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Jacob Hayes 1817–1887 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1817

Birth Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1887

Death Location: Kanawha, WV, USA

Father: John *

Mother: Lydia Sims

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Jacob Hayes was born in 1817 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, the child of John Hays And Lydia Sims. Jacob Hayes passed away in 1887 in Kanawha, WV, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Hayes was born in 1817 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, the child of John Hays And Lydia Sims.
  • Jacob Hayes passed away in 1887 in Kanawha, WV, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John *
1785–1836
Birth Location: Kanawha, VA, USA
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Lydia Sims
1795–1861
Birth Location: Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jacob Hayes's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Hayes
1817–1887
Birth Place: Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Parents
John Hays *
1785–1836
Kanawha, VA, USA
Lydia Sims
1795–1861
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
James (Hays) *
1762–1828
Bedford, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth ("Betsy") Clayton
1760–1828
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas *
1730–1804
Alice *
1730–1786
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hays
1704–1789
Eleanor Love
1712–1806
Alexander *
1698–1768
Elizabeth Steel
1715–1770

Jacob Hayes's Timeline

2 Records

1817
1817
Birth of Jacob Hayes in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
1887
1887
Age 70
Death of Jacob Hayes in Kanawha, WV, USA
Kanawha, WV, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1817
    Event Place: Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1887
    Event Place: Kanawha, WV, USA
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