Individual Details
Fred Nathaniel Hays
(19 Nov 1891 - 1954)
Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #8699
Fred Nathaniel Hays was born 19 Nov 1891 in Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR. His father was William Richard Hays, age 42, Farmer, b. Clarksville, AR. Mother, Olivia Wheeler, age 38, b. Ft. Scott Kansas. Olivia Wheeler Hays, mother made affidavit 11 Nov 1942. She was living at 1505 NW 39th St. Oklahoma City, AK
In the 1910 Census, Fred still lived at home but already worked for the Railroad.
Telegrapher for the Missouri Pacific Railraod. Attended telegrapher's school in Dallas at age 14. Worked in Greenwood Junction OK, Van Buren AR, St Louis MO, Kansas City.
Rosco was his brother's best man when he married Adda, and Ruth Waters, Adda's best friend was maid of honor. Rosco and Ruth eventually married.
World War I Draft Registration.
Fred Nathaniel Hays was 25 when he registed at Van Buren. He gave his birth as 19 Nov 1891 as expected. He was born in Van Buren. Occupation was Real Estate & Telegrapher. His employer was St. L. J Mo & So Ry Co [the railroad]. His dependants were his wife and 2 children. He was of medium height, slender with blue eyes and dark hair.
Dated June 5, 1917
The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO), 4 May 1954, Tuesday, p. 12
HAYS
Fred N. Hays, 62, of 4421 Windsor, died yesterday at St. Mary's hospital. He was born at Van Buren, Ark., and had been a resident here seventeen years. Mr. Hays was a telegrapher for the Missouri Pacific railroad. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret E. Hays of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Gibson, Oklahoma City, OK.; his mother, Mrs. Olivia Hays, Oklahoma City, and a grandson. Funeral services and burial will be held Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
Events
| Birth | 19 Nov 1891 | Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Jun 1913 | Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas - Adda Laura Seger | | ||
| Divorce | 15 Sep 1924 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Adda Laura Seger | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Mar 1925 | Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas - Madge Eulan Weaver | | ||
| Death | 1954 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Families
| Spouse | Adda Laura Seger (1894 - 1976) |
| Child | George Frederick Hays (1914 - 1991) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Freda Laura Hays (1917 - 2007) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Madge Eulan Weaver ( - ) |
| Child | Margaret Lorraine Hays ( - ) |
| Father | William Richard Hays (1859 - 1937) |
| Mother | Olivia May "Ollie" Wheeler (1863 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Stella Mersade Hays (1884 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Rosco Conklin Hays (1886 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Charles Benjiman Hays (1888 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Lulla Hays (1890 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Eula Mae Hays (1894 - 1981) |
Endnotes
1. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056).
3. 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.
4. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
5. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays (Self-published c1987.), p.4; Hays Genealogy.
6. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays (Self-published c1987.), p.4; Hays Genealogy.
7. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays (Self-published c1987.), p.4; Hays Genealogy.
8. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
9. Freda Hays Barnett, "Roots, Leaves, Twigs, and Bark" A Genealogy, Contemporary Accounts, and Pictures of George Fredrick Hays, Louis William Hays, Freda Laura Hays Barnett, Emmett LeRoy Hays (Self-published c1987.), Copy of Obituary..