"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-KMV : 12 April 2016), Lafayet Bays in household of James Bays, Jackson county, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 618, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJN-C79 : 22 August 2017), James Bays in household of Lafayette Bays, Ewing, Franklin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 512B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0207; FHL microfilm 1,254,207.
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