Deborah A. (Breece) Hays, widow of Morgan Hays, was born in Virginia May 18, 1828, a daughter of Abraham and Eliza (Ward) Breece. Both of her parents died in Coshocton County, Ohio, when she was so young that she had little knowledge of ' their family history, the youngest child having been at the time of the death of her mother only three months old. They left thirteen children, of whom she was the eighth in order of birth, and they found homes with different families, she at the age of twelve years, with Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Boggs, with whom she lived six years. After leaving their roof she supported herself two years at Mount Vernon. She bore her late husband a son and a daughter-Leander Hays, county commissioner of Knox county, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work, and Elizabeth, of Gambier, Ohio, who is the widow of Mark Workman. Mrs. Hays has three grandchildren, Bertha Hays, Howard Hays and Estella Workman. The last named is the wife of Lewis Horn.
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples' church, is a Woman of high character and many accomplishments and her circle of acquaintances is large and extremely loyal to her. She is one of the well-to-do women of Knox County, owning a fine farm of eighty acres, Which. since her husband's death she has managed with much ability.
-- "The Biographical Record of Knox County" – 1902, Pg 177-178
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples' church, is a Woman of high character and many accomplishments and her circle of acquaintances is large and extremely loyal to her. She is one of the well-to-do women of Knox County, owning a fine farm of eighty acres, Which. since her husband's death she has managed with much ability.
-- "The Biographical Record of Knox County" – 1902, Pg 177-178
Deborah A. (Breece) Hays, widow of Morgan Hays, was born in Virginia May 18, 1828, a daughter of Abraham and Eliza (Ward) Breece. Both of her parents died in Coshocton County, Ohio, when she was so young that she had little knowledge of ' their family history, the youngest child having been at the time of the death of her mother only three months old. They left thirteen children, of whom she was the eighth in order of birth, and they found homes with different families, she at the age of twelve years, with Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Boggs, with whom she lived six years. After leaving their roof she supported herself two years at Mount Vernon. She bore her late husband a son and a daughter-Leander Hays, county commissioner of Knox county, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work, and Elizabeth, of Gambier, Ohio, who is the widow of Mark Workman. Mrs. Hays has three grandchildren, Bertha Hays, Howard Hays and Estella Workman. The last named is the wife of Lewis Horn.
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples' church, is a Woman of high character and many accomplishments and her circle of acquaintances is large and extremely loyal to her. She is one of the well-to-do women of Knox County, owning a fine farm of eighty acres, Which. since her husband's death she has managed with much ability.
-- "The Biographical Record of Knox County" – 1902, Pg 177-178
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples' church, is a Woman of high character and many accomplishments and her circle of acquaintances is large and extremely loyal to her. She is one of the well-to-do women of Knox County, owning a fine farm of eighty acres, Which. since her husband's death she has managed with much ability.
-- "The Biographical Record of Knox County" – 1902, Pg 177-178
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