When Howard Lafayette Massey was born on 16 November 1874, in Franklin, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, his father, John Ancelus Massey, was 33 and his mother, Louisa Frances Parker, was 27. He married Mary Jane Agee on 9 August 1899, in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Thaxton, Bedford, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Maggodee District, Franklin, Virginia, United States in 1940. In 1930, at the age of 56, his occupation is listed as farmer in Bedford, Virginia, United States. He died on 20 November 1957, in Lowry, Bedford, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew . Compare Mace .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from one or more of several places in Normandy, such as Macey (Manche), Massy (Seine-Maritime), Macé-sur-Orne (Orne), and La Ferté Macé (Orne).
English: variant of Marsay (see Marcey ).
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