father of the Sabine Association ; and at a later day of the Calcasieu and Vernon Associations, which have sprung from it. He was Moderator of the Sabine Association from its organization up to 1871. He was an active Mason, and was often elected to important offices in the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. After the war he filled the office of Parish Judge for several years. His labors were incessant, and he traversed that immense region lying between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers and extending north as far as Spanish Lake and the southern parts of DeSoto Parish. Few men in the State have exerted a wider influence and left such visible results of their labors. He died at his home, near Leesville, February 18th, 1876.
Name: Nathan Hunt Bray
Sex: M
Birth: 20 APR 1803 in Petersboro, Northhamptonshire, England
Death: 18 FEB 1875 in Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana
Burial: Old Anacoco Cem., Anacoco, Vernon, Louisiana
Marriage: Elizabeth Cavil b: 6 JUN 1801 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Children
Cavil Bray b: 29 JUN 1834 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Bray b: 1836 in England
David Bray b: 16 NOV 1837 in England
Alice Bray b: 1838 in England
Sarah Ann Bray b: 1847 in Louisiana
ELDER NATHAN H. BRAY - The Apostle of the Sabine" — was born in Peterborough, Eng., April 29th, 1809. In 1840 he emigrated to the United States and landed at New Orleans. Providence directed his steps to Sabine Parish. At this time he made no profession of religion. Not long after, however, he joined the Baptists, and in 1847 he was licensed to preach. Although a man of limited education, he developed rare gifts as a preacher. Laboring under the appointment of the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, he became the father of the Sabine Association ; and at a later day of the Calcasieu and Vernon Associations, which have sprung from it. He was Moderator of the Sabine Association from its organization up to 1871. He was an active Mason, and was often elected to important offices in the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. After the war he filled the office of Parish Judge for several years. His labors were incessant, and he traversed that immense region lying between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers and extending north as far as Spanish Lake and the southern parts of DeSoto Parish. Few men in the State have exerted a wider influence and left such visible results of their labors. He died at his home, near Leesville, February 18th, 1876.
Sex: M
Birth: 20 APR 1803 in Petersboro, Northhamptonshire, England
Death: 18 FEB 1875 in Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana
Burial: Old Anacoco Cem., Anacoco, Vernon, Louisiana
Marriage: Elizabeth Cavil b: 6 JUN 1801 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Children
Cavil Bray b: 29 JUN 1834 in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Bray b: 1836 in England
David Bray b: 16 NOV 1837 in England
Alice Bray b: 1838 in England
Sarah Ann Bray b: 1847 in Louisiana
ELDER NATHAN H. BRAY - The Apostle of the Sabine" — was born in Peterborough, Eng., April 29th, 1809. In 1840 he emigrated to the United States and landed at New Orleans. Providence directed his steps to Sabine Parish. At this time he made no profession of religion. Not long after, however, he joined the Baptists, and in 1847 he was licensed to preach. Although a man of limited education, he developed rare gifts as a preacher. Laboring under the appointment of the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, he became the father of the Sabine Association ; and at a later day of the Calcasieu and Vernon Associations, which have sprung from it. He was Moderator of the Sabine Association from its organization up to 1871. He was an active Mason, and was often elected to important offices in the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. After the war he filled the office of Parish Judge for several years. His labors were incessant, and he traversed that immense region lying between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers and extending north as far as Spanish Lake and the southern parts of DeSoto Parish. Few men in the State have exerted a wider influence and left such visible results of their labors. He died at his home, near Leesville, February 18th, 1876.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of Eld. Nathan H. Bray
Born in Peterboro. Northampton Shire ENGLAND
April 20, 1803.
Departed this life
Feb. 18, 1875
at Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La.
The purity of his life, the simplicity
and loveliness of his character have
engraven an Epitath on the hearts
of his countrymen that will endure
forever.
Gravesite Details
One of the organizers of Old Anacoco Church.
