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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: Jesse Jackson ElderMale Note
Born: 2 Apr 1864 1864-4-2 at Campbell County, Tennessee Campbell County, Tennessee [2]
Married: 14 Feb 1892 1892-2-14 at Union County, Tennessee Union County, Tennessee
Died: 23 Mar 1926 1926-3-23 at Campbell County, Tennessee Campbell County, Tennessee [4]
WIFE
Born: 17 Nov 1872 at Union County, Tennessee [6]
Died: 22 Sep 1965 at Oliver Springs, Anderson County, Tennessee [7]
Father: Elisha (s.o. John (jack)) Lay
Mother: Eliza (liza) Sweat
CHILDREN
Born: 20 Jul 1893 at Union County, Tennessee
Died: 16 Feb 1979 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Husband: Swan Lewis Dial
Born: 2 Jul 1895 at Union County, Tennessee
Died: 1 Oct 1993 at Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee
Husband: Eskar Wells
Born: 17 Jun 1898 at El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Died: 24 Feb 1996 at Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee
Husband: Dewey Wells
Born: 2 Jul 1902 at El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Died: 2 Mar 1939 at Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee
Wife: Beatrice Allen
Born: 5 May 1907 at Campbell County, Tennessee
Died: 7 Oct 1952 at Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
Wife: Nettie Rains
Name: Dennis Hobert Elder
Born: 1 Oct 1909 at Campbell County, Tennessee
Died: 30 Jul 1916 at Campbell County, Tennessee
Born: 24 Dec 1917 at Campbell County, Tennessee
Died: 15 May 1990 at Seattle, King County, Washington
Wife: Ophelia Hill Nelson
SOURCES
2). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
4). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
6). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
7). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
NOTES
1). bobspu.ged BIO Eva McCARTY writes of the lives of her grandparents Lavisa and Jessee lived in Union County, Blue Springs area near Sharps Chapel when they were first married. They decided to go with Lavisa s father to Oklahoma in 1897. They settled first in Yukon, OK and later moved to El Reno, OK. They staked out land and built a home. Jesse worked on a nursery for a Mr. Perry. After many encounters with the Indians, mostly by them stealing Jesse s horses and especially after they stole Perry Martha, they packed up and moved back to Tennessee. Thankfully Grandma and my Mom, Mossie, were able to catch up with the Indian s wagon and got Perry Martha back. They said that Perry was having fun sitting on the back of the wagon playing with beads... ...Elisha LAY and his son in law, Jesse Jackson ELDER, built a beautiful home on the John Jack LAY Farm in Campbell CountyTN on the Powell River. The house was built for Dr. G.W. LAY, the son of David L. This is where Jesse met Lavisa LAY. After Jesse and Lavisa returned to Tennessee from OK, they bought the house from Dr. LAY, and lived there until Jesse s death... Per the family groups provided by Mrs. McCARTY, Jesse Jackson was the fourth child of Moses and Charity RIGGS ELDER. Compiler located his parents on the Campbell County, TN census for 1860. At that time, the couple had only two children, Nancy J, 2 and Mary L. 10 months. In 1880, there were seven children enumerated in the home, the oldest being 22 years of age Nancy J. . Jesse J. was 16, and was noted as working on the farm. REF 1. Eva McCARTY, desc. of Lavisa LAY and Jesse Jackson ELDER, 616 Miller Road Clinton, TN. Letters to compiler 1996 1997. 2. U.S. Census 1860 TN Campbell Co. 13th Civil Dist. Coal Creek? Cool Creek? P.O. p 152 1005 993. MF 653 1240. 3. U.S. Census 1880 TN Union Co. 12th C.D. ED 117 p 8 66 67. MF T9 1283. Born source Eva McCARTY, 616 Miller Rd., Clinton, TN 37716 Source Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
2). bobspu.ged BIO Lavisa would have been about 4 years of age when her natural mother, Eliza SWEAT LAY died. Her father, Elisha LAY, married again within a year of Eliza s death. Martha WILLIAMSON LAY was beloved by this step daughter per Mrs. McCARTY, Lavisa considered Martha her real mother. Quoting Lavisa, Mrs. McCARTY write, Lavisa said, Martha was the most kind and loving person she has ever known. The 1880 census shows Lavisa LAY as Visa her age is recorded as 6 . This is not in agreement with the date of birth cited for Lavisa by Mrs. McCARTY. Jesse and Lavisa left Tennessee in 1897 and lived in Yukon and El Reno, OK. They returned to Tennessee in 1905 and lived in a section of the Jack and Mary Pauline O DELL LAY farm. During their time in OK, the ELDERs had numerous visits from the Indians in the area. Several times, Jesse and Lavisa had horses taken from their land, but on one occasion, the Indians took the ELDERs daughter, Perry Martha. Lavisa and another daughter, Mossie, chased the Indians wagon and were able to get the child back safely. Mrs. McCARTY writes, They said Perry was having fun, sitting in the wagon, playing with the Indians beads. Cyclones were frequent in the area where the family lived in OK. It was not unusual for them to spend a whole day or a night in their cyclone cellar. The family returned to Campbell County, TN in 1904, buying from a cousin the house that Jesse ELDER and Elisha LAY had built for a son of Elisha s brother, David. Jesse died there, and Lavisa remained in the house until the Tennessee Valley Authority purchased the land to flood for the backwaters of Norris Dam. She then moved to Jacksboro, TN later she lived in Wartburg, then in Clinton, TN with her children. She died in the home of her daughter, Perry Martha, at Oliver Springs, TN. Of her grandmother, Mrs. McCARTY writes, For the love of two of her sons, Elisha and Marion, she ended up with nothing. The two sons squandered away all she had. A notation on Lavisa s family group sheet, returned to compiler by Eva McCARTY, reads Married...Home of the Bride by Rev. Newton CANNON. June, 1997 REF 1. Eva McCARTY, desc. of Jesse and Lavisa LAY ELDER, 616 Miller Road, Clinton, TN. Letters to compiler 1996 1997. 2. U.S. Census 1880 TN Campbell Co. 8th CD ED 123 p 21 182 182. MF T9 1246. Born source Eva McCARTY, 616 Miller Rd., Clinton, TN 37716 Source Elizabeth AnnGilchrist Jun 1998 O Dell.GED
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