William J HAYS b. 3 May 1839 Bolivar, Hardeman, TN, USA d. 22 Nov 1911 , Asotin, WA, USA

1839 - 1911 (72 years)

Name	William J HAYS [1]
Born	3 May 1839	Bolivar, Hardeman, TN, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Died	22 Nov 1911	, Asotin, WA, USA [1]
Buried	Vineland Cemetery, Clarkston, Asotin, WA, USA [1]
Person ID	I9766	Boyd
Last Modified	5 Jan 2020

Family	Mary Elizabeth FOWLER, b. 17 Sep 1844, , McNairy, TN, USA , d. 10 Oct 1933, Clarkston, Asotin, WA, USA (Age 89 years)
Last Modified	5 Jan 2020
Family ID	F5223	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

William was the son of William G and Nancy (Henson) Hays. It is believed that his parents moved to northern Texas (Fannin or Cooke County) by 1860. Some of William's siblings married there around that time. He married Mary Elizabeth Fowler in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas on 29 Nov 1862. Their first child, Nancy Elizabeth, was born in Texas before they moved to McDonald County, Missouri. Two children later, they moved to Cherokee Nation Indian Territory, where his father-in-law and mother-in-law were living on land leased from the Cherokee for cattle and horse grazing. One child was born in Cherokee Nation in 1872. The next move was to Chautauqua County, Kansas where 3 more children were born before moving to Chase County, Kansas where two more children were born. When her father died in Chautauqua County, Kansas in 1887, they were living in Ouray County, Colorado, where their last child was born in 1889. By 1900, they are in Nez Perce, Idaho and by 1910 they had made their last big move across the river to Asotin County, Washington, where William died in 1911. Mary lived another 20 years and died in 1933. [2]