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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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J. E. Hays is a son of Jacob Hays, who was born in East Tennessee about 1785, and died about 1857, in Obion County. He was married to Mary Turney, who was also born in the State, in 1793. Her death occurred in 1836. J. E. Hays was born in Obion County, June 28, 1828, and is of Dutch-Irish descent. He assisted his parents on the farm until seventeen years of age, when he began working as a farm laborer, continuing for about seven years, at the rate of $8 per month. Since that time he has been engaged in farming on his own responsibility. In 1864 he joined the Confederate Army, Company A, Twenty-second Tennessee Cavalry. After a service of six months he returned home. January 5, 1852, he married Rilla Jane Phillips, who died April 6, 1878, leaving eight children: Thomas Henry, William C., John Robert, Mary Frances, Jacob M., Joseph D., Albert S. and Eddie A. Mr. Hays married, on the 5th of September, 1878, Drusilla Calhoun, who has borne him four children: Jessie E., Mary Jane, Mattie Lee and Ella May. Mr. Hays is worth about $10,000, all of which he has earned by honest and industrious toil. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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