Frank R. Hays and Mildred M. Karns

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Husband Frank R. Hays ¹

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           Born: 8 Jun 1884 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Hugh M. Hays (1849-1907) 1 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Eleanor "Ella" Riddle (1850-1945) 1 3 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 14 Oct 1913 - Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 2 7

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Wife Mildred M. Karns ²

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         Father: Samuel Dale Karns (1861-Aft 1919) 8 9
         Mother: Maggie A. Clyde (      -      ) 8 9

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General Notes: Husband - Frank R. Hays

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He was born on the old family homestead a few miles west of Oil City, in Oakland Township, Venango County, PA, and spent his early life there, acquiring a good education in the local schools. In 1902 he left the farm and joined his brother Ora in Oil City, starting the milk products business which they operated for several years under the name of Hays Brothers. In 1913 he purchased the Brundage bakery in Oil City, an old established place which then was carried on by the Hays Baking Company, one of the partners being C. H. Turner, an expert baker, under whose direction a full line of first-class bakery goods was produced. During the first five years of Mr. Hays' involvement with the business the trade enlarged notably, including an extensive wholesale patronage as well as select retail custom. Fifteen employes were regularly engaged. Mr. Hays also gave a large share of his attention to the oil interests which he and his brother, Ora, acquired.
In July, 1918, Frank R. Hays left for France, having offered his services as a Y. M. C. A. worker for the war. He was an Odd Fellow and a thirty-second-degree Mason, having gone through both the York and Scottish Rites. His favorite outdoor recreation was hunting, which he indulged on vari­ous trips to the Maine woods and Canadian forests. [CAB, 648]

Possible SSDI: FRANK HAYS 18 Jun 1884 Nov 1977 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) 179-28-0681 Pennsylvania [Note different date of birth.]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 647.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 648.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 978.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 310.

5 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 72.

6 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 100.

7 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 105.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 827.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 669.