Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Hays, Lizzie (Fahs) 1863 - 
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Author: C. H. Ellis



    MRS. LIZZIE (FAHS) HAYS was born April 18, 1863, at Dakota, Illinois. On

November 29, 1883, she was united in marriage to Joseph H. Hays. In the spring

of 1885 her actual pioneer life commenced. Located upon a homestead nearly

twenty miles from any railroad town, she, with her devoted husband, with

patience and perseverance, met the lonliness and privations that became a part

of their new life, ever looking forward to better and more satisfactory

conditions and making a persistent and untiring effort to attain them. One after

another who had located claims near them and who they had counted on to help

build up a prosperous community proved up their claims, mortgaged them, and left

the country, until they were left comparatively alone. For more than seven long

years she stood by her devoted husband in building up a home and a reputation,

that prepared the way for larger usefulness and better opportunities for

financial success, and not to be forgotten more satisfying and enjoyable social

surroundings. Sixteen years of almost uninterrupted prosperity, a most desirable

home and home surroundings, largely relieved from care and responsibility, there

seemed but little more to be sought or desired. On the morning of October 13,

1908, she awoke to a new experience. The companion of her youth, the guide and

support of mature years, was suddenly and unexpectedly removed. That darkness

and desolation, that none can realize save those who have passed through the

deep and turbid waters, became a reality in her life. The quiet, careful and

businesslike manner in which Mrs. Hays took up and is managing the various

business affairs and large moneyed interests, has no doubt lightened her

pathway, by giving no time to look upon the dark waters through which she was

compelled to pass.



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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



ILLUSTRATED

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