Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Lay and Mary "Molly" V. Haddock.
She was married Newton Ross Belford abt. 1883 in Kaufman County, Texas.
Children of this couple are James, Ora and Roy. Mattie died about 1894 in Oklahoma Indian Territory.
Biography by; unknown
Sources
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3T-KDV : 17 October 2014), Maggie Lay in household of Benjamin Lay, Georgia, United States; citing p. 9, family 82, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,675.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNR-CRL : 14 July 2016), Martha E Lay in household of Benjamin F Lay, Precinct 2, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 65D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1315; FHL microfilm 1,255,314.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 May 2020), memorial page for Martha E. “Mattie” Lay Belford (1866–1894), Find a Grave Memorial no. 42454850, ; Maintained by DiAnn (contributor 47175115) Unknown.
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