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Lee Emma Hays 1876–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1876

Birth Location: Alabama

Death Date: 14 Sep 1930

Death Location: Boothton, Shelby, Alabama

Father: Hiram Hays

Mother: Elizabeth Ware

Spouse(s): James Gentry

Children(s): George Gentry, Meda Gentry

Lee Emma Hays was born in 1876 in Alabama, the child of Hiram Mcduffy Hays And Elizabeth C Rebecca Ware. Lee Emma Hays married James Jim S Gentry, and had children including George Patrick Gentry, Meda Mae Gentry. Lee Emma Hays passed away in 1930 in Boothton, Shelby, Alabama.

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Biography

  • Lee Emma Hays was born in 1876 in Alabama, the child of Hiram Mcduffy Hays And Elizabeth C Rebecca Ware.
  • Lee Emma Hays married James Jim S Gentry, and had children including George Patrick Gentry, Meda Mae Gentry.
  • Lee Emma Hays passed away in 1930 in Boothton, Shelby, Alabama.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lee Hays's Ancestors

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Lee Hays
1876–1930
Birth Place: Alabama
Parents
Hiram McDuffy Hays
1830–1887
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Elizabeth (C “Rebecca”) Ware
1834–1860
Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States
Grandparents
Solomon (William) Hays
1790–1860
Pendelton, South Carolina, United States
Charlotte (Bailey “Lotte”) Howard
1792–1848
Pendelton, South Carolina
Samuel (Jasper) Wear
1790–1845
Fort Wear, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Mary Mawhenny
1805–1870
Talladega, Alabama
Great-Grandparents
William Jr.
1770–1850
Elizabeth Wade
1772–1870
Seth Howard
1746–1810
Adrah Collins
1748–1808
Col Constitution
1753–1817
Mary Thompson
1758–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hays
1750–1825
Jane Bryce
1753–1830
Elizabeth Sanford
1743–1804
Benjamin Howard
1726–1792
Mary King
1725–1822
SAMUEL COLLINS
1719–1785
Martha Howell
1720–1799
Robert Vere)
1715–1790
Rebecca Carrell
1725–1780
James Thompson
1730–1759
Elizabeth Lyle
1734–1802

Lee Hays's Descendants

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Lee (Emma) Hays (Jan 1876–14 Sep 1930) m. James ((Jim) S) Gentry (9 April 1879–13 February 1929)
  1. 1. George (Patrick) Gentry 1901–1960
    1. 1. Lynda (Gayle) Gentry 1943–2017
  2. 2. Meda (Mae) Gentry 1904–
    1. 1. Alma (Jean) Smith 1937–2009

Lee Hays's Timeline

2 Records

1876
Jan 1876
Birth of Lee Emma Hays in Alabama
Alabama
1930
14 Sep 1930
Age 54
Death of Lee Emma Hays in Boothton, Shelby, Alabama
Boothton, Shelby, Alabama

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1876
    Event Place: Alabama

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1930
    Event Place: Boothton, Shelby, Alabama

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