Dear LAY family member's: I am looking for the following person. This will hopefully be a breif summary of what we know about William Robert Lay William Robert was born Jan. 11, 1852 in Look out Mtn. or Hamilton Co., Tennessee. His parents are presumed to be either William, Silas, or Lewis R. Lay and Elizabeth Brown or Smith. Not much is known about them except that when Wiliam Robert was 5, Elizabeth died, so this would have been around 1857/58. His father soon remarried and between 1860 and 1865 passed away himself leaving William Robert to live with his Step-mother. She then remarried. I do not know either of the step-parent's names In about 1865/67 William Robert ran away from home and was presumed to go to Mississippi where he lived with a black family. Stories have said that one day he was helping some black men to make knives and was arrested. On his way to prison he escaped and ran to Texas where he was to be on the day that the outlaw Sam Bass was shot and killed in 1878. After this he had to come to Utah where he married Emily Phydilia Kenner sometime before 1882, because their first son was born in 1882. His name was also William Robert (Jr.) who married Eugenie Sudwicks and had four children. William (Sr.) and Emily had 13 children born between 1882 and 1906. William and Emily were sealed in the Manti Temple in 1888. My father was the 8th child, Amos Earl "doc", born 1894 who married Mae Avis and Jennie Estelle Walton. William Robert (Sr.) died in Taft Ca. in 1935. There is no real evidence that William Robert ever was born. The dates that we have are from church documents and government census records. In the census he mentions that he is born in Tennessee and the age of himself at the time of the census. On his marriage certifcate from when he and Emily were sealed in the temple he mentions that he was born on Jan. 11, 1852 and the place of his birth. In the IGI there is mention of Silas and Elizabeth married before 1851 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. This record is false. It was placed there by Beth Anderson from Colorado. Almost all of the records she has given to the church are false. She has only listed 6 of the 13 children. All of their dates of birth are incorrect. Any help you could give will be greatly appreciated. Sorry that this has not turned out to be the short summary that I promised. But I wanted to give you as much information that I know. Grace Grace Emily Lay Gilgen Kiley Ray Walbom (son) 3914 So. Main, Nibley, Ut. 84321 gilgen@digitalpla.net 435-753-4065