DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

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                              Don Norman

 

1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    Traditional family history states that Samuel Lewis Hays was an

out of wedlock son of Edward Jackson, who was married at the time of

Samuel's birth and that the influential Jackson family arranged the

marriage of Samuel's mother, Elizabeth McCullough, to John Hays.

Elizabeth and John were married August 17, 1794 and Samuel was born

October 20, 1794 in Harrison County.

    Samuel Lewis Hays was born in Harrison County October 30,  1794

and died at Sauk Rapids, MN March 17, 1871.  He married Roanna Arnold

in Harrison County June 15, 1817.  Roanna, a daughter of George and

Elizabeth Roanna (Prunty) Arnold, was born in Harrison County VA (WV)

August 25, 1798 and died in Lewis County Va (WV) June 12, 1841. After

Roanna's death Samuel married Nancy Covert October 13, 1842.  Nancy

was born in 1798 and died in 1863.  Samuel married a widow, Emma

(Hand) Fletcher, for his third wife.

    Samuel bought 100,000 acres of land in Western Virginia for $107

February 21, 1832.  He moved his family to Glenville, Gilmer County VA

(WV) in 1837 to live on his land.  He served in the US Congress in

1841-1843 and appointed Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson to the US

Military Academy.

    He was appointed Receiver of Public Money of the land office of

Minnesota and was performing that function when he died.

 

Children of Samuel and Roanna (Arnold) Hays.

 

  2.  (1). Elizabeth              b.Jan  9 1818

         m.John Webb

 

  3.  (2). Peregrine              b.Oct  7 1819    d.       1903

         m.Louisa Ann Sexton

 

  4.  (3). John Elliot            b.Apr 15 1821    d.Jan 28 1892

         m.Henrietta Frances Lewis May 14 1845

 

  5.  (4). Norval                 b.Dec 13 1822    d.Jul  7 1827

 

  6.  (5). Mary                   b.May  9 1825

         m.Shelton Furr

 

  7.  (6). Othello                b.Nov 18 1826

 

  8.  (7). Norval                 b.Jan 25 1829    d.       1856

 

  9.  (8). Drusilla               b.Jul 30 1830

         m.Levi Johnson

 

 10.  (9). Samuel Lewis Jr.       b.Apr  7 1835    d.Jun 12 1911

         m.Elizabeth Jane Cather Dec 13 1855

 

 11. (10). Roanna                 b.Mar 31 1836    d.Oct  7 1837

 

 12. (11). Warren                 b.Feb 12  1838    d.Sep 24 1839

 

 13. (12). Edwin                  b.Feb 22 1840    d.Sep 27 1840

 

 14. (13). Calhoun                b.Jun 12 1842    d.Nov  6 1917

         m.Lavina Hill Lambert

 

 

2.ELIZABETH HAYS    1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

   Elizabeth Hays, daughter of Samuel Lewis and Roanna (Arnold) Hays

born Januaary 9, 1818 in Harrison County, Va. She married John Webb in

Gilmer County Va. John Webb was the son of Benjamin and Martha (Stuart)

Webb of Ritchie County

 

Known children of Elizabeth (Hays) and John Webb.[K

 

 15.  (1) Martha F.                b.Aug    1837   d.Sep  4 1918

         m.John Andrew Dunlap  Nov 30, 1854 Glenville, (WV) Va.

 

 16.  (2) Roanna                   b.       1838

         m. Henry B. Steele

 

 17.  (3) Minerva F.               b.       1839   d.Oct 28 1874

         m.John P. Kennedy Jan 11, 1866

 

 18.  (4). Mary E. or Marian       b.       1840-1 d. by 1883

         m. Jacob Starcher  Jul 12, 1860

 

 19.  (5). Benjamin H.             b.       1847   d.Oct 27 1921

         m.  Almira Barbour

 

 20.  (6) Samuel Lewis             b.Aug 16 1853-4

         m.Amanda C. Wyatt June 5, 1873

         m. Margaret T. Schlife  1897

 

 21.  (7) Laura Virginia           b.Jan 20 1855

         m. Lloyd Sessions

 

3.PEREGRINE HAYS    1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    Peregrine Hays, a son of Samuel and Roanna (Arnold) Hays, was

born in Harrison County VA (WV) October 7, 1819 and died in Gilmer

County WV January 6, 1905.  He married Louisa Ann Sexton May 10, 1849.

Louisa, a daughter of Augustus and Anna Sexton, was born in presend

day Upshur County WV about 1822.

    The couple moved to Arnoldsburg, in what is now Calhoun County

WV.  Peregrine served as a deput sheriff and was instrumental in

the formation of Calhoun County in 1858.

    Peregine was a member of the Moccasin Rangers, a Confederate

partisan group commanded by George Downs.  Peregrine and Capt. Downs

were captured at Big Bend, Calhoun County VA in 1862 and sent to Camp

Shase in Ohio.  They were paroled.

    Peregrine served in the WV legislature in 1877.

 

Children of Peregrine and Louisa (Saxton) Hays.

 

 22.  (1). Mary                    b.Mar 31 1850

 

 23.  (2). George Warren           b.Jul 29 1851   d.       1927

         m.Mary Roessing

 

 24.  (3). Annie Roana             b.Feb  5 1854

 

 25.  (4). John B. Floyd           b.Mar 29 1856

 

 26.  (5). Napoleon French         b.Jul 29 1858   d.Nov  2 1921

         m.Mary E. Cain Jul 22 1882

 

 27.  (6). Samuel Augustus         b.Mar 31 1861

         m.Susan Adelaide Ewing

 

 28.  (7). Olive A.                b.       1862

 

 

4.JOHN ELLIOT HAYS     1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    John Elliot Hays, a son of Samuel and Roanna (Arnold) Hays,

was born in Harrison County VA (WV) April 15, 1821 and died in Clay

County WV January 28, 1892.  He married Henrietta Frances Lewis in

Wood County VA (WV) May 14, 1845.  Henrietta, a daughter of Willian

Linton and Eliza (Warth) Lewis, was born in Mason County VA (WV) April

12, 1827 and died in Gilmer County WV March 28, 1916.  John was an

attorney in Gilmer County.

 

Children of John Elliot and Henrietta Frances (Lewis) Hays.

 

 29.  (1). Alice                   b.Feb 23 1846

         m.John Waugh

 

 30.  (2). Francis Valeria "Lee"   b.Oct 31 1848

         m.William J. Berry  1870

 

 31.  (3). William Linton          d.Apr 28 1851   d.Nov 28 1941

         m.Jemima Bell Harbert

         m.Johanna "Kate" Boehme  1892

 

 32.  (4). Roanna Eliza            b.Sep  5 1853

         m.Nelson Bush

 

 33.  (5). Mary Julia              b.Jul 27 1856

         m.George Evans

 

 34.  (6). John Elliot Jr.         b.Apr 15 1859

         m.Louise Kerns

 

 35.  (7). Henrietta Virginia      b.Dec  7 1861D.nOV 21 1947

         m.William Powell

 

 36.  (8). Emma Elizabeth          b.Dec  5 1866

         m.William Perry Brown

 

 37.  (9). Charles Gordon          b.Aug 17 1869

         m.Allie Blanche Riddle

 

 

10.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS JR.     1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    Samuel Lewis Hays Jr., a son of Samuel and Roanna (Arnold)

Hays, was born in Lewis County WV April 7, 1835 and died in Chehalis

County WA June 12, 1911.  He married Elizabeth jane Cather.

Elizabeth, a daughter of James and Malinda (Hustead) Cather, was born

in Harrison County Va (WV) February 9, 1838 and died in Chehalis

County WA May 30, 1909.

 

Children of Samuel Lewis Jr. and Elizabeth Jane (Cather) Hays.

 

 38.  (1). Ella Victoria           b.Nov  3 1857   d.Aug    1944

         m.Thomas Cowen Martin

 

 39.  (2). Walter Scott            b.Sep 26 1859   d.May 23 1886

 

 40.  (3). Olive Augusta           b.Dec 12 1861   d.Nov 14 1955

         m.Thomas Marcellus Marshall Sep 5 1881

 

 41.  (4). Roanna Malinda          b.Nov 22 1863

         m.James Cleveland

 

 42.  (5). Howard Othello          b.Jul 22 1866   d.Jul 22 1931

 

 43.  (6). Emma Louise             b.Sep  7 1869

         m.John Russell

         m.William Inkster

 

 44.  (7). Flora Estella           b.Apr  7 1872   d.Jul 18 1955

         m.Beorge Henry Wartman

         m.James Arland

 

 45.  (8). Lilly Gay               b.Sep 11 1874   d.Mar 19 1958

         m.Nathan Olney Fry

 

 46.  (9). Lena Robena             b.Sep 25 1877   d.Mar 15 1953

         m.William S. Mclaughlin

 

 

23.GEORGE WARREN HAYS     3.PEREGRINE HAYS    1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    George Warren Hays, a son of Peregrine and Louisa (Saxton)

Hays, was born in what is now Calhoun County Wv in 1850 and died

there in 1927.  He served the Confederacy in the Civil War in the

14th VA Cavalry.

    He graduated from the Butler Academy of Law.  He married Mary

Roessing. Mary was born in PA in March 1849 and died after 1900.

 His second wife was a widow ------ Wills.

 

Children of George Warren and Mary (Roessing) Hays.

 

 47.  (1). Amy                                     d.infant

 

 48.  (2). Louise

         m.Dr. Mandeville Lowe

 

 49.  (3). Edwin Lorentz

         m.Agnes Meadows

 

 50.  (4). Perry                   b.Feb    1873

         m.Rose Stump

 

 51.  (5). Loury (m)               b.May    1875

 

 52.  (6). George Warren Jr.       b.Aug    1882   d.Jun  6 1936

         m.Myrtle B. Reading

 

 53.  (7). Catherine               b.Mar    1884

 

 54.  (8). Greta                   b.Jan    1892

 

Children of George Warren and ------- (Wills) Hays.

 

 55.  (1). Melba

 

 

26.NAPOLEON FRENCH HAYS     3.PEREGRINE HAYS    1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    Napoleon French Hays, a son of Peregrine and Louisa (Saxton) Hays,

was born in Calhoun County Va (WV) July 29, 1858 and died in Gilmer

County WV November 2, 1921.  He married Mary E. Cain in Gilmer County WV July 22, 1882. Mary, a daughter of Harrison and Abigail (West) Cain, was born in Gilmer County VA (WV) in January 1858.

 

Children of Napoleon French and Mary E. (Cain) Hays.

 

 56.  (1). Lues W. (m)              b. Aug     1882

 

 57.  (2). Harry W.                 d. Aug     1885

 

 58.  (3). Lucille Virginia         b. Dec     1896

         m. Max William Wilcoxen  Jun 17 1923 Gilmer County WV

 

 

 

27.SAMUEL AUGUSTUS HAYS     3.PEREGRINE HAYS    1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    Samuel Augustus Hays, a son of Peregrine and Louisa (Saxton) Hays,

was born in Calhoun County VA (WV) March 31, 1861.  He married Susan

Adelaide Ewing.  Susan died in 1891.

 

Children of Samuel Agustus and Susan Adelaide (Ewing) Hays.

 

 59.  (1). Matthew                 b.       1889   d.       1918

 

 60.  (2). Genevieve

         m.Fred m. King

 

 

31.WILLIAM LINTON HAYS    4.JOHN ELLIOT HAYS     1.SAMUEL LEWIS HAYS

 

    William Linton Hays, a son of John Elliot and Henrietta Frances

(Lewis) Hays, was born in Gilmer County VA (wV) April 28, 1851 and

died in Logancounty CO November 28, 1941.  He married Jemima Bell

Harbert.  Jemima was a daughter of Lemuel and Sophia (Ash) Harbert.

    William went to CO in 1887 and married Johanna "Kate" Boehme there

in 1892.

 

Children of William Linto and Jemima Bell (Harbert) Hays.

 

 61.  (1). Lemuel Leonard

 

Children of William Linton and Johanna (Boehme) Hays.

 

 62.  (1). John Elliot

 

 63.  (2). Henry Clay

 

 64.  (3). Julia Virginia

 

 65.  (4). Myron

 

 66.  (5). Mary

 

 67.  (6). Sidney Lawrence

 

 68.  (7). Ralph Allen

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Bicentennial Biographies, Gilmer County WV" 1976 pp.58,59,60,61,62,82

Dunlap, Carroll R., Additions and corrections

Gilmer County WV History 1845-1989" pp.126,127,128

“Gilmer Country WV Marriages”

"Heritage of Braxton County WV 1995" p.108

"History of Calhoun County WV 1989" pp.98,99

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places", 2000, pp. 103, 104

Norman, Don, “Descendants of Nicholas Cain”

1900 Calhoun County WV census

1900 Gilmer County WV census