Esley Jennings Kay ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: E.J. Kay
Name Note: Maggie/Kay - daughter
Event Date: 02 Nov 1903
Event Place: Mason County, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 68 years
Birth Date: 1835
Birthplace: New Haven
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eliza Kay
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 1880-1903 p 478

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMGM-YJB : 10 March 2018), E.J. Kay, 02 Nov 1903; citing Mason County, West Virginia, County Records, v 1880-1903 p 478, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,384.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 26 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 21, Family 141
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Esttey Kay..46..Virginia..Works on Farm

(Living with wife and 6 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 15 Mar 1836, then his age should have been 34 instead of 46.
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 370B, District 99, Family 49, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Esley J. Kay..Head..42..Virgina..Farmer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 15 Mar 1836, then his age should have been 44 instead of 42.
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 55, Family 90
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 41 years
Eslie J. Kay..Head..Mar 1836..64..West Virginia..Teamster

(Living with wife and grandson.)
.

• He was buried after 2 November 1903 in the Union Cemetery in , Mason, West Virginia, United States.

Find a Grave Memorial 66467942
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Esley married Eliza Dove Weaver, daughter of Nicholas Weaver and Dorothy Roush, on 15 September 1858 in , Mason County, VA.^{1 2 3} (Eliza Dove Weaver was born on 22 August 1832 in New Haven, VA,^{3 7} died on 6 July 1905 in New Haven, WV ⁷ and was buried after 6 July 1905 in Union Cemetery, Mason County, WV ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 26 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 21, Family 141
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Esttey Kay..46..Virginia..Works on Farm
Eliza Kay..41..Virginia
Elgin Kay..13..Virginia
Decatur Kay..10..Virginia
Charles Kay..8..Virginia
Crittenden Kay..7..West Virginia
Emma Kay..5..West Virginia
Eliza Kay..3..West Virginia
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 370B, District 99, Family 49, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Esley J. Kay..Head..42..Virgina..Farmer
Eliza Kay..Wife..46..Ohio..Keeping House
Charles M. Kay..Son..19..Virginia
John C. Kay..Son..17..West Virginia
Emma J. Kay..Daughter..12..West Virginia
Eliza D. Kay..Daughter..10..West Virginia
Joseph A. Kay..Son..8..West Virginia
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 55, Family 90
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 41 years
Eslie J. Kay..Head..Mar 1836..64..West Virginia..Teamster
Eliza Kay..Wife..Aug 1832..67..Ohio..9/8
Dan E. Kay..Grandson..Feb 1891..9..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Esley J Kay
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Eliza Lane
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1858
Marriage Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
"West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-59QQ : 29 September 2021), Esley J Kay and Eliza Lane, 1858.
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