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James Good Lay 1850–1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1850

Birth Location: Missouri

Death Date: 7 Mar 1913

Death Location: Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT

Father: John Lay

Mother: Esther Lay

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Children(s):

James Good Lay was born in 1850 in Missouri, the child of John Houston Lay And Esther Lay. James Good Lay passed away in 1913 in Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT.

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Biography

  • James Good Lay was born in 1850 in Missouri, the child of John Houston Lay And Esther Lay.
  • James Good Lay passed away in 1913 in Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Lay
1825–1904
Birth Location: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
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Esther Lay
1830–1862
Birth Location: Grainger Co., TN
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Lay's Ancestors

Self
James Lay
1850–1913
Birth Place: Missouri
Parents
John Houston Lay
1825–1904
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Esther Lay
1830–1862
Grainger Co., TN
Grandparents
John (Peter) Lay
1786–1846
Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Nancy Lay
1793–1862
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Cook
1764–1857
Mary Hughes
1765–1838
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cook
1731–1830
Betsy Howe
1733–1768
Moses SR
1745–1823
Elizabeth Ball
1745–1823

James Lay's Timeline

2 Records

1850
22 Sep 1850
Birth of James Good Lay in Missouri
Missouri
1913
7 Mar 1913
Age 63
Death of James Good Lay in Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT
Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1850
    Event Place: Missouri

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Mar 1913
    Event Place: Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, MT
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