THOMAS HARDIN HAYS (deceased) was born in 1804, on the old HAYS farm, in Mifflin Township, this county. Coming to Pittsburgh in his youth, he here learned the trade of millwright, and afterward embarked in the manufacture of white lead and linseed oil, in partnership with his brother-in-law JACOB PAINTER, which firm continued until MR. HAY’S decease, when the property was sold to P. R. R. Co. MR. HAYS married MISS SARAH, daughter of HON. LAZARUS and MARY (THOMPSON) STEWART, former of whom was twice member of the legislature, and twice elected sheriff of Allegheny County. MR. and MRS. HAYS had a family of ten children, of whom two sons and three daughters lived to maturity, viz.: AMANDA (wife of WALTER F. HUNTER, of Oakland), MARY (widow of DR. McKINLEY), GEORGE S. and CHARLES T. (who enlisted in the war of the rebellion, and both died from exposure while in the service), and ALICE PARK (wife of DAVID K. CALHOUN, residing in Mifflin Township).
MR. HAYS died in 1853. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, toward the building of which he contributed the sum of five hundred dollars.
History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
Author: Cushing, Thomas, b. 1821 Pgs. a769, a770
THOMAS HARDIN HAYS (deceased) was born in 1804, on the old HAYS farm, in Mifflin Township, this county. Coming to Pittsburgh in his youth, he here learned the trade of millwright, and afterward embarked in the manufacture of white lead and linseed oil, in partnership with his brother-in-law JACOB PAINTER, which firm continued until MR. HAY’S decease, when the property was sold to P. R. R. Co. MR. HAYS married MISS SARAH, daughter of HON. LAZARUS and MARY (THOMPSON) STEWART, former of whom was twice member of the legislature, and twice elected sheriff of Allegheny County. MR. and MRS. HAYS had a family of ten children, of whom two sons and three daughters lived to maturity, viz.: AMANDA (wife of WALTER F. HUNTER, of Oakland), MARY (widow of DR. McKINLEY), GEORGE S. and CHARLES T. (who enlisted in the war of the rebellion, and both died from exposure while in the service), and ALICE PARK (wife of DAVID K. CALHOUN, residing in Mifflin Township).
MR. HAYS died in 1853. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, toward the building of which he contributed the sum of five hundred dollars.
History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
Author: Cushing, Thomas, b. 1821 Pgs. a769, a770
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