Clipped from a post by Mary Lasiter: Also I remember a McCay family from when I was very young. There are 2 Robert McCay's buried in the Green Hill Cemetery but neither of them are old enough to be the one mentioned here. The older Mr. Robert McCay could have possible been the son of this Robert McCay. Mary: The Robert McKay (not McCay) that I mentioned in connection with Dr. John A. Owens lived in Marion Township and in the 1850 census, he was a tailor. Prior to living in Drew Co., AR, he lived in Fayette Co., TN, Civil Dist. 11, according to the 1840 Census. This Robert McKay and his first wife (unknown) had a son named Robert M. McKay who was born about 1844, so the one buried at Green Hill is not his son. Robert McKay, born in Scotland about 1808, married in Drew Co., AR, Mary Ann House November 11, 1852. Robert and Mary Ann House McKay had two daughters, Esther C. McKay and Elizabeth McKay. By the 1860 Census of Drew Co., AR, Monticello, Robert is running a boarding house. Among the dwellers in the boarding house are Mary Ann House McKay's mother Clarisa House age 57 and her sons, J. D. House, W. C. House, Robert House and James M. House. Esther C. McKay, daughter of Robert McKay and Mary Ann House married Lewis C. "Luke" Owens (son of Ezekiel and Adelia Owens) a first cousin of Dr. John A. Owens who had boarded with Robert McKay when he was studying medicine with Dr. Brown. By the 1870 Census, Robert McKay had died. His widow Mary Ann was living in household 241 Marion Township, Monticello, with her two daughters. I do not know the specific dates of death of Robert or Mary Ann McKay. Carolyn Haisty camayh@cox.net