Seeking descendants of Abraham Shay, who was born in Ohio in 1825, son of Isaac Shay (born Maryland about 1785), married at Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, 9 January 1845, Lorinda Larimore, born Three Churches, Hampshire County, West Virginia, in 1821.
Children: 1. Isaac, b. Tazewell Co., Ill. 1845-46
2. James P., b. Tazewell Co., Ill. 1847
3. Mary Ann, b. Tazewell Co., Ill. 24 Feb. 1848
4. Caroline Lorinda, b. 1849
5. Nancy E., b. 1850
6. Benjamin R., b. 1853
7. John, b. 1855
8. Harriet E., b. 1857
9. William T., b. Tazewell Co., Ill. 1859

2. James P. Shay, born Tazewell County, Illinois, in 1847, married at Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, 30 March 1865, Mary Jane Wagoner.

8. Harriet E. Shay, born Tazewell County, Illinois, in 1857, married at Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, 5 February 1874, George W. Griffith.

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