Harrison-Bourbon County KyArchives Biographies.....Hays, Thos. C. December 12, 1811 - May 5, 1881
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Author: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co.

THOS. C. HAYS, deceased; was born in Bourbon County, Dec. 12, 1811, and died 
May 5, 1881, son of Walter and Catharine (Kendall) Hays; he, a native of 
Maryland and a farmer, she, of Bourbon County, Ky. They had nine children. Our 
subject received his education in the schools of Nicholas and Bourbon Counties, 
and, when a lad, learned the shoemaker's trade, in connection with which 
occupation he pursued farming until his death. At Oddville, Harrison Co., Dec. 
8, 1838, he married Miss Rachel C. Whitaker, born August 24, 1815, at Oddville, 
daughter of Joseph and Sukey (Horrey) Whitaker, he, born in 1779, in Harrison 
County; she, in 1781, in Bourbon County, Ky. Mr. Hays had nine children born to 
him, seven of whom are living: Sudie, Wm. T., Gusta A., Lucius, Joseph L., 
Abbott B. and Eva C. Sudie is the wife of Wm. H. Mathers; Wm. T. is married and
living at Oddville; Gusta A. is the wife of Abraham Lingenfelter; Joseph
also is married. Mrs. Hays has a fine farm of 110 acres. Mr. Hays was a
member of the Patrons of Husbandry, a Good Templar and a Democrat. Mrs. Hays
and her entire family are members of the Methodist Church. 


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