William Hays and Nancy Jane Beatty

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Husband William Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1821 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died:  - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: Greer Hays (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Jennie McKnight (      -      ) 4

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Wife Nancy Jane Beatty ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1823 3
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         Father: Samuel C. Beatty (1796-1860/1870) 5 6
         Mother: Leah McFadden (1795-1860/1870) 6

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Children

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1 M Hugh M. Hays ^{1 2 3 7 8}

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           Born: 1849 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: 6 Mar 1907 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Eleanor "Ella" Riddle (1850-1945) 1 2 3 7 8

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2 F Leah Jane Hays ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1849 3
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         Spouse: James Foster (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 31 Aug 1871 9

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3 F Sarah Hays ³

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           Born: 1851 3
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4 F Melissa Hays ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1852 3
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         Spouse: Alden M. Crowther (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 27 Feb 1879 10

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5 F Emma Hays ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1856 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Mary Hays ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1862 3
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         Spouse: Ira Beatty (      -      ) 1 2 3

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7 M Clyde Hays ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1864 3
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8 F Ann Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1866 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M Samuel C. Hays ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1870 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Hays

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He lived and died on a farm in Oakland Township, Venango County, PA, part of the original Hays holdings, three miles from Oil City. He was one of the early teachers in Venango County.

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

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

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

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 646.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 718.

6 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 1.

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

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

9 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 81.

10 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 53.