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Elbert Shelah Lafayette "Shelah" Laws

Male 1878 - 1972  (94 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elbert Shelah Lafayette "Shelah" Laws was born 20 May 1878, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of James Martin Laws and Martha M. Laws); died 6 Dec 1972.

    Elbert married Flora Ann Green 18 May 1904. Flora (daughter of Deacon John Henry Green and Elizabeth Ellen Potter) was born 23 Aug 1888; died 10 Apr 1954. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Leota Mooneyham Laws was born 6 Feb 1903; died 20 Jan 1984; was buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Roy Allen Laws was born 28 Mar 1905; died 22 May 1984, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Laws - Green Cemetery.
    3. Essie May Laws was born 31 Dec 1907; died Mar 1908.
    4. Delilah Laws was born 21 Dec 1909; died Oct 1983.
    5. Samuel Obie Laws was born 17 Apr 1911.
    6. Desmond Laws was born 2 Feb 1913.
    7. Fred Estel Laws was born 5 Feb 1915.
    8. Ina Lee Laws was born 15 Dec 1917.
    9. Buelitis Laws was born 6 Jan 1919; died 1919.
    10. John Otis Laws was born 7 Apr 1920, Hartford, Tennessee; died 24 Jul 2006, Lorain, Ohio; was buried 29 Jul 2006, Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Ohio.
    11. Cletis Laws was born 18 Sep 1922; died 16 Apr 1978, Knox County, Tennessee.
    12. Oris Laws was born 29 Dec 1924; died 6 Aug 1925.
    13. Mary Lafayette "Faye" Laws was born 8 Mar 1928.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Martin Laws was born 23 Sep 1851 (son of William Welcome Laws and Nancy Penelope Montgomery); died 10 Aug 1918.

    James — Martha M. Laws. Martha (daughter of James Bennet Laws and Amanda J. Lillard) was born 11 Jul 1855; died 29 Jul 1899. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha M. Laws was born 11 Jul 1855 (daughter of James Bennet Laws and Amanda J. Lillard); died 29 Jul 1899.
    Children:
    1. Laura Laws was born 1874.
    2. Ida Jane Laws was born 1876.
    3. 1. Elbert Shelah Lafayette "Shelah" Laws was born 20 May 1878, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1972.
    4. Nancy Amanda Laws was born 1880.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Welcome Laws

    William — Nancy Penelope Montgomery. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Penelope Montgomery
    Children:
    1. 2. James Martin Laws was born 23 Sep 1851; died 10 Aug 1918.

  3. 6.  James Bennet Laws was born 1828, North Carolina (son of Laws); died 1893, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    James — Amanda J. Lillard. Amanda was born 1835, Tennessee; died Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Amanda J. Lillard was born 1835, Tennessee; died Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 3. Martha M. Laws was born 11 Jul 1855; died 29 Jul 1899.
    2. Elbert Laws was born 1856.
    3. William Laws was born 1860.
    4. James R. Laws was born 1863, Tennessee.
    5. John F. Laws was born 1865, Tennessee.
    6. Sara Ann Laws was born 1868, Tennessee.
    7. David Bartley Laws was born 1870, Tennessee.
    8. Wesley H. Laws was born 1874, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Laws was born North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 6. James Bennet Laws was born 1828, North Carolina; died 1893, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. John Laws
    3. Luecrissa Laws
    4. Myrie Laws