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At the age of sixteen, Ray was left an orphan by the death of her mother, her father having died two years before. A few months later she entered
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For many years she indulged her fondness for the pen by contributing largely to different weeklies and periodicals. "The Ruined Home," a continued story, published in 1889, in a St. Louis weekly, gave her views on the use of alcoholic drinks.
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Judge Ray was a lawyer and real estate agent with extensive business, and Rachel was his secretary. She wrote daily at a desk in his office, and in his absence took entire charge of his business.
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Rachel Ray died on June 27, 1915, and is buried at
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