J. H. Hays
J. H. Hays, farmer, and breeder of short-horn cattle, was born in Paint Towniship, June 30, 1822, and is a son of William Hays, sen., born in Kentucky, and now deceased. His mother was born in Kentucky, and still lives, at the advanced age of eighty-six. He was born and reared on the farm now owned by his son, George D. Hays; was married, February 19, 1846, to Amanda, daughter of Nathaniel Squire, who bore him eleven children, of whoni seven are living: William, George, Henry, James, Ellen, Martha, and Elmira—all married save James and Elmira.
Mrs. Hays died January 24, 1867, and October 12, 1869, he married Mrs. Salinda D. Carder. She had one child by her first husband, which is deceased. She is a consistent mendier of the German Baptist Church.
Mr. Hays participated in the Morgan raid. He is a Repubhcan, formerly a Whig; no office seeker. Three years ago he came to his present farm, located between the Holland and Waterloo pikes, two miles southeast of Bloomingburg, containing two hundred and twenty-two acres, well improved, and farms to grain and stock, also breeds hogs and short-horns. He has divided a one thousand acre tract, in Paint Township, which embraces the homestead, among his children.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County