John Betts Hays and Fanny J. Mead

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Husband John Betts Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Mar 1839 2
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         Father: Col. Joseph Caldwell Hays (1810-1891) 4 5 6
         Mother: Anna Maria Betts (1808-1892) 2 4

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       Marriage: 26 May 1864 2

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Wife Fanny J. Mead ³

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            AKA: Fannie Mead 1 2
           Born: 12 Jan 1839 3
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         Father: Alexander J. Mead (1807-      ) 2
         Mother: Fanny Rich (1818-1866) 3

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Children

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1 M Joseph Mead Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Apr 1866 or 6 Jan 1867 2 3
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2 F Fannie Mead Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 13 Aug 1865 or 1868 1 2 3
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         Spouse: David G. Baillie (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 15 Jan 1890 1

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3 F Anna Louise Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Jul 1869 or 1870 2 3
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           Died: 13 Jan 1871 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Marion Mead Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Feb 1874 or 1876 2 3
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General Notes: Husband - John Betts Hays

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He graduated from Allegheny College in 1858; was admitted to the bar in 1861, and the same year entered the army as second lieutenant Nineteenth U. S. Infantry. He served in the Peninsular, Maryland, and Fredericksburg campaigns; was promoted first lieutenant in 1862, and in 1863 was transferred with his company (H of First battalion, Nineteenth infantry) to the army of the Cumberland while at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In June of the same year detached under orders of the Secretary of War as commissary of musters, first division Reserve army corps. He served on staffs of Generals Baird, Steedman, and Thomas; took part in the operations of the Fourteenth and Reserve army corps in the Chattanooga campaign of 1863. His name appears in reports of the battle of Chickamauga, of Major General Rosecrans, commanding army of the Cumberland, and of Major General Gordon, commanding reserve corps, as "among those most conspicuous for efficiency and bravery, and deserving special mention." He served in the operations about Nashville; was promoted April, 1864, to captain Nineteenth U. S. Infantry; and in March, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious service," brevetted major, U. S. A. He resigned from the army September 1, 1865. From 1866 to 1869 he was U. S. Assessor of Internal Revenue for Twentieth District of Pennsylvania.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 339.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 503.

3 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 310.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 336.

5 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 743.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 502.