Brief Life History of William Harvey
When William Harvey Lay was born on 25 August 1817, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Vincent Lay, was 26 and his mother, Rhoda Ann Baker, was 22. He married Sytha Solena Crosby on 18 December 1841, in Aberdeen, Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848. He died on 7 March 1886, in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Santa Clara City Cemetery, Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- William H. Lay, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Lay, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- William Harvey Lay, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lee .
Scottish: shortened form of McClay .
German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Harvey Lay & Sytha Crosby "A Love Story" composed by Charmaine Lay Kohler submitted by Dia Worley Wunderli
William Harvey Lay 1817-1886 / Sytha Crosby 1817-1881 (Compiled by Charmaine Lay Kohler and submitted by Dia Worely Wunderli) As the Oldest child in a family of seven children, William Harvey …
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