Here you go: Descendants of Persidia "Parazida" Smith Generation No. 1 1. PERSIDIA "PARAZIDA"4 SMITH (DREWERY3, DREWERY2, WILLIAM1) was born March 19, 1849 in Campbell county Tennessee, and died in Tennessee. She married (2) HENRY "HEN" LAY April 18, 1870 in Scott County Tennessee, son of JAMES LAY and IRIS GRANT. Marriage Notes for PERSIDIA SMITH and HENRY LAY: F. M. Chambers was Henry's brother-in-law Children of PERSIDIA SMITH and HENRY LAY are: i. SARAH5 LAY, b. 1875, Tennessee; m. JOHN TRAMMELL. ii. AMANDA LAY, b. January 1878. iii. DREWERY LAY, b. July 1879. iv. HUGH LAY, b. July 1880. v. WILLARD LAY, b. November 1883, Tennessee; d. June 28, 1947, Tennessee; m. (1) Charity ?, Tennessee; m. (2) Nannie Sexton. vi. JOHN LAY, b. January 1886. vii. MARY E LAY, b. July 1890. viii. ALMEDA LAY, b. April 1895. At 07:42 PM 09/30/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Hello: I am interested in your Parazida Smith who married Henry Lay. Would >you mind sharing the dates of the marriage and any siblings you might have >for Parazida. I am looking for my grandmother's line of Smiths. Thanks. >linda hinant@netusa1.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rae Davis-Smith <raedavissm@mindspring.com> >To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 6:48 PM >Subject: Lay Family > > >>I have tried to find my Sexton family in Union county but had no luck at >>all...Now I am going to try my Lay line...My direct line starts with my >>grandmother, Nanny Bell Lay who married James Harvey Sexton..Her mother was >>Sarah Lay {not married} , Sarah's parents were Henry Lay and Parazida >Smith, >>Henry's parents were James Lay and Iris Grant, James' parents were John >>Michael Lay and Rachel Foley, John's parents were Jesse Lay and Catherine >>Bradley, Jesse's parents were Jesse Lay and Hannah Lay, Jesse's parents >were >>John Lay and Martha ?.....Does anyone recognize any of these names? >> >>Rae Smith >> >>http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/index.html >>http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Lay.html >>http://www.angelfire.com/va2/Terry/index.html >>http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Davis.html >>http://www.angelfire.com/de/LawDog/index.html >> >> >>==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >>If you live in Union County why not pitch in. Take a day and write down the >tombstones in the nearest cemetery. Send it to us for others to use. You >could be helping a cousin. Go to the courthouse and copy some early marriage >records. Anything helps. >> >> > > >==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >Put those lists to work for others. If you have any cemetery or bible lists please send them in. We can post them on the page for others to use. > > Rae Smith http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Lay.html http://www.angelfire.com/va2/Terry/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Davis.html http://www.angelfire.com/de/LawDog/index.html