When Robert L. Ayers was born on 25 February 1873, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Joel Thomas Ayers Sr, was 45 and his mother, Martha Patricia "Patsy" Whitaker, was 44. He married Rebecca Jane Gragg on 12 January 1894, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pilot Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 1 October 1898, at the age of 25, and was buried in Grandfather, Avery, North Carolina, United States.
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English: derivative of Ayer , with excrescent -s. The -s may represent a trace of the Latin nominative singular in heres ‘heir’, but it may also signify the son or servant of someone known as ‘the heir’, i.e. someone who was heir to some great estate.
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