In December 1871 John C. Brown married neighbor Charlotte Elizabeth Ann "Lottie" Polk, and over the next five years Lottie had at least three sons. John was killed by a runaway mule on February 7, 1877.
At the time of John's death Sallie had been married 3½ months, and was living a few miles east of Caledonia in Sanford (now Lamar) County, Alabama. Because females were not generally allowed to administer estates (and because Lottie was apparently in poor health), management of John C. Brown's estate was assigned to Sallie's new husband. Eighteen months after John died Lottie followed him to the grave, leaving seven orphaned sons (it appearing that one of Margaret's five boys had also died by then).
Sallie and her husband took in her four living full brothers, while Lottie's parents took in Lottie's three sons. It must have been an interesting household. The home John built when he and Sallie married in 1876 is still in the family, and over the years it has been renovated with indoor plumbing and electricity, two of three original bedrooms have been combined, and the dog-trot has become an entry hall. But in that relatively-small house six daughters and eight sons were born to Sallie and John (thirteen of whom lived to adulthood), AND they raised her four brothers. All the children are linked below.
Sallie Hays passed away in that house on December 21, 1922, age 65 years 7 months 26 days. Her death certificate, signed by Dr. William Lyles Box, gives the cause of death as "chronic nephritis and aortic insufficiency" and states that her burial on December 23 was at "Hays Cemetery." Hers was actually the second burial at the new Asbury Cemetery.
In December 1871 John C. Brown married neighbor Charlotte Elizabeth Ann "Lottie" Polk, and over the next five years Lottie had at least three sons. John was killed by a runaway mule on February 7, 1877.
At the time of John's death Sallie had been married 3½ months, and was living a few miles east of Caledonia in Sanford (now Lamar) County, Alabama. Because females were not generally allowed to administer estates (and because Lottie was apparently in poor health), management of John C. Brown's estate was assigned to Sallie's new husband. Eighteen months after John died Lottie followed him to the grave, leaving seven orphaned sons (it appearing that one of Margaret's five boys had also died by then).
Sallie and her husband took in her four living full brothers, while Lottie's parents took in Lottie's three sons. It must have been an interesting household. The home John built when he and Sallie married in 1876 is still in the family, and over the years it has been renovated with indoor plumbing and electricity, two of three original bedrooms have been combined, and the dog-trot has become an entry hall. But in that relatively-small house six daughters and eight sons were born to Sallie and John (thirteen of whom lived to adulthood), AND they raised her four brothers. All the children are linked below.
Sallie Hays passed away in that house on December 21, 1922, age 65 years 7 months 26 days. Her death certificate, signed by Dr. William Lyles Box, gives the cause of death as "chronic nephritis and aortic insufficiency" and states that her burial on December 23 was at "Hays Cemetery." Hers was actually the second burial at the new Asbury Cemetery.
Family Members
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Eunice Esther Hays Seay
1878–1937
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Margaret Evalina Hays Woods
1880–1949
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Dr William Clarence Valentine Hays
1882–1959
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Sidney Jackson Hays
1884–1969
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Thomas Brown Hays Sr
1885–1964
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John Birch Hays
1887–1949
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Ozie Jane Hays Hydrick
1888–1963
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Martha Canzada Hays Stokes
1890–1966
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Samuel Spartan Hays
1892–1957
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Woodford Redus Hays
1894–1935
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Dow Bradley Hays
1896–1957
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Lura Mae Hays Thomas
1898–1992
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Voy Hays
1900–1900
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Sarah Milner Hays Younger
1902–1923
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