Ray was born June 16, 1886 to Lewis and Ella Belle Ligon Balding, at Sun City,
  Kansas. His father hausled freight from Attica to Sun City. Ray was the first of 
  six children; Ray, Florence d. (m. Otis Shore d.), Merle (m. Paul Fair d.), Robert,
  d. (m. Lois Hart Whittaker d.), John (m. Carrie Springer), and Lewis (m. Mildred
  Warren).
     The family moved east of Medicine Lodge to the Jerry Simpson place, then to
  the Rausch farm. Around 1899, they moved to the Balding place across the road 
  from the Walstead School House, where all the children attended school.
     Rae married Ada Mae Kritzmeyer (born May 1889). Two sons were born, Glenn and
  Walter. Ada died in 1919 when Walter was a baby and Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Jones
  raised him, later he took the name of Jones. Glenn d. married Lela McMullin and
  they had two sons, William and Walter. Walter (Jones) married Florence Conner.
     Cora Belle Wells was born Feb. 22, 1906 to John and Bonnie Adams Wells, at
  Coats, Kansas. She was one of nine children; Wilma (m. George "Shorty" Peirson
  d.), Cora d. (m. Ray d.), Lester (m. Elsie Martin), Velma (m. Charlie Strain),
  Ruth (m. Tom Mays), Leonard d. (m. Goldie Smith), Beulah (m. Roger Springer),
  Johnny (m. Betty Morford), and Virginia died in infancy.
     Ray and Cora were married April 4, 1925, at Alva, Oklahoma. Cora had a small
  daughter, Eva Darlene Moorehead, (whose father had died when she was about a
  year and a half old), and Ray had his son, Glenn, and this was the start of their
  family. They made their home in Wichita for awhile. A daughter, Virginia Louise
  was added to the family. The next move was made to Kiowa, Kansas, where Harold
  Douglas was born. Around 1928 they moved to Medicine Lodge and James Dale was
  born here. The children all attended school in Medicine Lodge.
     Ray was the first mechanic to own and operate a garage at that time. In 1942
  they moved back to Wichita where Cora worked two and a half years at Boeing and
  Ray went to work for Beech Aircraft Co., while working there he invented a special
  light, used to work on carburetors. When many people were laid off work at Beech,
  Ray was retained as a chauffeur for Mrs. Beech, until returning to work at the
  company, where he worked until his death April 1, 1951.
     Eva Darlene married William Hoagland d. and they had two sons and a daughter.
  Ronald (married Judy Thorton and they have Marsha, Kimberly, Dianie, and Rhonda.)
  Dick (married Janice Bain and they have Pamela and Jeffery.) Deloris (married
  Douglas Freeman and they have two sons, Steven and Allen.) Eva is now married to
  Dave A. Smith and they live in Medicine Lodge.
     Virginia (married Clyde A. Cartright Jr., they live in Derby, Kansas. They
  have two daughters, Barbara Kay, and Candice Louise (married Wallace Bennet and
  they have three children, Wade Allen, Tracy Leigh, and Jared Reid.)
     Harold (married Barbara Simon, they had four children; Ronald, Theresa (married
  Glenn Cramer, they have a daughter Lindsie Lorie.) Deborah (married Hubert Tibbetts,
  they have a son David Allen, Christopher Mark, and a daughter Ranea Darlene. 
  Virginia Darlene (married Larry Cheatum and they have a son Larry Scott.
     James Dale (married Ruth Henderson and they had three children; Jamie (married
  Randy Robbins and they have a son, William Nicholas, and they live in Attica,
  Kansas.) Michael (married Christine Seaman, they have a daughter Angela Lynn.)
  William Pat is not married.
     Ada Balding died April 30, 1919. Ray died April 1, 1951, in Wichita. After 
  Ray died Cora married Wilbur Purdun and she died Feb. 26, 1971 in Wichita. They are
  all buried in Highland Cemetery at Medicine Lodge.
   
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 97 
     Submitted by: Carol Bline