Individual Details
Olivia May "Ollie" Wheeler
(1 Apr 1863 - 11 May 1959)
The Bible record of Ollie Hays states that she was born 1 Sep of 1863. [Or has been misread or mistranscribed.]
1940 Oklahoma City Directory
Hays, Ollie (wid wm R) 2442 SW 20th
1950 Census. Van Buren, Crawford, AR, Hh 295
413 N 14th
W. E. Pritchard, 54, b. AR, Laborer, Pool Hall
Stella, Wife, 65, b. AR
Ollie Hays, mother-in-law, 86, widow, b. AR
also counted
1950 Census. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK, Hh 318
1505 NW 39th
Roscoe C. Hays, 64, b. AR, Proprietor, Livestock Transportation Co
Ruth W., wife, 54, b. AR, Bookkeeper, Livestock Transportation Co
Ollie, mother, 87, widow, b. MO
Jean Ingram, Lodger, 21, b. AR
"Funeral for Mrs. Olie Hays, 94, of 1505 NW 39, who died Tuesday, will be Wednesday in First Christian Church, Van Buren, Ark., with burial in Fairview Cemetery there. A native of Fort Scott, Kan., Mrs. Hays had lived with a son here for 20 years. She is survived by her son, R. C., with whom whe lived; a daughter, Mrs. Eula Tabor, Albuquerque, N. M.,; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-greandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Local arrangements are being handled by Guardian funeral home." [probably from an Oklahoma City newspaper]
Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren
Events
| Birth | 1 Apr 1863 | Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jun 1883 | Crawford County, Arkansas - William Richard Hays | | ||
| Death | 11 May 1959 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | William Richard Hays (1859 - 1937) |
| Child | Stella Mersade Hays (1884 - 1958) |
| Child | Rosco Conklin Hays (1886 - 1961) |
| Child | Charles Benjiman Hays (1888 - 1891) |
| Child | Lulla Hays (1890 - 1890) |
| Child | Fred Nathaniel Hays (1891 - 1954) |
| Child | Eula Mae Hays (1894 - 1981) |
| Father | Nathaniel Wheeler (1834 - 1910) |
| Mother | Jane [Wheeler] (1832 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Alonzo Wheeler (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Wheeler (1865 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Rosette Wheeler (1869 - ) |
Endnotes
1. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"; online at Arkansas USGenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcrawfo/marriage.htm.
2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
3. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
4. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"; online at Arkansas USGenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcrawfo/marriage.htm, Wm. R. Hays m. Ollie Wheeler 28 Jun 1883.
5. Oma Cole & Hazel Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages (Alma, Arkansas, Self-published, 1977), Book B, 1880-1884; p.41.
6. Family Bible of Will & Ollie Hays. Now in the possession of Carolyn Shores, daughter of Pauline Taber Shores who kept up the Bible after the death of her grandparents. Transcribed in email 30 Oct 2002.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Buried in Fairview Cemetery.
8. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
9. Family Bible of Will & Ollie Hays. Now in the possession of Carolyn Shores, daughter of Pauline Taber Shores who kept up the Bible after the death of her grandparents. Transcribed in email 30 Oct 2002.