PRAY, Amasa^[1]

1817 - 1881  (64 years)

• Name	PRAY, Amasa
  Birth	1817	Maine   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Aug 1850	Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, USA   [2]
  	Amasa Pray / 34 / Male / Occu - Wood Warf / Born in Maine-Miriam Pray / 27 / Female / Born in Maine-Charles A Pray / 9 / Male / Born in Mass-Francis A Pray / 7 / Female / Born in Mass-Amasa Pray / 4 / Male / Born in Mass
  Residence	1860	Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, USA   [3]
  Arrival	1864	Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA   [4]
  Obituary	Amasa Pray One by one the old landmarks are being swept away, and the last old citizen to be carried to his narrow house was Amasa Pray, who, on Wednesday last, under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity, was interred in the Odd Fellow’s cemetery. For two years previous to the day of his death the deceased had been gradually sinking. A native of Maine, a merchant of Boston and an early resident of Santa Barbara, where he owned a large amount of real estate, he sold out and came to Santa Cruz in 1864. In company with his son-in-law, H. H. Hobbs, he opened a storee in the brick building on the hill, the property of Jacques Leslie. Subsequently they moved their goods into the Santa Cruz Hotel. In company with W. H. Moore, Mr. Pray erected the Pacific Ocean House, they being the owners of the wooden building that was burned down, and in fact the landlords as successor to Bradley & Stevens, their successors being Olds & Co. In the room now occupied by Mr. Ostorlaus, Pray & Hobbs merchandised for a number of years. Mr. Pray sold his interest in the Ocean House to H. Holley, he practically having constructed the building that covers the alley way and now occupied on the lower floor by W. H. Hobbs, and which he owned at the time of his demise. The deceased took no active part in the enterprise with which he was identified, but he served the people faithfully and wells school trustee and member of the city counsel, was in candidacy on two occasions as supervisor, once as supervisor at large and once as supervisor of the district in which he lived, and he was a railroad director at the time the Santa Cruz road was transferred to Stanford & Co. For some three years previous to his death he was engaged in the real estate business in company with his brother-in-law, Samuel Drennan. He was a warm-hearted, genial man, and we shall long miss from our streets the pleasant face, so ever ready to give a friendly salutation to all.  [5]
  Residence	1880	Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA   [1]
  Death	23 Aug 1881	Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA   [6]
  Burial	24 Aug 1881	IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA   [7]
  Person ID	I2317	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2012

  
  

  Family	FERNALD, Miriam,   b. Nov 1824, Maine
  Children	1. PRAY, Charles A,   b. Abt 1841, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1860 (Age < 18 years) + 2. PRAY, Frances Pierce,   b. 1843, Massachusetts d. 3 Nov 1897, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA (Age 54 years) + 3. PRAY, Amasa,   b. 1847, Massachusetts   4. PRAY, Miriam Fernald,   b. Abt 1858, Massachusetts, USA   5. PRAY, Charles Fernald,   b. 25 Oct 1862, Massachusetts d. 5 Dec 1868, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA (Age 6 years)
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1817 - Maine Census - 25 Aug 1850 - Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, USA Residence - 1860 - Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, USA Arrival - 1864 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Residence - 1880 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Death - 23 Aug 1881 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Burial - 24 Aug 1881 - IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bur. [S8] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Amasa Pray / 34 / Male / Occu - Wood Warf / Born in Maine-Miriam Pray / 27 / Female / Born in Maine-Charles A Pray / 9 / Male / Born in Mass-Francis A Pray / 7 / Female / Born in Mass-Amasa Pray / 4 / Male / Born in Mass. [S9] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, post office Dorchester, roll M653_516, page 314, image 318. [S511] Amasa Pray Obituary, A native of Maine, a merchant of Boston and an early resident of Santa Barbara, where he owned a large amount of real estate, he sold out and came to Santa Cruz in 1864. [S511] Amasa Pray Obituary. [S213] Santa Cruz Sentinel, (Santa Cruz, CA 1850s to present), 8-27-1881, Pg 2, Col 5. [S262] Santa Cruz Evening News, Aug 1881: “…Amasa Pray, who, on Wednesday last…was interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery.”.