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Robert James Mays 1849–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Apr 1849

Birth Location: Cheatham, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1917

Death Location: Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA

Father: Joseph Mays

Mother: Elizabeth 1815

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The story of Robert James Mays began in 1849 in Cheatham, USA. Robert James Mays passed away in 1917 in Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert James Mays began in 1849 in Cheatham, USA.
  • Robert James Mays passed away in 1917 in Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA.

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Robert Mays's Ancestors

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Robert Mays
1849–1917
Birth Place: Cheatham, USA
Parents
Joseph Mays
1807–1885
Davidson, USA
Elizabeth ("Eliza" Barham) 1815
1815–1864
Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
7 (Newsom Barham) 1768
1768–1839
Sussex County, Virginia, British Colony
7 (Elizabeth "Betsey" Joyce) 1772
1772–1846
Mayo, Guilford County, (now Rockingham) North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
8 1750
1750–1782
8 1746
1746–1789
8 1720
1720–1778
Jane 1691
1734–1804
2nd-Great-Grandparents
9 1717
1717–1784
9 1728
1728–1784
9 1690
1680–1762
9 1712
1712–1760
9 1683
1683–1778
9 Blaikley
1680–1720
9 1702
1702–1790
9 1702
1702–1781

Robert Mays's Timeline

2 Records

1849
4 Apr 1849
Birth of Robert James Mays in Cheatham, USA
Cheatham, USA
1917
19 May 1917
Age 68
Death of Robert James Mays in Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA
Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1849
    Event Place: Cheatham, USA
    Record Source: Tennessee, U.S., Death Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1917
    Event Place: Kingston Springs, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Tennessee, U.S., Death Records

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