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WILLIAM NORRIS WRAY
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WILLIAM NORRIS WRAY, eldest son of William and Amelia (Norris)
Wray, was born in New York City on the 11th of November, 1863, and soon
afterward removed with the family to Blauveltville, Rockland County, N.
Y., and subsequently to Closter, N. J. He was educated in the Closter
public schools, and at the age of fifteen entered the Metropolitan National
Bank, Broadway and Pine Street, New York. That institution failed in
1884, and he has since been connected with the Chemical National Bank
of New York. In November, 1893, Mr. Wray also engaged in the coal and lumber business in Closter with John R. Demarest, under the firm name of Demarest & Wray. He still carries on that business under the same firm name, his present partner being John J. Demarest, son of John R., who took his father's place in the firm in November, 1898. Mr. Wray was one of the organizers and for eighteen years has been a member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of Closter, which he served for five years as Captain. He is also a charter member of the Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company of Closter, and has been for several years a member of the governing board of the Closter Fire Department. Since the organization of the Firemen's Relief Association in 1896 he has served that body as Treasurer. He is also a charter member of the Closter Club, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. Wray was married, October 21, 1890, to Sophie W. Tanner, daughter of Charles and Leah Ann Tanner, of Closter, N. J. They have two children: Kenneth and Helen.
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