Hugh M. Hays and Eleanor "Ella" Riddle

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Husband Hugh M. Hays ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 1849 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1907 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Hays (1821-      ) 2 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Jane Beatty (1823-      ) 4 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Eleanor "Ella" Riddle ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 23 Aug 1850 - Scrubgrass, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1945
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: James Phipps Riddle (1819-1908/1909) 6 7
         Mother: Mary Eleanor Perry (1825-1851) 8

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Children

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1 F Myrtle Blanche Hays

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            AKA: Mertie Hays 2
           Born: 1877
     Christened: 
           Died: 1913
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Milton Robertson Hoy (1870-1959) 9
           Marr: 20 Jun 1901 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 10

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2 M Oscar Clinton Hays ^{2 11}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Elsie June Anderson (      -      ) 11

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3 M Ora L. Hays ²

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           Born: 4 Jul 1880 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1950
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Harriet M. "Hattie" Loots (1880-1918) 12 13
           Marr: 1909 - ? Venango Co, PA 13

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4 M Harry B. Hays ²

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           Born: 1882
     Christened: 
           Died: 1964
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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5 M Frank R. Hays ²

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           Born: 8 Jun 1884 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Mildred M. Karns (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 14 Oct 1913 - Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 13 14

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6 M Clayton E. Hays ¹⁵

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           Born: Abt 1890 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Ruth Groser (Abt 1895-      ) 16
           Marr: Oct 1917 - Rouseville, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

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7 M William Vincent Hays ^{2 3 9}

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           Born: 15 Jul 1895 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1988 - Orange Co, CA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Marguerite Diefenderfer (      -      )
           Marr: 30 Jul 1921 - Conneaut, Ashtabula Co, OH 14

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh M. Hays

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Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA

He inherited a part of his father's farm and was engaged in general agriculture, making dairying an important feature of his operations. He was a member of the Oil City United Presbyterian Church.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 978.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 647.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 310.

4 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 72.

5 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 100.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 984.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 598.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977.

9 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 18.

10 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #5206.

11 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 254.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 874.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 648.

14 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 105.

15 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 647, 992.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 992.