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Mary 'Polly' Lay 1837–1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1837

Birth Location: Union, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 7 Apr 1926

Death Location: Atchison County, Missouri, USA

Father: James Lay

Mother: Susannah Cox

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Mary 'Polly' Lay was born in 1837 in Union, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Lay And Susannah Cox. Mary 'Polly' Lay passed away in 1926 in Atchison County, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary 'Polly' Lay was born in 1837 in Union, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Lay And Susannah Cox.
  • Mary 'Polly' Lay passed away in 1926 in Atchison County, Missouri, USA.

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Mary Lay's Ancestors

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Mary Lay
1837–1926
Birth Place: Union, Tennessee, USA
Parents
James Lay
1815–1880
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Susannah Cox
1815–1883
Virginia
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

Mary Lay's Timeline

2 Records

1837
31 Jul 1837
Birth of Mary 'Polly' Lay in Union, Tennessee, USA
Union, Tennessee, USA
1926
7 Apr 1926
Age 89
Death of Mary 'Polly' Lay in Atchison County, Missouri, USA
Atchison County, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Jul 1837
    Event Place: Union, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Apr 1926
    Event Place: Atchison County, Missouri, USA

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