Ancestoral File as of Oct 1997:
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THE HAYS FAMILY.
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THE HAYS FAMILY.
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID (1) Hays- FOURTH GENERATION
by Eugenia Morris 1917-1982
WILLIAM VANCE (4) HAYS, (JAMES 3, MOSES 2, DAVID 1):
WILLIAM VANCE (4) HAYS b at Hays Crossing (now Iffley), Allegheny Co. PA. m 1852 Emily Lorain. Three children. Lived at "Meadowbrook Farm", Imperial PA. Built a colonial home there about 1870. He raised and sold horses used in the Civil War. Died 1902. Both buried Valley Presby. Church Graveyard, Imperial, PA.
The three children: (pg 82 of E. Morris manuscript.)
ALLENA GRACE (5) HAYS - Artist and Musician, m 1876 Levi J Stewart. 4 children. d 1911 buried at Valley Presby Ch., Imperial PA. Her name is also preserved in a memorial window in Valley Church.
JOSEPH PARKER (5) HAYS - m Ella Tidball. two children. buried at Valley Presby Ch., Imperial PA.
LEWIS CASS (5) HAYS - He helped build the Northern Pacific RR near Butte MT, before the town was there. md 1st Flora Hindman, grad in music from Blairsville Sem, PA; md 2nd Emma Whetstone. He had six children, three by each mg. D 193-.
buried at Valley Presby Ch., Imperial PA