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John Houston Lay 1825–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Apr 1825

Birth Location: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 1904

Death Location: Greentop, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: John Lay

Mother: Nancy Lay

Spouse(s): Loda Sidwell, Esther Lay

Children(s): Magdeline Lay, Loda Lay, Nancy Lay, Isaac Lay, James Lay, Sarah Lay, Mary Lay, George Lay, Harriet LAY, Bertha Lay

John Houston Lay was born in 1825 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Peter Lay And Nancy Lay. John Houston Lay married Esther Lay, Loda Ann Sidwell, and had children including Bertha E Lay, George Jefferson Lay, Harriet M Lay, Isaac David Lay, James Good Lay, Loda Ann Lay, Magdeline Delano Lay, Mary Catherine Lay, Nancy E Lay, Sarah Ellen Lay. John Houston Lay passed away in 1904 in Greentop, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Houston Lay was born in 1825 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Peter Lay And Nancy Lay.
  • John Houston Lay married Esther Lay, Loda Ann Sidwell, and had children including Bertha E Lay, George Jefferson Lay, Harriet M Lay, Isaac David Lay, James Good Lay, Loda Ann Lay, Magdeline Delano Lay, Mary Catherine Lay, Nancy E Lay, Sarah Ellen Lay.
  • John Houston Lay passed away in 1904 in Greentop, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Lay's Ancestors

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John Lay
1825–1904
Birth Place: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
John Peter Lay
1786–1846
Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Nancy Lay
1793–1862
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
William Cook
1764–1857
Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Mary Hughes
1765–1838
Richmond, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
William Cook
1731–1830
Betsy Howe
1733–1768
Moses SR
1745–1823
Elizabeth Ball
1745–1823
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cook
1700–1750
Ann Griffin
1710–1725
Ezra Howe
1714–1789
Phebe Bush
1729–1813
THOMAS Jr.
1717–1778
MARY Harding
1725–
Valentine Ball
1706–1770
Susannah Lewis
1717–1769

John Lay's Descendants

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John (Houston) Lay (7 Apr 1825–1904) m. Loda (ann) Sidwell (15 Feb 1838–31 Oct 1918) m. Esther Lay (29 Nov 1830–1862)
  1. 1. Magdeline (Delano) Lay 1876–1968
    1. 1. Lela (D) Lewis 1908–2000
  2. 2. Loda (Ann) Lay 1869–1948 m. George (Washington) Wortman 1861–1942
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Wortman 1907–1990 m. Jacob Addington 1898–1958
      1. 1. Jacob (Melvin) Addington 1923–2001
      2. 2. David (Norman) Addington 1934–1997 m. Oleta (Edna) Mott 1935–2000
      3. 3. Geneva (Mary) Addington 1925–2008
      4. 4. Donald (Charles) Addington 1929–2001
      5. 5. Kenneth (Eldon) Addington 1942–2009
  3. 3. Nancy (E) Lay 1858–1958
  4. 4. Isaac (David) Lay 1860–1941
  5. 5. James (Good) Lay 1850–1913
  6. 6. Sarah (Ellen) Lay 1855–1944 m. James (Noah) Clark 1856–1922
    1. 1. William (Clinton) Clark 1882–1954 m. Jessie (Thompson) Fawver 1901–1994 m. Anna Poor 1880–
      1. 1. Mae (Theresa) Clark 1922–2009 m. Herman (R) Leistiko 1917–1980
  7. 7. Mary (Catherine) Lay 1852–1929
  8. 8. George (Jefferson) Lay 1866–1960 m. Grace (E) Eastin 1880–1936
    1. 1. Claude (Franklin) LAY 1899–1976
    2. 2. John (Lloyd) Lay 1902–1993
    3. 3. Hazel (Laura) LAY 1905–1992
    4. 4. Georgia (Mable) Lay 1907–1978
    5. 5. Dorothy (Elenora) Lay 1911–1968
    6. 6. Orpha (Delena) Lay 1915–1990
  9. 9. Harriet (M.) LAY 1870–1950
  10. 10. Bertha (E) Lay 1873–1961

John Lay's Timeline

2 Records

1825
7 Apr 1825
Birth of John Houston Lay in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
1904
1904
Age 79
Death of John Houston Lay in Gallatin County, Montana, USA
Gallatin County, Montana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Apr 1825
    Event Place: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1904
    Event Place: Gallatin County, Montana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greentop, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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