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John Wesley Lay 1831–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1831

Birth Location: Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: aft 1900

Death Location: Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA

Father: Stephen Lay

Mother: Elizabeth McNew

Spouse(s): Mary Dishman

Children(s): Cyrene Lay, Esther Lay, Marcellus Lay, James Lay, M Lay

In 1831, John Wesley Lay entered the world in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA, born to Stephen Blevins Lay And Elizabeth Betsy Mcnew. In 1852, John Wesley Lay resided in Warren. In 1860, John Wesley Lay resided in Edmonson, Kentucky, USA. John Wesley Lay married Mary Jane Dishman, and had children including Cyrene Jennie Lay, Esther Elizabeth Lay, James Stephen Lay, M E Lay, Marcellus Augustus Lay. John Wesley Lay passed away in 1900 in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1831, John Wesley Lay entered the world in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA, born to Stephen Blevins Lay And Elizabeth Betsy Mcnew.
  • In 1852, John Wesley Lay resided in Warren.
  • In 1860, John Wesley Lay resided in Edmonson, Kentucky, USA.
  • John Wesley Lay married Mary Jane Dishman, and had children including Cyrene Jennie Lay, Esther Elizabeth Lay, James Stephen Lay, M E Lay, Marcellus Augustus Lay.
  • John Wesley Lay passed away in 1900 in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Stephen Lay
1807–1889
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
SL
Elizabeth McNew
1810–1878
Birth Location: Bledsoe, Marion, Tennessee, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Dishman
1832–
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
MD

Children(s)

Cyrene Lay
1869–1914
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
CL
Esther Lay
1863–1936
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
EL
Marcellus Lay
1860–1937
Birth Location: Warren County, Kentucky, USA
ML
James Lay
1853–1911
Birth Location: Warren County, Kentucky, USA
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M Lay
1856–
Birth Location: Warren, Kentucky, USA
ML

John Lay's Ancestors

Self
John Lay
1831–1900
Birth Place: Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Stephen Blevins Lay
1807–1889
North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsy") McNew
1810–1878
Bledsoe, Marion, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John Lay
1781–1855
North Carolina, USA
Polly Blevins
1788–1855
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Blevins
1765–1839
Hannah Ausborn
1765–1832
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Enoch Sr
1741–1818
Jane Hash
1750–1812

John Lay's Descendants

1.
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John (Wesley) Lay (Jan 1831–aft 1900) m. Mary (Jane) Dishman (1832–)
  1. 1. Cyrene (Jennie) Lay 1869–1914 m. Arthur (Joseph) Houchin 1869–1930
    1. 1. Grover (Carl) Hauchin 1892–1961 m. Mary (Zita) Marshall 1895–1984
    2. 2. Delores Houchins 1900–1960 m. Earl (Schwab Reisser) Sr. 1900–1956
      1. 1. Arthur (Joseph) Reisser 1928–2001
        1. 1. Dolores (A) Reissler 1950–2020
      2. 2. Earl (Schwab Reisser) Jr 1922–1960 m. Marjorie Miller 1923–1986
        1. 1. Bonita (Earlene) Reisser 1943–1989
      3. 3. Richard (Dix Reisser) Sr 1925–2011 m. Edythe (Marie) Horsley 1924–
  2. 2. Esther (Elizabeth) Lay 1863–1936 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Rountree 1858–1925
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Rountree 1893–1991 m. Abraham (Lincoln) Wells 1890–1983
      1. 1. Violet (Virginia) Wells 1918–1962 m. Harold (Reginald) Hennion 1918–1996
        1. 1. Alton (H) Hennion 1938–2012
      2. 2. Arthur (Floyd) Wells 1913–1985 m. Verlean (Caroline) Glass 1917–2008
        1. 1. Barbara (Sue) Wells 1951–1951
        2. 2. Patricia (Ann) Wells 1943–2002
      3. 3. Pearl (Christine) Wells 1911–1990 m. Harry (Riley) Monroe 1905–1975
        1. 1. James (Taylor) Monroe 1935–2014
        2. 2. Irvin (Thomas Arthur) Monroe 1933–2017 m. Myreline (Armethia) Bailey 1938–2021
      4. 4. Kenneth (Rountree) Wells 1927–1938
      5. 5. Martha (Maretta) Wells 1923–1998 m. Streeter (William) Lyons 1916–2002
        1. 1. Carolyne (Maretta) Lyons 1939–2001 m. Henry (Frank) Asher 1929–1996 m. Bobby (Estill) Wilson 1937–2022
      6. 6. Emma (Evelyn) Wells 1931–2015 m. Felix Almeida 1931–2011
        1. 1. Sherry (Evelyn) Almeida 1951–2022 m. William (Lee) Smith 1949–2023
      7. 7. Nelson (Franklin) Wells 1925–2016 m. Hattie (Mae) Hennion 1925–
        1. 1. Frances (L) Wells 1948–2023
      8. 8. Syble (Irene) Wells 1920–2010 m. Garland (D.) Hennion 1916–1995
    2. 2. Nellie (Gladys) Rountree 1904–1984 m. Barney (Wilson) Colman 1903–1980
      1. 1. Richard (S) Colman 1932–2015 m. Joyce (Deon) Foy 1933–2019
      2. 2. Infant Colman 1925–1925
      3. 3. Creola Colman 1934–1994 m. Charles (Edward) O'Dell 1930–2019 m. Vaughn Carpenter 1927–1962
      4. 4. Dorothy (Ellen) Colman 1937– m. Harry (Dean) Nichols 1934–2019 m. William (Harry) Groves 1932–1996
      5. 5. Rosetta (Mae) Colman 1929–2013 m. Ivan (Eugene) Shafer 1927–2012
      6. 6. Angie (Lorene) Colman 1939–2020
      7. 7. Helen (Irene) Colman 1927–2000 m. Don (Frank) Dailey 1927–1998
      8. 8. Floyd (Wilson) Colman 1944–
    3. 3. Minnie (Myrtle) Rountree 1888–1968 m. Everett (Thomas) Minton 1883–1960
      1. 1. Hilda (Madge) Minton 1917–2002 m. Percy (Dent) Harrison 1918–2005
      2. 2. Evelyn (Odessa) Minton 1913–1995 m. Emmet (Chatty) Lawrence 1912–2000
        1. 1. Billy (O'Nell) Lawrence 1932–2002 m. Helen (Louise) Peter 1934–2023
        2. 2. Bobby (Odell) Lawrence 1934–1984 m. Ruby (Rae) Phelps 1937–1994
    4. 4. Nelson (Franklin) Rountree 1906–1990 m. Creola Combest 1909–1985
      1. 1. James (Franklin) Rountree 1930–2013
      2. 2. Norma (Gene) Rountree 1937–1990 m. Wendell (Palmer) Raney 1936–2005
      3. 3. Delores (V.) Rountree 1928–1931
    5. 5. Florence (Elsie) Rountree 1898–1997 m. Marshall (Abraham) Johnson 1877–1944 m. Jim (Marshall) Hicks 1904–1959
      1. 1. Laura (Louise) Johnson 1930– m. Henry (Alan) Best 1930–2007 m. Victor (Herbert Fuller) Sr. 1929–1985
        1. 1. Victor (Herbert Fuller) Jr. 1949–2020
      2. 2. Thelma (Grace) Johnson 1933–2014 m. Harold (Leo) Hornbuckle 1927–2002
      3. 3. Ruby (Earline) Johnson 1939–2023 m. Ivan (Leo Rosseau) Sr 1933–2020 m. Charles (Herbert) Kutzer 1940–2015
      4. 4. Nola (Elizabeth) Johnson 1925–2001 m. Essie (Earl) Sims 1920–2002
        1. 1. Jerry (Wayne Sims) Jr 1951–2007
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Gerline) Sims 1943–2018
        3. 3. William (Earl Sims) Sr 1939–2020 m. Stella (Lorene) Weedman 1936–2020 m. Bettye (Joe) Teasley 1939–2023
      5. 5. Victor (Elbridge) Campbell 1915–2002
      6. 6. Bernice (Margaret) Johnson 1928–1934
      7. 7. Ernest (Truman) Johnson 1936–1937
      8. 8. Oval (Frederick) Johnson 1922–1929
    6. 6. William (Elmer) Rountree 1883–1967 m. Kittie (Ann) Vincent 1885–1953
      1. 1. Inas (Louise) Rountree 1908–1992 m. David (Earl) Williams 1906–1991
    7. 7. John (Thomas) Rountree 1895–1975 m. Anna (Pearl) Willis 1894–1983
      1. 1. Faye (Elaine) Rountree 1920–2014 m. Cleveland (Barber) Shrum 1922–2012
      2. 2. Warren (Thomas) Rountree 1922–2000
      3. 3. Floy (Elois) Roundtree 1925–2000 m. Woodrow (Wilson) Childress 1916–1980
        1. 1. William (Edward) Childress 1943–1967
      4. 4. Donald (Berton) Rountree 1928–2003 m. Gladys (Pauline) Phelps 1929–1991
        1. 1. Donald (Mitchell) Rountree 1950–2014
      5. 5. Ovva (Lee) Rountree 1930–2012 m. James (Carroll) Morris 1926–2008
        1. 1. Donna (Gail) Grogan 1947–1947
      6. 6. Roy (A) Rountree 1917–1918
      7. 7. John (Noble) Rountree 1918–1918
  3. 3. Marcellus (Augustus) Lay 1860–1937 m. Lucy (Moss) Randols 1871–1956
    1. 1. Grace Lay 1896–1965 m. Alfred (William) Perkins 1877–1933
      1. 1. Alfred (William Perkins) Jr 1925–2001
    2. 2. Mary (Virginia) Lay 1906–
  4. 4. James (Stephen) Lay 1853–1911 m. Ella (Louisa Francis) Lewis 1856–1931
    1. 1. Vera (Shelley) Lay 1885–1910
    2. 2. Clarence (Claudius) Lay 1879–1957 m. Elizabeth Moseley 1884–
      1. 1. James (Theodore) Lay 1913–1982 m. Myrtle Grace 1905–1971
    3. 3. Lester (Aurelius) Lay 1890–1966 m. Hattie (R) Gordon 1891–1981
      1. 1. Stephen (Gordon) Lay 1913–1988 m. Lucille (Helen) Lane 1908–1961 m. Vivian (Christina) Lamb 1914–2003
    4. 4. Harold (Augustus Lay) Sr 1881–1962 m. Amanda (May) Ragsdale 1887–1955
      1. 1. Infant (Girl) Lay 1923–1923
      2. 2. James (Ellis) Lay 1925–2015 m. Kathryn (Carr) Haymaker 1925–2014
      3. 3. Harold (Augustus Lay) Jr 1908–1921
  5. 5. M (E) Lay 1856–

John Lay's Timeline

6 Records

1831
Jan 1831
Birth of John Wesley Lay in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
1852
Abt 1852
Age 21
John Wesley Lay resided here in Warren
Warren
1860
1860
Age 29
John Wesley Lay resided here in Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
1880
1880
Age 49
John Wesley Lay resided here in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 69
John Wesley Lay resided here in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
1900
aft 1900
Age 69
Death of John Wesley Lay in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1831
    Event Place: Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852-1914
    [2] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census
    [5] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Edmonson, Kentucky; Roll: M653_365; Page: 45; Family History Library Film: 803365
    [6] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    [7] Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
    [8] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1852
    Event Place: Warren
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852-1914

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Edmonson, Kentucky; Roll: M653_365; Page: 45; Family History Library Film: 803365

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Warren, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847-1911

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: aft 1900
    Event Place: Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
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