When Mary Ann Culp was born on 25 November 1816, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Culp, was 47 and her mother, Ann Neely, was 36. She married Gabriel Ray on 16 March 1831, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 7, Upshur, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 15 December 1881, in Upshur, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Upshur, Texas, United States.