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Ernest Thomas Hays 1926 – 1987 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Oct 1926

Birth Location: Sequatchie County, Tenn.

Death Date: 30 SEP 1987

Death Location: Hamilton Co. Tennessee

Father: Christopher Hays

Mother: Cora Frederick

Spouse(s): Betty Leach

Children(s):

According to available records, Ernest Thomas Hays was born in 1926 in Sequatchie County, Tenn., the child of Christopher Columbus Hays and Cora Bell (Hatfield) Frederick. Following those early years, Ernest Thomas Hays married Betty Lou Leach. In the later years of life, Ernest Thomas Hays died in 1987 in Hamilton Co. Tennessee.

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Parents

Christopher Hays
1889 – 1958
Birth Location: USA
CH
Cora Frederick
1901 – 1958
Birth Location: USA
CF

Spouses(s)

Betty Leach
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Oct 1926
    Event Place: Sequatchie County, Tenn.
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Police Jury Ward 7, Police Jury Ward 7, Franklin, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Fayette, Jefferson, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Third Civil District, Soddy, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1944
    Event Place: Hixson, Hampden, Tennessee
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 SEP 1987
    Event Place: Hamilton Co. Tennessee
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