Individual Details

Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Hayes

(17 Nov 1852 - 16 Jul 1926)

Betty's tombstone, next to Alvin Morgan's in the Confederate Cemetery, is engraved Sarah Elizabeth Coleman. J. W. Moore is trying to find more information about her second marriage.
Obituary: Alvin Sun, 23 Jul 1926, pg 1.
Funeral services for Mrs Betty Morgan Coleman, 75, who died at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston Monday were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Savell here Tuesday afternoon, with internment in the confederate Cemetery, Rev. H. I. Robinson officiating.
Mrs Coleman was the wife of the late Alvin Morgan, in whose honor this town was named, and was a resident of Alvin a number of years. But after her marriage to W. H. Coleman, they moved to Houston where they have made their home the past ten years.

Events

Birth17 Nov 1852Victoria County, TX
Marriage10 Oct 1876Jackson County, TX - Alvin Morgan
MarriageAft 1909W. H. Coleman
Death16 Jul 1926Houston, Harris County, TX
BurialConfederate Cemetery, Alvin, TX

Families

SpouseW. H. Coleman ( - )
SpouseAlvin Morgan (1842 - 1909)
FatherRudolph Rufus Hayes (1820 - 1880)
MotherAlzena Hayes (1828 - 1898)
SiblingMary Jane "Mame" Hayes (1849 - 1929)
SiblingHenry Harrison Hayes (1854 - 1854)
SiblingMatthew Rufus Hayes (1856 - 1922)
SiblingAnn Eliza Hayes (1860 - )
SiblingAmanda Levenia "Mandy" Hayes (1862 - 1864)
SiblingElijah Rudolph Hayes (1864 - 1904)
SiblingJames Elisha "Jim" Hayes (1868 - 1944)
SiblingNorah Alzena "Allie" Hayes (1872 - 1958)

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