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James Hays 1842 – 1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 February 1842

Birth Location: Floyd County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 18 May 1915

Death Location: Knott, Kentucky, USA

Father: Anderson Hays

Mother: Rachael Sizemore

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According to available records, James Hays was born in 1842 in Floyd County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Anderson Hays and Rachael Sizemore. In the later years of life, James Hays died in 1915 in Knott, Kentucky, USA.

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Anderson Hays
1820 – 1909
Birth Location: Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Rachael Sizemore
1822 – 1892
Birth Location: Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 February 1842
    Event Place: Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 1, Breathitt, Kentucky; Roll: M653_357; Page: 297; Family Histor, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: My District, Floyd, Kentucky; Roll: 200; Page: 435b

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: My District, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: My District, Floyd, Kentucky; Roll: 200; Page: 435b

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 1, Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 1, Breathitt, Kentucky; Roll: M653_357; Page: 297; Family Histor

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 May 1915
    Event Place: Knott, Kentucky, USA
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