Individual Details

Eugene Sanford Hays

(17 Sep 1898 - 7 Nov 1949)



7 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration.
at Orange Co, Texas. Also stamped by Local Board at Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR.
Eugene Sandford Hayes of Van Buren, Crawford, AR was 19, born 17 Sep 1898. He was working as a "air man" for National Ship Bldg Co, in Orange, TX. A. W. Hayes, his uncle, was his nearest relative. Tall, stout, blue eyes, light brown hair.

1930 Census. McAlester, Pittsburg Co, OK, Hh 14
Eugene S. Hays, age 31, married at 1st marriage 27, b. AR, parents b. AR. Superintendent, Cotton Gin.
Mary B., wife, age 28, married at 25, b. TX, parents b. AR
Eugene Jr., son age 1 year, 6 months. b. OK
Marcella, dau, age 9, b. OK, father b. AR, mother b. TX

1940 Census. McAlester City, Pittsburg Co, OK, Hh 309
718 E. Wyandotte - lived in same place in 1935
Eugene S. Hays, 47, b. OK, Truck driver, wholesale gasoline
Mary Belle, wife, 44, b. OK, Home economics teacher, public school
Marselle, dau, 19, b. OK
Eugene, son, 11, b. OK

Eugene and Mary had been married 3-4 years in 1930. Who was Marcella?

Eugene and Mary Belle and their son Eugene Jr. are buried Oak Hill Memorial Park, McAlester, Pittsburg Co, OK

Events

Birth17 Sep 1898Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage20 Nov 1926Sequoyah County, Oklahoma - Mary Bell Patterson
Death7 Nov 1949McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseMary Bell Patterson (1900 - 1962)
ChildLiving
ChildEugene Sanford Hays Jr. (1928 - 1949)
FatherWilliam Henry "Will" Hays (1878 - 1922)
MotherEtta West (1880 - 1951)
SiblingClara Vivian Hays (1902 - 1994)
SiblingWilliam Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989)
SiblingBennie Russell Hays (1905 - 1989)
SiblingJohn Quincy Hays (1906 - 1980)
SiblingPaul West Hays (1908 - 1994)
SiblingAnna Ruth Hays (1909 - 1909)
SiblingReba Elizabeth Hays (1910 - 1935)
SiblingJosie Blanche Hays (1912 - 1987)
SiblingDonald Edwin Wallace Hays (1913 - 1994)
SiblingClinton Earl Hays (1914 - 1991)
SiblingHadley Champ Hays (1915 - 1998)
SiblingMary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996)
SiblingArchie Theodore Hays (1919 - 1973)
SiblingDorothy Euldine Hays (1921 - 2001)

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