by Sherry Jesberger
Generation No. 1
1. EDWARD2 HAYS (EDWARD1) was born February 17, 1797 in Juniata Co., PA, and died September 08, 1841 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Town of Kersey Buried in Ridge Cemetery.. He married CATHERINE EVE GELNETT, daughter of CASPER GELNETT and EVA CRUMBAUGH.
Children of EDWARD HAYS and CATHERINE GELNETT are:
2. i. CATHERINE HAYS, b. October 14, 1819, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. March 08, 1915, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried Ridge Cemetery. 3. ii. SUSANNA HAYS, b. October 12, 1821, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. September 13, 1892, Juniata Co., PA. 4. iii. ISAAC HAYS, b. 1823, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. 1873, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. 5. iv. ENOS HAYS, b. February 25, 1825, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. November 09, 1903, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. 6. v. JOHN W. HAYS, b. December 30, 1826, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. Cape Girarduea, Missouri. 7. vi. PHILLIP W. HAYS, b. January 15, 1829, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. May 16, 1903, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. 8. vii. SARAH ANN HAYS, b. February 10, 1830, Richfield, Juniata County, PA; d. December 30, 1927, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. 9. viii. EDWARD GELNETT HAYS, b. October 14, 1833, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. October 04, 1914, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA. 10. ix. HANNAH HAYS, b. 1836, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Town of Kersey; d. Bef. June 1880, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.
Generation No. 2
2. CATHERINE3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born October 14, 1819 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died March 08, 1915 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried Ridge Cemetery. She married ELIAS MOYER December 1842 in Clearfield County, PA, son of CONRAD MOYER and ELIZABETH OTTO.
Notes for CATHERINE HAYS: All of Elias "Uncle El" and Catherine " Aunt Cass" Moyer's children died young, however, Daniel was alive on the 1850 census.
Children of CATHERINE HAYS and ELIAS MOYER are:
i. DANIEL MOYER, b. 1844, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. JOHN MOYER, b. 1856, Elk County, Fox Twp., PA. iii. THOMAS MOYER, b. 1859, Elk County, Fox Twp., PA.
3. SUSANNA3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born October 12, 1821 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died September 13, 1892 in Juniata Co., PA. She married CHRISTIAN GRAYBILL June 06, 1841 in Juniata Co., PA.
Children of SUSANNA HAYS and CHRISTIAN GRAYBILL are:
i. JAMES GRAYBILL, d. Bef. 1933. ii. SARAH GRAYBILL, d. Bef. 1933; m. SAMUEL R. MARTIN. iii. CAROLINE GRAYBILL, m. ??? RHED. iv. WILLIAM GRAYBILL, d. Bef. 1933. v. SUSAN A. GRAYBILL, m. JOHN H. HERTZ.
Notes for SUSAN A. GRAYBILL: In 1927, Susan A. (Graybill) Hertz was living at Sonestown, Sullivan Co., PA.
vi. MAGGIE H. GRAYBILL, m. LEWIS SHEETZ.
Notes for MAGGIE H. GRAYBILL: Corbet L. Sheetz and his mother, Maggie (Graybill) Sheetz, were living in Selingsgrove, PA in 1927. There may have been other Sheetz children.
vii. SAMUEL H. GRAYBILL.
Notes for SAMUEL H. GRAYBILL: In 1927, Samuel H. Graybill and sons were fruit growers and lumber dealers at Richfield, Juniata Co., PA. Later, after Samuel died, his daughter, Lena, lived one mile north of Richfield, Juniata Co., PA. In April 1931, her address was R.F.D. #1, Box 12. She and her mother and one brother at home operated a fruit farm.
4. ISAAC3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born 1823 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died 1873 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He married MARY MCCAULEY.
Children of ISAAC HAYS and MARY MCCAULEY are:
i. JOHN I. HAYS, b. December 04, 1847, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. December 29, 1928, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried Ridge Cemetery.; m. MARY E. BUTLER. ii. AMANDA HAYS, b. 1851, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. iii. PERRY HAYS, b. 1852, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. iv. ROSANNA HAYS, b. 1855, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. v. HORACE HAYS, b. 1856, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. MIRIAM. vi. LEONARD HAYS, b. 1860, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. vii. MARTHA HAYS, b. 1868, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. 1953, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. ELMER MEREDITH, July 09, 1888, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. viii. MINNIE HAYS, b. 1871, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. 1932, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried in Ridge Cemetery m. D.J. MCCONAHEY.
5. ENOS3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born February 25, 1825 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died November 09, 1903 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He married SARAH SHEPARD.
Children of ENOS HAYS and SARAH SHEPARD are:
i. MAY HAYS, b. 1863, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HARRINGTON. ii. LILLIE HAYS, b. August 1868, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. JOSEPH R. PIFER, April 17, 1889, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. iii. NORA HAYS, b. 1872, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. R.M. FURGESON.
Notes for NORA HAYS: When their mother Sarah Shepard Hays died in 1910, daughter Nora was a resident of Laloop, Kansas; Mable was a resident of Sewickley, PA; May was a resident of Challenge, Elk county, PA; Lillie was a resident of Challenge, Elk county, Pa; and Alta was a resident of Buffalo, New York.
iv. ALTA HAYS, b. 1875, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA;m. C.J. RENWICK. v. MABEL HAYS, b. 1878, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. ?????? MORTON.
6. JOHN W.3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born December 30, 1826 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died in Cape Girarduea, Missouri. He married MARY JANE HORN March 11, 1856 in Clearfield Co., PA, daughter of DAVID HORN and ELIZA WANN.
Children of JOHN HAYS and MARY HORN are:
i. IRWIN MILTON HAYS, b. April 15, 1857, Clearfield Co., PA; d. December 31, 1918, Missouri; m. (1) ELLEN HINES, February 01, 1880, Missouri; m. (2) LOLA VIOLA RODENMAYER, 1885, Missouri. ii. WILLIAM COLEMAN HAYS, b. December 06, 1861, Clearfield Co., PA; d. August 27, 1927, Missouri; m. DIXIE ANN CLIPPARD, January 13, 1884, Missouri. iii. DAVID BROOKS HAYS, b. April 06, 1866, Clearfield Co., PA. iv. EDWARD DIXON HAYS, b. April 28, 1872, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri; m. MARGARET BURFORD, December 15, 1898, Missouri.
7. PHILLIP W.3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born January 15, 1829 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died May 16, 1903 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He married SARA ELIZABETH WILSON November 22, 1855 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.
Children of PHILLIP HAYS and SARA WILSON are:
i. VIOLA HAYS, b. 1862, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. JOSEPH STARR. ii. CARRIE HAYS, b. March 24, 1864, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. November 09, 1959, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. Buried in Ridge Cemetery, Kersey, PA; m. WALTER ROGERS. iii. CHARLES SAMUEL HAYS, b. 1867, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. March 13, 1914, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried in the Ridge Cemetery, Kersey, PA.; m. VALETTA A. GROSS, October 18, 1893, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. iv. IDA HAYS, b. August 1868, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. 1941, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. F. MARION RICKARD, October 25, 1887, Toby, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. v. ARCHIE P. HAYS, b. May 31, 1871, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. June 05, 1872, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried Ridge Cemetery.. vi. EVA R. HAYS, b. 1875, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. D.H. CROYLE.
8. SARAH ANN3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born February 10, 1830 in Richfield, Juniata County, PA, and died December 30, 1927 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married (1) JOSEPH MOYER, son of CONRAD MOYER and ELIZABETH OTTO. She married (2) JAMES REESMAN TAYLOR 1873, son of JOSEPH TAYLOR and MARGARET REESMAN.
Children of SARAH HAYS and JOSEPH MOYER are:
i. WASHINGTON E. MOYER, b. March 31, 1849. ii. HEZEKIAH BURCHFIELD MOYER, b. September 24, 1850, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. ALICE M. TAYLOR, 1871, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. iii. LARINDA E. MOYER, b. August 11, 1853, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. November 15, 1887, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried Ridge Cemetery.; m. JOHN S. WOLFORD, February 11, 1873, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. iv. IDA EMMA MOYER, b. July 08, 1854. v. WALLACE MOYER, b. 1856.
9. EDWARD GELNETT3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born October 14, 1833 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA, and died October 04, 1914 in Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA. He married MARGARET BROCKBANK August 06, 1854 in Weedville, Elk Co., PA, daughter of SENES BROCKBANK and ANN BIRD.
Children of EDWARD HAYS and MARGARET BROCKBANK are:
i. LEOLINE HAYS, b. September 22, 1856, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. November 29, 1883, Kellersburg, Armstrong Co., PA; m. SARAH HORN. ii. SENAS E. HAYS, b. March 01, 1858, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. March 20, 1923, Clearfield Co., PA; m. CECELIA IRWIN MOORE. iii. JOHN HERMAN HAYS, b. August 09, 1860, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. March 1951, Clarion Co., PA; m. IDA ELIZABETH BAILEY. iv. ELMER HAYS, b. 1862, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. November 15, 1943, Clearfield Co., PA; m. BLANCHE LYONS. v. MARSHALL HAYS, b. 1865, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1922; m. MAGGIE SHAFFER. vi. MARY CATHERINE HAYS, b. October 29, 1868, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. April 12, 1869, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA. vii. MAGGIE A. HAYS, b. 1870, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. November 25, 1877, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA. viii. JOSEPHINE HAYS, b. 1873, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1950, Clarion Co., PA; m. (1) ??? MALONEY; m. (2) ??? GALLAGHER. ix. MAUDE HAYS, b. June 04, 1875, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1924, Clearfield Co., PA. x. MINNIE HAYS, b. June 04, 1875, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1875, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA. xi. LEO Z. HAYS, b. 1878, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA; d. December 20, 1942, Clearfield Co., PA; m. ANNA HIVICK.
Notes for LEO Z. HAYS:
- >Leo Hays was a doctor in Weedville, PA.
10. HANNAH3 HAYS (EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born 1836 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Town of Kersey, and died Bef. June 1880 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married DANIEL MUNN, son of SILAS MUNN and SARAH PARK.
Children of HANNAH HAYS and DANIEL MUNN are:
i. WILBUR MUNN, b. 1854, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. I. ADALINE. ii. GILBERT MUNN, b. 1861, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. iii. IANTHA MUNN, b. February 1862, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. (1) JAMES V. BIXBY, 1880, Kersey, Fox Twp., ELk Co., PA; m. (2) ??? SHAFFER, 1889; m. (3) G.S. TIMBLIN, 1893. iv. CHARLES MUNN, b. September 1863, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. EFFIE SIDELINGER, October 08, 1887, Ridgway, PA Elk County. v. LORINDA MUNN, b. 1868, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. vi. ELIZA JANE MUNN, b. January 03, 1871, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. April 14, 1928, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in the Ridge Cem., Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ELMER LOWELL MOYER, July 04, 1889, Kersey, PA Elk County.
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