William F. Lemay

Family Bible Record of William Lemay;(He Fathered sixteen children) William Lemay was born April 19, 1811 to Lewis Allen Lemay and Lucy Mary Essery (Ussery?) He was united in Marriage to Anna Essary, Sept,29, 1831. Anna Essary was born May 14,1813. They had a home on Hurricane Creek near the Alabama Border. They left Tennessee in a hurry because they were told if they did not leave their house would be burned and they would be killed. They were not sympathetic to the southern cause. They loaded up what they could on their wagons and headed for Illinois in the middle of the night. When they reached Illinois their shoes were worn and their feet were wrapped in burlap.

Children: Fourteen with Annie.

Lewis Lemay, Jan. 18, 1832, Lawrence Co., TN. Sally Lemay,Aug 24 1833, Lawrence Co., TN. died Jan.28, 1835, at Broughton Hamilton Co., IL. James C. Lemay Jan., 28, 1835,Lawrence Co., TN. died April 27, 1913.Broughton, Hamilton Co., IL Nathan Lemay , Jan,. 28,, 1837 Elizabeth Lemay, Aug,. 28, 1838 Virginia E. Lemay Jan,.27, 1840 George W. Lemay ,Jan.,12,1842 Mary Lemay, Aug.4, 1843 Hanner P. Lemay,(Hannah Paralee) Oct.,6 ,1847, died , March 3,1910 William H. Lemay, Dec. 15, 1845 John T.. Lemay, Jan .9, 1850. died Jan 18,1926 Thomas A. Lemay, Oct., 29, 1851 ,died March 30, 1922 Charles Z. Lemay, MAy 8, 1853 Samuel J. Lemay ,April 16, 1855, died 1917

Half brothers by subsequent marriage of Willliam Lemay to Ruth Trobaugh 1819-1858 Married abt 1855

Napoleon Bonapart Lemay , b. 1857,  died Mar. 16,1936 

Jacob Lemay b. 1858 Family  Bible Record of William Lemay;

Anna Essary was William F.s first wife. He later married her sister, Ruth.

(taken from Find A Grave page. NOTE: All research evidence shows that Lucy Marys last name was Ussery, NOT Essary) Family Bible Record of William Lemay;(He Fathered sixteen children) William Lemay was born April 19, 1811 to Lewis Allen Lemay and Lucy Mary Essery (Ussery?) He was united in Marriage to Anna Essary, Sept,29, 1831. Anna Essary was born May 14,1813. They had a home on Hurricane Creek near the Alabama Border. They left Tennessee in a hurry because they were told if they did not leave their house would be burned and they would be killed. They were not sympathetic to the southern cause. They loaded up what they could on their wagons and headed for Illinois in the middle of the night. When they reached Illinois their shoes were worn and their feet were wrapped in burlap.