THOMAS HAYS
Butler, March 1 - Former State Senator Thomas Hays, aged 80, veteran of the Civil war and a retired farmer and oil operator, died in his home, 325 South Duquesne st. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Evans City, and Mrs. J.V. Cowden, Butler, and two sons, Christopher Hays and Robert Hays.
Thomas Hays, the subject of this biography, was born January 19, 1840; spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father. He acquired a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged inall the battles during the Peninsula campaign, - siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, Richmond and Petersburg, and by reason of expiration of term of service was discharged; re-enlisted in Company L, Fourth United States Artillery, and served in the army of the Potomac. At the close of the war, he returned to his home. In 1865, he was married to Miss Keisa J.., daughter of Christopher A. Foster, of Middlesex, Armstrong County. She was born in Sugar Creek Township March 27, 1841. The Foster family are also of Irish descent. … Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays – Jennie L., Christopher F., Robert N., Maud B., Thomas H., Charles F.W. Hays. In the year of 1867, Mr. Hays bought a farm in Fairview Township, now known as the Haysville Farm. Since that time he has bought other pieces of land, so that at the present time he is the owner of five or six hundred acres of land. He is one of the successful farmers of Butler Couty, and is engaged a the present time in the oil production business. He is an ardent Republican, and has served acceptably positions of trust and responsibility, at all times using his influence for the cause of education, and protection to American industry, and is a great lover of his county, and believes that it is a Nation, and should be spelled with a large N. He is slow to resent a wrong, but never forgets one who befriends him.
History of Butler County 1883
Pittsburgh Press 01 Mar 1920
Butler, March 1 - Former State Senator Thomas Hays, aged 80, veteran of the Civil war and a retired farmer and oil operator, died in his home, 325 South Duquesne st. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Evans City, and Mrs. J.V. Cowden, Butler, and two sons, Christopher Hays and Robert Hays.
Thomas Hays, the subject of this biography, was born January 19, 1840; spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father. He acquired a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged inall the battles during the Peninsula campaign, - siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, Richmond and Petersburg, and by reason of expiration of term of service was discharged; re-enlisted in Company L, Fourth United States Artillery, and served in the army of the Potomac. At the close of the war, he returned to his home. In 1865, he was married to Miss Keisa J.., daughter of Christopher A. Foster, of Middlesex, Armstrong County. She was born in Sugar Creek Township March 27, 1841. The Foster family are also of Irish descent. … Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays – Jennie L., Christopher F., Robert N., Maud B., Thomas H., Charles F.W. Hays. In the year of 1867, Mr. Hays bought a farm in Fairview Township, now known as the Haysville Farm. Since that time he has bought other pieces of land, so that at the present time he is the owner of five or six hundred acres of land. He is one of the successful farmers of Butler Couty, and is engaged a the present time in the oil production business. He is an ardent Republican, and has served acceptably positions of trust and responsibility, at all times using his influence for the cause of education, and protection to American industry, and is a great lover of his county, and believes that it is a Nation, and should be spelled with a large N. He is slow to resent a wrong, but never forgets one who befriends him.
History of Butler County 1883
Pittsburgh Press 01 Mar 1920
THOMAS HAYS
Butler, March 1 - Former State Senator Thomas Hays, aged 80, veteran of the Civil war and a retired farmer and oil operator, died in his home, 325 South Duquesne st. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Evans City, and Mrs. J.V. Cowden, Butler, and two sons, Christopher Hays and Robert Hays.
Thomas Hays, the subject of this biography, was born January 19, 1840; spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father. He acquired a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged inall the battles during the Peninsula campaign, - siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, Richmond and Petersburg, and by reason of expiration of term of service was discharged; re-enlisted in Company L, Fourth United States Artillery, and served in the army of the Potomac. At the close of the war, he returned to his home. In 1865, he was married to Miss Keisa J.., daughter of Christopher A. Foster, of Middlesex, Armstrong County. She was born in Sugar Creek Township March 27, 1841. The Foster family are also of Irish descent. … Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays – Jennie L., Christopher F., Robert N., Maud B., Thomas H., Charles F.W. Hays. In the year of 1867, Mr. Hays bought a farm in Fairview Township, now known as the Haysville Farm. Since that time he has bought other pieces of land, so that at the present time he is the owner of five or six hundred acres of land. He is one of the successful farmers of Butler Couty, and is engaged a the present time in the oil production business. He is an ardent Republican, and has served acceptably positions of trust and responsibility, at all times using his influence for the cause of education, and protection to American industry, and is a great lover of his county, and believes that it is a Nation, and should be spelled with a large N. He is slow to resent a wrong, but never forgets one who befriends him.
History of Butler County 1883
Pittsburgh Press 01 Mar 1920
Butler, March 1 - Former State Senator Thomas Hays, aged 80, veteran of the Civil war and a retired farmer and oil operator, died in his home, 325 South Duquesne st. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Evans City, and Mrs. J.V. Cowden, Butler, and two sons, Christopher Hays and Robert Hays.
Thomas Hays, the subject of this biography, was born January 19, 1840; spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father. He acquired a good common school education, and at the age of twenty-one enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged inall the battles during the Peninsula campaign, - siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, Richmond and Petersburg, and by reason of expiration of term of service was discharged; re-enlisted in Company L, Fourth United States Artillery, and served in the army of the Potomac. At the close of the war, he returned to his home. In 1865, he was married to Miss Keisa J.., daughter of Christopher A. Foster, of Middlesex, Armstrong County. She was born in Sugar Creek Township March 27, 1841. The Foster family are also of Irish descent. … Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays – Jennie L., Christopher F., Robert N., Maud B., Thomas H., Charles F.W. Hays. In the year of 1867, Mr. Hays bought a farm in Fairview Township, now known as the Haysville Farm. Since that time he has bought other pieces of land, so that at the present time he is the owner of five or six hundred acres of land. He is one of the successful farmers of Butler Couty, and is engaged a the present time in the oil production business. He is an ardent Republican, and has served acceptably positions of trust and responsibility, at all times using his influence for the cause of education, and protection to American industry, and is a great lover of his county, and believes that it is a Nation, and should be spelled with a large N. He is slow to resent a wrong, but never forgets one who befriends him.
History of Butler County 1883
Pittsburgh Press 01 Mar 1920
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