NameHarvey Edmund McBrayer, 2C2R
Birth2 Dec 1913, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1 Feb 1996, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Marriage11 Jan 1936, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseAnna Margaret Perkins
Birth20 Oct 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherJesse Meeks Perkins (1888-1968)
MotherEmma Baldridge (1895-1938)
Children
Birth1 Jan 1938, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death18 Jan 1959
2 MWilliam "Edmund" McBrayer , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseJo Ann Keeton , 3rd Cousin (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
3 FReba Faye McBrayer , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
4 MCharles Douglas “Doug” McBrayer , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
5 MJohn Harold McBrayer , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Harvey Edmund McBrayer
The Kentucky birth index lists Harvey E. McBrayer, born 2 Dec 1913 in Breathitt Co., mother’s maiden name Susie Slusher. (Most Rowan Co. births between 1912 and 1917 are misindexed as Breathitt Co.)

His obituary in the Morehead News reads: "Harvey E. McBrayer, 82, of 11268 Oak Grove Road, Morehead, died Thursday, Feb 1, at the St. Claire Medical Center in Morehead.

He was born Dec. 2, 1913 in Rowan County to the late William Edman and Smatha Susan Slusher McBrayer. He was a member of the Baptist Church, a retired farmer, past Master of Morehead Masonic Lodge Number 654, and was a retired District Director for Federal Crop Insurance of Nashville, Tenn.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Edna Roe, in 1959. Surviving are his wife, Anna Margaret Perkins McBrayer; three sons, Edman McBrayer of Peru, Ind., Charles Douglas McBrayer of Morehead and John Harold McBrayer of Independence, Mo.; one daughter, Reba Faye Davis of Vienna, Va., two sisters, Ida Mae Smiley of Muncie, Ind., and Martha Lambert of Clearfield. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Northcutt & Son Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bert McBrayer officiating, with bural at the McBrayer Cemetery. Masonic Rites were held Friday at the funeral home by Morehead Masonic Lodge No. 654.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the American Diabetes Association or the Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association.
Pallbearers: Byron Lane McBrayer, Stephen J. McBrayer, Eric Harvey Davis, Harvey E. McBrayer, Mitchell Garland Roe and Douglas John McBrayer.”
Notes for Anna Margaret Perkins
She was still living in 1997 in Morehead, Kentucky.
Notes for Harvey Edmund & Anna Margaret (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 43, p. 39, records the marriage on 11 Jan 1936 of Harvey McBrayer, age 22, single, residence Hamm, born in Rowan Co., son of W. E. & Susie McBrayer, to Anna Perkins, age 16, single, residence Craney, born in Rowan Co., daughter of J. M. & Anna Perkins, by Wesley Cox at his residence, witnesses Martha McBrayer and Wesley Cox.
Census
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Clearfield, enumerated April 30, lists on pp. 11A-11B as family #170, on Crany Creek:
McBrayer, Harvey, 26, farmer; Anna, wife, 20; Edna, dau, 2; William, son, 4/12 All born in Kentucky, living in rural Rowan Co. (not same house) in 1935.
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