"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH15-XHY : accessed 21 February 2016), Silas Mc Kinley Ayers, 04 Oct 1896; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 12, p. 5, Watauga, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBB-6ZD : accessed 21 February 2016), Silas M Ayers in household of Emlie M Gragg, Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,223.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJC-BV8 : accessed 21 February 2016), Mckinley Ayers, Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,328.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW7W-KM8 : accessed 21 February 2016), Mckinley Ayers, Boone Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-9, sheet 8A, family 108, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2985.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYM-Z2MQ : accessed 21 February 2016), Mr Silas Mckinley Ayers, North Carolina, United States, 6 Jan 1998; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Charlotte Observer, The, born-digital text.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPN2-Q3G : accessed 21 February 2016), Silas M Ayers, 04 Jan 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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