NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11348 WOODFORD CO – THOMAS J. AYRES – Ayres, Lewis 11348 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. pp.960.. Spencer Township. Thomas J. Ayres (deceased). Among the prominent pioneers of Pike county there are none more worthy of notice in history than the subject of this sketch. He was the son of John and Agnes Ayres, who were descendants of some of the old families of Buckingham county, Virginia. He was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, September 29, 1800. When a child his parents moved with him to Shelby county of that state, where he was reared. He received a limited education in the subscription schools of that county. He was married November 29, 1821, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse and Rhoda Lewis. She was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, September 5, 1806. Mr. A. continued farming in that county until the fall of 1830, when he immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, arriving here with limited means, purchasing eighty acres of unimproved land, for which he was obliged to go in debt for a portion. However, being a man of good judgment, and by hard work and strict economy he soon discharged his obligations, and from time to time added to until at his death he had a landed estate of 500 acres of as good land as Pike county affords, and a large portion of it is under a high state of cultivation. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom are living and occupying prominent positions in society: Martha J., Rebecca B., Agnes R., John H., Elizabeth A., Eliza A., Joseph S., Salathiel B., Amos B. and Thomas J. Mr. Ayres obtained a hope in Christ in his eighteenth year, united with the Regular Baptist Church, and was an ardent worker in the cause of Christianity until his death, which occurred on the 27th of June, 1871. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and left a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx