Photo
Capt. Samuel Vanransalear Asiel Silo Moore McCaleb
& his wife Ellenor/Eleanor "Nellie" Rhea Ray.
Picture from the book Ray Connections by Della Pat Franklin, pg. 126A
Picture courtesy of Mildred Modean (Bray) Grimes

Capt. Samuel Vanransalear Asiel Silo Moore McCaleb

Union Army, Civil War.
b. 23 January 1813, Orange Co., NC
d. ca. 1893
Father: John McCaleb Mother: Catherine "Kathy" Allison
Wife: Ellenor/Eleanor "Nellie" Rhea Ray,
md 12 August 1830, White Co., TN
Buried: Gentry Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
Capt. McCaleb was one of the original trustees of the
Washington Academy. He and his wife Nellie were buried
on their farm which later became the Gentry farm.
See Chapters 7 & 14
and Robert Gentry/Nancy Harris Family Sheet

Tombstone Photo
Tombstones of Capt. Samuel Vanransalear Asiel Silo Moore McCaleb
& his wife Elenor/Eleanor "Nellie" Rhea Ray (McCaleb) in Gentry Cemetery.

Tombstone Photo
Co K 1st Tenn Mt'd Inf.

Tombstone Photo