per Margie Bray, Richard Bray worked in the mines and lived in the mining houses provided by the company (maybe the Olyphant Colliery) and was blinded in an mine accident.

1880FCI William Bray and Family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Old Forge > District 43; image 9 of 32 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Old Forge, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 350.4000; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 0321.
Household Members: Name Age
William Brey 53
Charlotte Brey 37
Mary A. Brey 5
Richard Brey 3
Elizabeth Brey 2
Margret Brey 3M

Lackawanna County Marriage Licenses Index Volume 76, Page 1: A to F
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palackaw/marriages/marriage302.html
Bray Richard lic# 453 yr1906 vol76 pg9 Hodgson, Margaret Allison

1910FCI Richard Bray and Family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Scranton Ward 1 > District 57; image 3 of 54 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Scranton Ward 1, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1358; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 735.
Household Members:
Richard Bray 33
Margrett Bray 27
Charlotte Bray 2
Sarah Hodgson 66
Fred Hodgson 12

1920FCI Richard Bray and Family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Olyphant Ward 4 > District 92; image 28 of 29 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Olyphant Ward 4, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1578; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 550.
Household Members:
Richard Bray 43
Margaret Bray 36
Charlotte Bray 11
Benjamin Bray 9
Luda Bray 2 8/12 Sarah

1930FCI Richard Bray and Family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Olyphant > District 180; image 1 of 34 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2050; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 566.0.
Household Members:
Richard Bray 54
Margeret Bray 46
Benjamin Bray 19
Sarah Bray 12
Sarah Hodgson 87

1940FCI United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Lackawanna Olyphant 35-114; image 27 of 36 @ancestry
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03526; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 35-114
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
Name: Richard Bray
Respondent: Yes
Age: 63; Est birth year: abt 1877
Gender: Male; Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
House Number: 403
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 14A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 385
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 0
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Richard Bray 63
Margaret Bray 57
Homer Brany 26
Sarah Brany 22
Charlotte Lewis 1 granddaughter

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 1945 084751-087300; image 1619 of 3644 @ancestry; Source Citation: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 084751-087300
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Name: Richard Bray
Gender: Male; Race: White
Age: 68; Birth Date: 13 Nov 1876
Birth Place: Taylor-Penn
Death Date: 8 Oct 1945
Death Place: Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: William Bray; b eng
Mother: Charlotte Edwards; b wales
Spouse: Margaret
Certificate Number: 85907
informant Benjamin Bray
COD Myocardial degeneration due to arterioschlerosis