Individual Details
William Richard Hays
(22 Mar 1859 - 23 Jan 1937)
Married by John Q. West, Elder. The family Bible states that they were married 17 Jun 1883, maybe John West was slow in recording the marriage.
Paid his Poll Tax in Crawford County AR in 1892
Found in Dora Township in 1910 Crawford Co Census, age 51 born in AR, parents born in MS. Listed as a Merchant. Rosco, Fred and Eula still at home.
JoEllen remembers him as "Uncle Will"; "Aunt Ollie" was his wife. Marriage record found online lists wife as Ollie Wheeler. JoEllen thought he was probably older than John, but he married several years later.
From Freda Hays Barnett: Will was postmaster at Dora, farmed and had a cotton gin near Rena, owned two different stores in Van Buren & one in Muldrow, OK, had the strawberry patch on Mount Vista in partnership with his brother John.
1900 Census. Van Buren Twp, outside City, Crawford, AR, Hh 281
William Hays, b. Mar 1859, 41, married 17 years, b. AR, farmer
Ollie, wife, b. Sep 1863, 36, 6 children - 4 are living, b. Kansas
Stella, dau, b. Mar 1884, 16
Rosco, son, .b Mar 1886, 14
Fredrick, son, b. Nov 1891, 8
Eula, dau, b. May 1894, 6
1910 Census. Dora, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 83
W. R. Hays, 51, married 25 years, b. AR, Merchant, Retail grocery
Ollie, wife, 46, 5 children - 4 are living, b. MO
Rosco, son, 24, b. AR
Fred, son, 18, b. AR
Ula, dau, 15, b. AR
1920 Census. Roland, Sequoyah Co, OK, Hh 31
Highland Drive
William R. Hays, 60, b. AR, father b. MS, mother b. TN, Retail Merchant, General Store
Ollie, wife, 56, b. Kansas
William A. Richard, boarder, 32, b. AR, Railroad Station Agent
1930 Census. Burnett, Pottawatomie Co, OK, Hh146
William R. Hays, age 71, married at age 25, b. AR, parents b. MS, Works in Retail - grocery store.
Ollie, wife, age 66, married at 19, b. Kansas, parents b. IN
Arkansas Death Certificate #180
William Richard Hays of Fayetteville, died in Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR on 23 Jan 1937 of cancer of the prostate. He was married to Mrs. Ollie Hays. Born 22 Mar 1859 in Clarksville, AR. Father was Elias Hays, b. TN; mother Martha Frances Crutcher, b. TN. The informant was Roscoe Hays of Pauls Valley, OK. Buried Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, Jan 24th.
Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Hh 281
William R. Hays, b. Mar 1859, age 41, married 17 years, b. AR, parents b. MS
Ollie, wife, b. Sep 1863, age 36, 6 children - 4 are living, b. Kansas, father b. AR, mother b. IN
Stella, dau, b. Mar 1884, 16, b. AR
Rosco, son, b. Mar 1866, 14, b. AR
Fredrick, son, b. Nov 1891, 8, b. AR
Eula, dau, b. May 1894, age 6, b. AR
Events
| Birth | 22 Mar 1859 | Johnson County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jun 1883 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Olivia May "Ollie" Wheeler | | ||
| Death | 23 Jan 1937 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | 24 Jan 1937 | Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | Olivia May "Ollie" Wheeler (1863 - 1959) |
| 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 | ELIAS B. HAYS (1829 - 1879) |
| Mother | MARTHA FRANCES CRUTCHER (1833 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Mary Ellen Hays (1849 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Ann Eliza Hays (1851 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Delitha Hays (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | JOHN JEFFERSON HAYS (1856 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Benjamin McClure Hays (1860 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Elias E. Hays (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | A. Elizabeth Emeline "Lizzy" Hays (1867 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Silas Newton Hays (1872 - 1942) |
| Sibling | George Wallace Hays (1875 - 1910) |
Endnotes
1. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County..
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), Date from book. Buried in Fairview Cemetery.
3. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056).
4. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., Crawford Co AR, Jasper Twp, p.510d.
5. 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.
6. "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.
7. Oma Cole & Hazel Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages (Alma, Arkansas, Self-published, 1977), Book B, 1880-1884; p.41.
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. 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.