James is the second son of James Dow Hays and Jane Cole. His siblings were; John, (1832-), Martha, (1837-1896), Mary, (1839-1915), William Henry Harrison, (1841-1911), and Jane, (1844-).
Family stories have been; James saved the family from starvation by lifting a heavy chest of corn and hiding it in a cave so maraders didn't find it. The next day he joined the Union. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served in the MO. state militia. He was a private in Company K of the 5th Mo. Calvary. He enlisted on Sept 1863 and discharged on Apr 1865.
A granddaughter recounted as a child playing with a trunk of "play" money in a chest in the attic. (This was assumed to be Confederate money.) He was robbed and stabbed in Arlington after floating ties down the river to Prescott for sale. He died a few days later.
He first married Martha Jane Whitehead on Apr 27 1856 in Texas Co. MO. They had six children; Mary Jane,(1856-1929), Martha Sarah E., (1868-1901), Elizabeth A., Jasper Henry, and Mally. Martha Jane died on 12 Jun 1875).
James then married Virginia Givens on 3 Jul 1877. They had eleven children; Charles Arthur, John Alfred, Samuel Allen, J. Frank, Loranzo Dow, Phillip Sheridan, Ulysses Grant, Thomas Sherman, Myrtle Inez, Steve, Edward, and Floyd Erwin.
Family stories have been; James saved the family from starvation by lifting a heavy chest of corn and hiding it in a cave so maraders didn't find it. The next day he joined the Union. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served in the MO. state militia. He was a private in Company K of the 5th Mo. Calvary. He enlisted on Sept 1863 and discharged on Apr 1865.
A granddaughter recounted as a child playing with a trunk of "play" money in a chest in the attic. (This was assumed to be Confederate money.) He was robbed and stabbed in Arlington after floating ties down the river to Prescott for sale. He died a few days later.
He first married Martha Jane Whitehead on Apr 27 1856 in Texas Co. MO. They had six children; Mary Jane,(1856-1929), Martha Sarah E., (1868-1901), Elizabeth A., Jasper Henry, and Mally. Martha Jane died on 12 Jun 1875).
James then married Virginia Givens on 3 Jul 1877. They had eleven children; Charles Arthur, John Alfred, Samuel Allen, J. Frank, Loranzo Dow, Phillip Sheridan, Ulysses Grant, Thomas Sherman, Myrtle Inez, Steve, Edward, and Floyd Erwin.
James is the second son of James Dow Hays and Jane Cole. His siblings were; John, (1832-), Martha, (1837-1896), Mary, (1839-1915), William Henry Harrison, (1841-1911), and Jane, (1844-).
Family stories have been; James saved the family from starvation by lifting a heavy chest of corn and hiding it in a cave so maraders didn't find it. The next day he joined the Union. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served in the MO. state militia. He was a private in Company K of the 5th Mo. Calvary. He enlisted on Sept 1863 and discharged on Apr 1865.
A granddaughter recounted as a child playing with a trunk of "play" money in a chest in the attic. (This was assumed to be Confederate money.) He was robbed and stabbed in Arlington after floating ties down the river to Prescott for sale. He died a few days later.
He first married Martha Jane Whitehead on Apr 27 1856 in Texas Co. MO. They had six children; Mary Jane,(1856-1929), Martha Sarah E., (1868-1901), Elizabeth A., Jasper Henry, and Mally. Martha Jane died on 12 Jun 1875).
James then married Virginia Givens on 3 Jul 1877. They had eleven children; Charles Arthur, John Alfred, Samuel Allen, J. Frank, Loranzo Dow, Phillip Sheridan, Ulysses Grant, Thomas Sherman, Myrtle Inez, Steve, Edward, and Floyd Erwin.
Family stories have been; James saved the family from starvation by lifting a heavy chest of corn and hiding it in a cave so maraders didn't find it. The next day he joined the Union. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served in the MO. state militia. He was a private in Company K of the 5th Mo. Calvary. He enlisted on Sept 1863 and discharged on Apr 1865.
A granddaughter recounted as a child playing with a trunk of "play" money in a chest in the attic. (This was assumed to be Confederate money.) He was robbed and stabbed in Arlington after floating ties down the river to Prescott for sale. He died a few days later.
He first married Martha Jane Whitehead on Apr 27 1856 in Texas Co. MO. They had six children; Mary Jane,(1856-1929), Martha Sarah E., (1868-1901), Elizabeth A., Jasper Henry, and Mally. Martha Jane died on 12 Jun 1875).
James then married Virginia Givens on 3 Jul 1877. They had eleven children; Charles Arthur, John Alfred, Samuel Allen, J. Frank, Loranzo Dow, Phillip Sheridan, Ulysses Grant, Thomas Sherman, Myrtle Inez, Steve, Edward, and Floyd Erwin.
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