David Brown Hays and Mary Caroline Park

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Husband David Brown Hays ^{1 2}

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            AKA: David B. Hayes 3
           Born: 7 Aug 1815 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1851 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Gen. Samuel Hays (1783-1868) 4
         Mother: Agnes Broadfoot (1783-1839)

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       Marriage: 25 Jul 1842 2

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Wife Mary Caroline Park ²

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            AKA: Mary Caroline Parks 5
           Born: 24 Sep 1823 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1904 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Myron Park (1797-1863) 6
         Mother: Lydia Louisa Davis (1801-1877) 3

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Children

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1 M Samuel Park Hays ²

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           Born: 8 Jun 1843 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1864 2
         Buried: 

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2 M Frederick Park Hays ²

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           Born: 29 Mar 1846 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - David Brown Hays

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He entered Allegheny College, leaving in 1837, with rank of Junior. Read law in the office of his brother-in-law, John J. Pearson, in Mer­cer, PA, and was admitted to the bar of Mercer in 1846. Was editor of the Mercer “Whig,” for several years. He died in Mercer, PA, and was buried there, but on May 7, 1892, his remains were removed to the new Franklin cemetery.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448.

2 Gilbert Adams Hays, Samuel Hays (Sewickley, PA: Self-published(?), 1928), Pg 15.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 333.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 347.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 333.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 354.